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Investigation of Microbial Electrolysis Cell Using Wastewater from Food Industries
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Alemzadeh, Iran (Supervisor) ; Kariminia, Hamid Reza (Supervisor)
Abstract
Using microbial electrolysis cells (MEC) for hydrogen production has been considered in recent years. So far, synthetic wastewaters containing substances such as glucose and acetate have been mainly used in MECs and industrial wastewaters have not been widely studied. Food industry wastewater is a suitable choice for application in microbial electrolysis cell due to its biodegradable materials. In present research, dairy wastewater and sludge collected from UASB reactor of Iran Dairy Industries company, Tehran were initially used in a dual chamber microbial fuel cell until a stable voltage was generated .Afterward, the system was converted to a MEC applying a predetermined voltage. The...
Immobilization of Enzymes to Nanoparticles for use in Wastewater Treatment
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Alemzadeh, Iran (Supervisor)
Abstract
Nowadays , application of enzymes as biocatalysts in wastewater treatment processes is increasing. It is economically important to reuse enzymes and increase their stability in these types of processes. Therefore, was immobilization of enzymes and using them in wastewater treatment have a great importance.In this project, Horseradish peroxidase enzyme, whose effect on phenol removal reactions in other studies has been proven before, was immobilized on the alginate-coated magnetic nanoparticles, to investigate the effect of immobilization on the stability and function of this enzyme for phenol removal. The enzyme was immobilized at the temperature of 25 ° C and pH = 8, according to the data...
Triethylamine removal using biotrickling filter (BTF): effect of height and recirculation liquid rate on BTFs performance
, Article International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology ; Volume 14, Issue 8 , 2017 , Pages 1615-1624 ; 17351472 (ISSN) ; Sotoudeheian, S ; Bayat, R ; Sharif University of Technology
Center for Environmental and Energy Research and Studies
2017
Abstract
This study investigated the removal of triethylamine using a biotrickling filter. The influence of affecting parameters, such as height and recirculation liquid rate (VL) on contaminant removal efficiency, was examined in detail. The results demonstrated that in the constant empty bed residence time (EBRT), when VL was increased, the removal efficiency (RE) increased. Also, for a specific VL, increasing EBRT could also increase RE values. However, it seems that an increasing VL is a more cost-effective way to enhance RE as compared to an increasing EBRT. The obtained outcomes represented that for a constant EBRT, an increase in inlet loading (IL) could decrease RE. For lower ILs, the removal...
Studying the Treatment of Pharmaceutical Waste, Using Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Borgheie, Mehdi (Supervisor)
Abstract
Pharmaceutical waste has attracted considerable attention, in the Past two decades. These pollutants had not previously been detected in the environment. In fact, the concentration of pharmaceuticals became a matter of concern after the increase in the production and consumption of drugs. Nowadays, considering their higher consumption and more developed detection technologies, they are found in waste water, treated water, rivers, etc. The purpose of this research is to study treatment of a Synthetic waste water contaminated by Diclofenac and Ibuprofen in a Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor. An aerobic Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor (MBBR) with the volume of 8.5 liters and Kaldness packing filling ratio...
Application of Membrane Distillation Technology for Treating Saline Water of Sarcheshme Copper Refinery
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Shaygan, Jalaleddin (Supervisor)
Abstract
Sarcheshme Copper refinery is using ion exchange columns to supply deionized water to the refinery. Every day, 240 cubic meters of waste water from ion exchange columns process are released in nature. The main purpose of this research is to use membrane distillation to purify this wastewater, which reduces the fresh water requirement and at the same time prevents environmental pollution. Membrane distillation technology is capable to purify the high salinity wastewater that other conventional membrane technologies are not able to purify. In this study, the PTFE membrane was used due to its high permeability and low surface energy with pore size of 0.22 μm and membrane thickness of 0.2 to...
Photocatalytic Degradation of Dye in Wastewater Using Nanomaterials Based Zinc-iron
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M.Sc. Thesis
Sharif University of Technology
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Kazemeini, Mohammad
(Supervisor)
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Mahmudi, Niaz Mohammad
(Co-Supervisor)
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Baqalha, Morteza
(Co-Supervisor)
Abstract
Removing pollutants of water and, in general, wastewater treatment is one of the most important issues in the world. In this research, we synthesized a nanophotocatalyst based on znic-iron in the form of a magnetic core-shell Fe3O4@ZIF-8, and used to degrade the malachite green toxic color of wastewater. SEM, XRD and FT-IR analyzes have been taken and analyzed fore all three core, shell and core-shell composite catalysts.Due to the band gap of core-shell nanocomposite and the performance of the malachite green dye, a photocatalytic process under the visible light was obtained, which at an optimum amount of photocatalyst 0.003g, we reach 99.2% dye degradation at the 30ppm concentration. This...
