ОСОБЛИВОСТІ СПУХАННЯ АКТИВНОГО МУЛУ В МЕМБРАННИХ БІОРЕАКТОРАХ

Membrane bioreactor (MBR) technology, the practical application of which is growing steadily, is a combination of classical technology of biological treatment with activated sludge with a membrane system of micro- or ultrafiltration. MBR are an alternative to the widely used method of separating activated sludge from wastewater in secondary settling tanks used in traditional biological treatment systems. MBR exclude large-scale negative consequences, as in system with traditional aeration tanks and secondary settling tanks in the "swelling of activated sludge". But "swelling of activated sludge" can affect the nitrification process and minimize the efficiency of ammonium nitrogen removal. The purpose of the work is to study the swelling of activated sludge swelling on the existing membrane bioreactor. The research was carried out by hydrochemical analysis of wastewater in MBR and determination of technological properties of activated sludge in the bioreactor. The negative effect of activated sludge swelling in MBR on nitrification activity in the system was established, which caused a decrease in the efficiency of ammonium nitrogen removal. Filamentous bacteria were identified according to the classification of D. Eickelbum, which caused swelling of activated sludge in the studied MBR, Type 021N.