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Pilot plant studies were carried out using actual wastewater to investigate
the applicability of a membrane separation activated sludge (MSAS) process
to municipal wastewater treatment. A small-scale pilot plant (8.7 m(3)/day
) with immersed flat sheet membrane was operated at the flux of 0.4 m(3)/m(
2)/day. Continuous operation for 140 days without chemical cleaning was pos
sible. Average Sludge production ratio was about 0.6. No significant differ
ence was observed in the dewaterability between membrane separation activat
ed sludge and conventional activated sludge at the CST test. Large-scale pi
lot plants (30-70 m(3)/day) with five types of membrane were also operated.
In these plants nitrogen removal by nitrification and denitrification, and
phosphorus removal by coagulant addition were carried out. Stable operatio
n with HRT of six hours, flux of 0.4-0.8 m(3)/m(2)/day was possible. the av
erage nitrogen and phosphorus removal efficiency being more than 80 and 95%
, respectively.