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Session 1: Beyond the Municipality and Within Industry Session 2: Managing Peak Flows – Operational and Design Strategies Session 3: The In's and Out's of Process Control and Operations in Today's Membrane Facilities Session 4: Leading Applications of Tertiary UF/MF – Testing, Design, and Optimization Session 5: Learning from MBR Installations: Controls, Phosphorus Removal, Retrofits, and Small Systems Session 6: What's New on the Horizon – Membrane and MBR Research and Product Innovation Session 7: Reverse Osmosis Advancements Session 8: Energy Optimization in MBRs: Conventional and Unconventional Thinking Session 9: Lessons Learned from Environmentally Friendly Membrane Design, Operation, and Retrofit Session 10: Biohydraulics – Linking Sludge Properties and Membrane Performance Session 11: Microconstituents – Removing Submicron Pollutants Session 12: State of the Art Modeling for Membrane Application Session 13: System Selection, Specifications, and Procurement – What Engineers, Owners, and Operators Need to Know Posters: Session 9: Manuscript
| Session 1: Beyond the Municipality and Within Industry |
Reclaiming Municipal and Industrial Wastewater Using Combined Membrane Bioreactor and Reverse Osmosis
Glen T. Daigger, CH2M HILL; Andrew Hodgkinson, Parson Brinkerhoff Australia, Pty. Ltd.; David Evans, Gippsland Water
Long Term Application of Bioreactor and Membrane Technologies for Treatment of Metalworking Fluid Wastewaters
Paul M. Sutton, P.M. Sutton & Associates, Inc.; Paul Gignac, General Motors Canada; Arnold Janson, General Electric
Swine Manure Treatment and Nutrient Concentration by Nanofiltration and Reverse Osmosis
Lucie Masse, Daniel I. Massé, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada; Yvon Pellerin, Technologies Osmosys
Treatment of Produced Water with a Membrane Bioreactor
Soondong
Kwon, Kerry A. Kinney, Lynn E. Katz, University of Texas at Austin;
Robert S. Bowman, New Mexico Tech; Enid J. Sullivan, Los Alamos
National Laboratory
Permeability Enhancement in Ceramic Crossflow Microfiltration for Treatment of Produced Water with High-Frequency Backpulse
Sumihar H.D. Silalahi, TorOve Leiknes, NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Membranes for Industrial Water Reuse – They're Not Just for Municipal Applications Anymore
Gregg Cummings, Val S. Frenkel, Kennedy/Jenks Consultants
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| Session 2: Managing Peak Flows – Operational and Design Strategies |
Membrane Fouling in Submerged Membrane Bioreactors during Peak Wet Weather Flow: Modeling For Design and Operation
Eugenio Giraldo, Mark LeChevallier, American Water
Peak Interest: Sensitivity to Design Flows In Evaluating Large-Plant MBR Retrofits
Thomas
Kochaba, Marie-Laure Pellegrin, David Kinnear, HDR Engineering; Melanie
Grissom, Brian McNamara, Hampton Roads Sanitation District
Hybrid MBR-Based Design: Cost Effective Performance Optimization for Peak Flows and Loads
Melissa
Wu, George Crawford, Pat Burke, Doug Berschauer, CH2M HILL; Mark
Henley, Washington Department of Ecology; Bryan Youker, CH2M HILL; John
Komorita, King County; Zimri Moore, Brown and Caldwell
Treating Wet Weather Flows In a Membrane Bioreactor
R. Shane Trussell, Trussell Technologies, Inc.
Treating Peak Flows Using Submerged MBR Technology – The Delphos, OH MBR System
Kim Riddell, Todd Teman, City of Delphos
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| Session 3: The In's and Out's of Process Control and Operations in Today's Membrane Facilities |
MBR Treatment for Low Levels of Phosphorus
Fred R. Gaines, Enviroquip; Mark Dowson, Highland Treatment, Inc.
Operation and Maintenance of the Delphos MBR WWTP: "One Year Report"
Scott Ellsworth, Floyd Browne Group; Kim Riddell, City of Delphos WWTP; Keith Radick, Floyd Browne Group
Membrane Bioreactor Technology Evaluation after 8 Years of Operation – Grand Targhee, WY
Marie-Laure Pellegrin, Matt Gough, HDR; Ron Overson, Grand Targhee Resort Operations
Operating Membrane Bioreactors: Issues & Concerns
Viraj deSilva, PARSONS
Microaerophilic Digestion of Excess MBR Sludge
Eugenio Giraldo, Wei Cheng, Mark LeChevallier, American Water
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| Session 4: Leading Applications of Tertiary UF/MF – Testing, Design, and Optimization |
Virus Removal by Low Pressure Membranes in Wastewater Treatment: Effects of Ion Composition and Effluent Organic Matter