Influence of an Anaerobic Stage on Membrane Fouling in MBR
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Borghei, Mehdi (Supervisor) ; Musavi, Abbas (Co-Advisor)
Abstract
Clean water is a growing need for humanity all around the Earth. Due to the shortage of clean water resources in most parts of our planet, wastewater treatment and reuse has been of great value in past decades. Much research has been conducted to improve treatment systems. One of the most recent advancements in water and wastewater treatment field is application of membrane bioreactor systems. Despite many advantages of these systems, membrane fouling has been the main drawback since the creation and application of them. The main objective of this research is to investigate the probable fouling reduction and head loss in flat sheet UF membranes due to the application of an anaerobic...
Sustainable Wastewater Treatment: Indicators and Technologies
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Abrishamchi, Ahmad (Supervisor) ; Dansh-Yazdi, Mohammad (Co-Supervisor)
Abstract
An increase of wastewater treatment plants and wastewater treatments methods have increased the importance of selection of best wastewater treatment alternative. This selection should not be merely based on the quality of effluent, but the whole factors (economic, environmental, technical and social factor) should be considered. Different methods for the assessment of wastewater treatment plants is used. For example, life cycle assessment is used for the evaluation of environmental impacts or cost-benefit analysis are used for economic analysis. But, for selection of the most sustainable technology whole factors should be evaluated together. Multi-criteria decision-making methods can be...
Crude oil desalter effluent treatment by a hybrid UF/RO membrane separation process
, Article Desalination ; Volume 238, Issue 1-3 , 2009 , Pages 174-182 ; 00119164 (ISSN) ; Roostaazad, R ; Hesampour, M ; Sharif University of Technology
2009
Abstract
Crude oil desalter effluent from a Tehran oil refinery was treated by a hybrid UF/RO membrane separation process. Ultrafiltration (UF) was used primarily to remove the emulsified oil droplets followed by the removal of total dissolved solids (TDS) via reverse osmosis (RO). The UF membrane was a hydrophilic flat sheet polysulfone ultrafiltration membrane with MWCO of 100 kDa while the RO membrane was a spiral-wound thin-film composite polyamide. Effect of operating conditions such as transmembrane pressure and crossflow velocity were studied in UF pretreatment. The experimental results showed that the UF membrane removed more than 75% of the oil and can be considered as an effective...
TiO2 nanofibre assisted photocatalytic degradation of reactive blue 19 dye from aqueous solution
, Article Environmental Technology ; Volume 30, Issue 3 , 2009 , Pages 233-239 ; 09593330 (ISSN) ; Ghaneian, M. T ; Taghavinia, N ; Khajeh Aminian, M ; Hashemian, S. J ; Sharif University of Technology
2009
Abstract
The photocatalytic degradation of Reactive Blue 19 (RB19) dye has been studied using TiO2 nanofibre as the photocatalyst in aqueous solution under UV irradiation. Titanium dioxide nanofibre was prepared using a templating method with tetraisopropylorthotitanate as a precursor. The experiments were carried out in the presence of the TiO2 nanofibre, and the effects of pH and electron acceptors on the degradation process were investigated. In order to observe the quality of the aqueous solution, chemical oxygen demand (COD) measurements were also carried out before and after the treatments. The photocatalytic decomposition of RB19 was most efficient in acidic solution. With the addition of...
Development of a Bio-Refinery Based on Olive Wastes
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Kariminia, Hamid-Reza (Supervisor) ; Eshraghi, Saeed (Supervisor)
Abstract
In this project, Olive Mill Wastes (OMW) has been considered as a raw material for a bio-refinery. The project is consisted of a design section using SuperPro Designer software and an experimental section. The biorefinery was designed using the software after conducting a survey on the production of different value added material from OMW. The designed process consisted of xanthan gum, methane gas and agriculture fertilizer production. As much as 15000 L of the diluted OMW (to 50% of the initial concentration) is purified and 88 Kg xanthan gum (in 7 days), 2840 Kg methane gas and 200 Kg fertilizer in 25 days are produced at the same time.
In the experimental section, effect of applying...
In the experimental section, effect of applying...
Design and Optimization of Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC) for Organic Pollution
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Vossoughi, Manouchehr (Supervisor) ; Seif Kordi, Ali Akbar (Supervisor)
Abstract
A Microbial fuel cell is a Bioreactor in which chemical bands are broken and their energy convert to electricity by bio-catalysts such as microorganisms and enzymes. Depletion of energy resources encouraged researchers to investigate microbial fuel cell as a power bio-resource. MFCs produce electricity or hydrogen without any net carbon emission. Nowadays, real applications of microbial fuel cells are limited because their power density level is very low (about 1000 mW/m2). Many research projects are running to modify MFCs operation and optimize its costs. The most important application of MFCs is electricity production, hydrogen production, waste water treatment and BOD5 biosensor. In this...
Construction and Optimum Condition Selection for Microbial Fuel Cell for Organic Matter Removal and Electricity Generation
, Ph.D. Dissertation Sharif University of Technology ; Vossoughi, Manoochehr (Supervisor) ; Alemzadeh, Iran (Supervisor)
Abstract
A Microbial fuel cell is a Bioreactor in which chemical bands are broken and their energy convert to electricity by bio-catalysts such as microorganisms and enzymes.In this project, construction, substrate investigation and optimization of operational parameters were done. Microbial fuel cell as a waste water treatment method was considered in this project. As a result, different substrate were used in anode chamber of constructed microbial fuel cell. The most important ones were waste water containing ethylene glycol and crude oil.Consequently, lack of information about cathode operational parameters was led to optimum condition selection for pH, buffer concentration and ionic strength as...
