Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering: Advanced Membrane Separation Processes for Sustainable Water and Wastewater Management - Case Studies and Sustainability Analysis gives an up-to-date review and research developments of MBR systems (including hybrid systems) in wastewater treatment in terms of pollutant removal, nutrient recovery, and energy production as well as the achievement of energy efficiency of the process itself. The current challenges that hinder the application and industrialization of MBR technology as well as knowledge gaps and future research perspectives are also discussed, including possible strategies to solve the various problems involved. This work is an excellent reference for education and understanding of biotechnology, microbiology, environmental science and technology, environmental engineering, chemical engineering, biotechnology and bioengineering research and development. It is also an invaluable resource to postgraduate and doctoral students, educators, professional course students, researchers, and wastewater treatment professionals.
- Covers different aspects of MBR in wastewater treatment, such as fundamental knowledge, sustainability, cost analysis and case studies
- Focuses on different MBR configurations and systems/hybrid systems in treating a large variety of wastewaters
- Provides state-of-the-art technological development of MBR technology, advantages, and challenges as well as strategies to overcome limitations
- Includes MBR technology in removing priority substances (PSs) and emerging contaminants of environmental concern as well as evaluates energy potential in wastewater treatment

1. Sustainability analysis of large scale membrane bioreactor plant2. Fouling Control in MBR in a Sustainable Perspective3. Baffled Membrane Bioreactor: efficient nutrient removal, operational energy reduction and modeling4. Sludge reduction and microbial structures in MBRs: features influencing the sustainable adoption of MBRs5. Greenhouse gas from MBR: new perspectives on monitoring and mathematical modelling6. Advanced Membrane Bioreactors for Emerging Contaminant Removal and Quorum Sensing Control7. Membrane Bio Reactors treating tannery wastewaters, limits and potentials for an optimized full scale application8. High Salinity Wastewater Treatment by Membrane bioreactors9. Sustainable Adoption and Future Perspectives for MBR Applications10. Self-Forming Dynamic Membrane Bioreactors (SFD MBR) for wastewater treatment: principles and applications11. Environmental profile of decentralized wastewater treatment strategies based on membrane technologies12. Energy and environmental impact of an AnMBR demonstration plant treating urban wastewater13. MBR for wastewater reclamation: cost analysis14. MBR sludge: from production to disposal15. New applications in Integrated Fixed film Activated Sludge - Membrane Bioreactor (IFAS-MBR) Systems16. Influence of bio(de)flocculation on activated sludge separation processes in membrane bioreactors