Joseph
G. Jacangelo, John Hopkins University and MWH; Haiou Huang, Thayer A.
Young, John Hopkins University; Alain Madec, Air Liquid
Membrane Pilot Testing at the Sacramento Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant
Steven H. Ramberg, John E. Bailhache, Richard A. Gereg, Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District
Design Considerations for Tertiary Membrane Filtration: Pilot Unit Operation at a Trickling Filter Facility
Zeynep
K. Erdal, Carmen Quan, Fred Soroushian, CH2M HILL; Ryan Gross, Ken
Nelsen, Lake Arrowhed Community Services District; Shane Trussell,
Trussell Technologies; Jim Lozier, CH2M HILL
Operation and Process Optimization at the West Basin Water Recycling Facility to Provide High-Quality Recycled Water
Sam Abi-Samra, HDR; Marc Serna, West Basin Municipal Water District
Design and First-Year Operation of the 50 mgd Membrane Treatment Facility at Gwinnett County, Georgia
Richard
Porter, Gwinnett County Dept. of Public Works; Robert A. Bergman, CH2M
HILL; Don Joffe, Jordan Jones and Goulding; Ed Minchew, CH2M HILL
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| Session 5: Learning from MBR Installations: Controls, Phosphorus Removal, Retrofits, and Small Systems |
Effect of Chemical Phosphorus Precipitation on Enhanced
Biological Phosphorus Removal in MBR Application to Achieve Extremely
Low Effluent Total Phosphorus
Wen-jun Liu, Edward Jordan,
Siemens Water Technology Corp.; Zhi-rong Hu, EnviroSim Associate Ltd.;
Joeseph Furlong, Siemens Water Technology Corp.
Henderson's New Membrane Bioreactor Water Reclamation Facility – Choosing and Applying the Control System Architecture
J. Okazaki, M. Morine, A. Edwards, D. Fritz, City of Henderson, NV; J. Hoyle, R. Brauer, J. Smith, D. Brunkow, CH2M HILL
What Is Driving Pre-Engineered MBR System Growth?
Donna M. Hartman, GE Water & Process Technologies
Practical Aspects of Retrofitting to MBR Technology - McFarland Creek WWTP– Geauga County, Ohio
Thomas E. Voldrich, Lesley A. Gordon, CT Consultants, Inc.
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| Session 6: What's New on the Horizon – Membrane and MBR Research and Product Innovation |
Controlling Gaseous Nitrogen Oxide Emissions and Nitrogen Removal Performance in Hollow Fiber Membrane-Aerated Biofilm Reactors
Kevin
R. Gilmore, Nancy G. Love, Virginia Tech; Barth F. Smets, Virginia Tech
and Technical University of Denmark; Akihiko Terada, Technical
University of Denmark; Jay L. Garland, Dynamac Corporation
The Effects of System Scale-Up on Membrane Performance, Packing Density, and Mixed Liquor Properties: A Two-Year Study
J. Pawloski, J. Peeters, B. Ginzburg, S. Chang, GE Water & Process Technologies
A Sustainable Path to Membrane Quality Effluent
Ben
Gould, Jeff Devine, Ashbrook Simon-Hartley; Andrew Schuler, University
of New Mexico; Hyun-su Kim, Duke University; Sarah Hubbell, Entex
Technologies; James Gellner, Hazen & Sawyer; Josh Boltz, CH2MHill;
Bob Dabkowski, Hach
Energy-Efficient External MBR Design Simplifies Plant Upgrades to Produce Reuse Quality Water
Louis E. LeBrun, Charles R. Morgan, Parkson Corporation
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Is Buffering The Answer to Overcome The Fluctuation Of Industrial Effluent Quality At An UF-RO Plant?
Arie
Janssen, Delft University of Technology; Sjack van Agtmaal, Wilbert van
den Broek, Evides Industriewater; Jaap van der Graaf, Delft University
of Technology
City of Oxnard's Advanced Water Purification Facility – An
Example of Innovative Treatment Application and Design in Maximizing
One Southern California Community's Long Term Water Resources
Jim Lozier, CH2M HILL; Ufuk Erdal, Imad Feghali, Mary Vorissis, Anthony Emmert, Ken Ortega
Evaluating Traditional and Innovative Concentrate Treatment
and Disposal Methods for Water Recycling at Big Bear Valley, California
Ufuk G. Erdal, CH2M HILL; Jim Lozier, Anne Lynch, Steven Schindler
Extracellular Polymeric Substances and Membrane Fouling:
Microtopographical Characterization of Fouling Phenomana by Atomic
Force Microscopy
Berrin Tansel, Florida International University
Pretreatment to Optimize MF/RO Design and Operation in a Municipal Secondary Effluent Application
Paul A. Mueller, Lee Foster, Rory Morgan, Luggage Point Alliance, Western Corridor Recycled Water Project
Upgrading Wastewater Facilities with Membrane Microfilters
to Comply With NYC Watershed Rules and Regulations – A Case Study:
Hobart, NY
Joe Habib, Pall Corporation; Richard Reightmyer,
Balancing Nutrients in a Reuse World
Cindy Wallis-Lage, Vasu Veerapaneni, Jonathan Pressdee, Mark Steichen, Black & Veatch
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| Session 8: Energy Optimization in MBRs: Conventional and Unconventional Thinking |
Differences in Aeration and Air Scour Energy Requirements
between Membrane Bioreactors, Conventional Activated Sludge (CAS), IFAS
and MBBR Following Process Optimization
Dipankar Sen, Santa
Clara Valley Water District / Aquifas; George Crawford, CH2M HILL; Dave
Commons, San Bernardino Municipal Water Department
Evaluation of the Factors That Impact Successful Membrane Biological Reactor Operations at High Solids Concentration
Malcolm. E. Fabiyi, Richard Novak, Praxair, Inc.
