Grantee Research Project Results
Novel Ceramic Membrane Bioreactor for Low-Flow Systems
EPA Contract Number: EPD04031Title: Novel Ceramic Membrane Bioreactor for Low-Flow Systems
Investigators: Bishop, Bruce A.
Small Business: CeraMem Corporation
EPA Contact: Richards, April
Phase: I
Project Period: March 1, 2004 through August 31, 2004
Project Amount: $70,000
RFA: Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) - Phase I (2004) RFA Text | Recipients Lists
Research Category: Pollution Prevention/Sustainable Development , SBIR - Water and Wastewater , Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
Description:
Improved low-flow (50,000 gallons per day) sanitary wastewater treatment systems are needed. CeraMem Corporation's proposed approach includes a membrane bioreactor (MBR) using fully proven biological processes for biological oxygen demand oxidation and (optionally) for nutrient removal (i.e., denitrification and phosphorus removal). The technology has as a key inventive element—a novel, compact, and low-cost ceramic membrane module. The technology will be embodied in a package unit suitable for over-the-road transport to a sanitary wastewater treatment site. The system will have acceptable cost, produce a treated effluent of very high quality, be tolerant of upsets, be amenable to unattended operation, and be suitable for operation and maintenance by unskilled personnel.
This Phase I research project will consist of five tasks. CeraMem Corporation will fabricate and test ceramic membranes and a prototype MBR system (500 gpd). A standardized 50,000-gpd MBR system will be designed, and capital and operating costs will be estimated. A Phase II project could include scale-up of membrane modules to a 19 m2 size and field demonstration of the MBR technology. Commercial applications would include municipal wastewater treatment for communities with populations in the 1,000-500,000 range, ships, resorts, military installations, and commercial and residential developments without sewer connections or suitable drainage fields.
Publications and Presentations:
Publications have been submitted on this project: View all 1 publications for this projectSupplemental Keywords:
small business, SBIR, ceramic membrane bioreactor, MBR, biological oxygen demand, oxidation, nutrient removal, wastewater treatment, effluent, EPA., Sustainable Industry/Business, Air, Scientific Discipline, TREATMENT/CONTROL, Water, Chemical Engineering, Water Pollution Control, Engineering, Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry, Engineering, Chemistry, & Physics, Wastewater, cleaner production/pollution prevention, Environmental Engineering, ceramic membrane, membrane technology, ceramic membranes, wastewater treatmentProgress and Final Reports:
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