Investigating the Reduction of Sewage Sludge Volume in Kish slandRefineries with the Help of Mud Eating Worms
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Hashemian, Jamal (Supervisor)
Abstract
A major environmental challenge for wastewater treatment in Iran and other countries is the disposal of excess sludge produced during the biological process. This project has been developing and testing a technology that will help to overcome this challenge in Kish Island wastewater plant. Results demonstrate it can perform highly effective treatment of municipal wastewater while producing low levels of sludge.Applicationofvermifiltrationfor treatment of wastewater sludge using the Eiseniafetida earthworm species. The earthworms’ gut acted as a biofilter whereby there was reduction in the sewage wastewater’s solid and liquid organic and inorganic wastes through ingestion and expelling these...
Experimental Investigation of the Microbial Fuel Cell–Microbial Electrolysis Cell Coupled System for Dairy Wastewater Treatment and Hydrogen Production
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Yaghmaei, Soheyla (Supervisor) ; Roosta Azad, Reza (Supervisor)
Abstract
Microbial electrolysis cell- microbial fuel cell (MFC-MEC) coupled system is one of the novel method, for in-situ utilization from the wastewater and generating electricity and hydrogen simultaneously. In this system, required energy for microbial electrolysis cell supply by electric energy generated in microbial fuel cell. Implementation of this system is complicated, because of its unsteady state nature. In this study, it is demonstrated that the hydrogen production in such an MEC-MFC coupled sustem can be manipulated through adjusting the power input on the MEC. The power input of the MEC is regulated by adding MFCs connected into the circuit in series. When one MFC add to the coupled...
Treatment of Surfactant Wastewater by IFAS Bioreactors
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Borgheei, Mahdi (Supervisor) ; Moslehi, Parivash (Supervisor)
Abstract
In the modern societies, wastewater treatment is essential in achieving high level of standard in environmental protection and disposal. Recently, many researches are performed to study the surfactants’ biological decomposition in wastewater treatment process. In this project, fixed bed aerobic reactors are used in order to remove surfactant from wastewater. Integrated fixed film activation sludge reactor (IFAS) is used to remove surfactants and organic matters. It also used to study the capability of micro organisms in organic load removal in fixed bed biofilm for biological treatment of industrial wastewater. Pumice stone were used as the support in the reactor. The pumice stone is a...
Optimization of Fluidized Bed Bioreactor (FBBR) for Wastewater Treatment by Pumice Stone
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Borgheei, Mahdi (Supervisor) ; Pak, Ali (Supervisor)Investigation of Highly Concentrated Phenolic Wastewater Treatment in a Membrane Biological Reactor (MBR), and Evaluation of Furfural upon Phenol Biodegradation by an Acclimated Activated Sludge
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Borghei, Mehdi (Supervisor)
Abstract
Phenolic compounds are hazardous pollutants that are released into environment through wastewater discharges from variety of industries. Although good biodegradability has been reported at low concentrations, but at higher concentrations phenols are known to be antibacterial. In this study the Membrane Biological Reactor (MBR) with submerged hallow fiber membrane was operated at 25±2 ºC and pH=7.5±0.5 to treat a synthetic wastewater containing high phenol concentration (up to 5.9 g/l). Removal efficiency of phenol and COD were evaluated at four various “Hydraulic Retention Times” (HRT) of 24, 12, 8 and 4 hours. To test the tolerance of the bioreactor to phenol concentration various loading...
Optimization of Hybrid Anaerobic/Aerobic Bioreactor for Phosphate Removal
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Borghei, Mehdi (Supervisor)
Abstract
Discharging treated or raw waste water in to surface water may cause lots of serious problems, including growth of algae, as a result of the presence of nutrients in waste water.algae decrease the concentration of dissolve oxygen in water.phosphorus removal from waste water is of absolute necessity. according to the standards set by the environmental organization, discharge the untreated waster water in to the surface water is not allowed. on the other hand, given manager facilities of deprived area,effort is channeled to reach the desired result through designing the simplest treatment systems. anaerobic-aerobic systems have remarkably been used for many years in the treatment of urban and...
Feasibility of Providing Media for Multi-Media Filter Bed in Treatment
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Hashemian, Jamaleddin (Supervisor)
Abstract
In Iran, the technical issues are not considered when changing or replacing the bed of filter. In this regard, less attention is paid for the properties of the materials (e.g. shape, aggregation, effective size and uniform coefficient of grains, etc.) used in the replaced bed of filter. Therefore, the performance of the replaced filter is not good from treated water quality, water production, and backwash interval points of view. In this project, Light Expanded Clay Aggregate, LECA, was chosen as a suitable material to be used in the bed of filter because of its favorable grain shape. The performance of LECA has been examined in both “Single- Media Filter” and “Dual-Media Filter” for...