Unique Procurement Process and Design for the City of Healdsburg's Membrane Bioreactor (MBR)/Cannibal® Treatment Plant
Craig Olson, HDR Engineering, Inc.; Jim Flugum, City of Healdsburg; Marie-Laure Pellegrin, HDR Engineering, Inc.
On-Line Fouling Control for Energy Reduction in Membrane Bioreactors
B. Ginzburg, J. Peeters, J. Pawloski, GE Water & Process Technologies
Flat Plate MBR Energy Consumption— Village Of Dundee, MI
Mark Stone, Dennis Livingston, Enviroquip a Division of EWT
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| Session 9: Lessons Learned from Environmentally Friendly Membrane Design, Operation, and Retrofit |
Large Membrane Bioreactors of Georgia – A Guide and Comparison
Ray Williams, Peter Schuler, Kelly Comstock, Rod Pope, Brown and Caldwell
Lessons Learned From the Design and Operation of Medium Sized Membrane Bioreactor Systems
Henryk Melcer, Bill McCarthy, Patricia Tam, Brown and Caldwell; Ben McConkey, Wayne Robinson, LOTT Alliance
Retrofitting Existing MBR Systems with Next Generation MBR Technology
Antonia von Gottberg, Benjamin Antrim, Christoph Kullmann, Koch Membrane Systems
The Johns Creek Environmental Campus – Most Aesthetically Pleasing 15-mgd MBR in North America
P.
Schuler, J. Bratby, R. Williams, K. Comstock, R. Pope, Brown and
Caldwell; K. Suwanarpa, P. Williams, Fulton County Department of Public
Works
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| Session 10: Biohydraulics – Linking Sludge Properties and Membrane Performance |
Influence of Loading Patterns on Sludge Properties and
Membrane Fouling In Membrane Bioreactors Treating Synthetic Early
Planetary Base Wastewater
K. Zhang, H. Choi, D.D. Dionysiou, D.B. Oerther, University of Cincinnati
SUR+: A Short and Accurate Test to Monitor the Total Fouling Rate of WWTP Effluent during Dead End Ultrafiltration
Arie Janssen, Arno Kooistra, Jaap van der Graaf, Delft University of Technology
Loading and Stress Effects on Flat Sheet Membrane Bioreactor (FSMBR) Fouling
ZaiYan Mi, University of New Brunswick; S.R. Grant, ADI Systems Inc.; K.S. Singh, University of New Brunswick
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| Session 11: Microconstituents – Removing Submicron Pollutants |
The Removal of Endocrine Disrupting Compounds and Pharmaceuticals from Membrane Bioreactor Effluent by Membrane Filtration
Anna M. Comerton, Robert C. Andrews, University of Toronto; David M. Bagley, University of Wyoming
Pilot Testing Of a Membrane Bioreactor for Metals Removal
Anne Conklin, Courtney Eaton, Keith Bourgeous, Lydia Holmes, Carollo Engineers; Keith Smith, Jim Beatty, City of Davis
The Importance of Reverse Osmosis in Removal of Notification
Level Chemicals and Selected Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals - A Pilot
Study
Ufuk G. Erdal, J. Lozier, L. Schimmoller, A. Lynch, S. Schindler, CH2M HILL
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| Session 12: State of the Art Modeling for Membrane Application |
Development of an Open Source Dynamic Simulation Model for Membrane Bioreactor (MBR) Design and Operation: Aquifas-MBR
Dipankar Sen, Santa Clara Valley Water District and Aquifas; Clifford W. Randall, Virginia Tech; Indranil Mitra, Aquifas
Advanced BioWin Modeling for MBR Process Design Optimization: A Case Study of a Split Conventional/MBR Design
Ron
J. Latimer, Paul A. Pitt, Charlie Hocking, Hazen and Sawyer, P.C.; Paul
Williams, Kun Suwanarpa, OP Shukla, Fulton County Department of Public
Works
Dynamic Simulation Is Necessary To Understand Differences in Design of Biological Nutrient Removal MBR Processes
Venkatram Mahendraker, Michael Hribljan, GE Water & Process Technologies
Using a Two-Phase Hydrodynamic Model to Control Fouling In an Ultrafiltration Side-Stream MBR
Nicolas Rios, Ingmar Nopens, Biometrics and Process Control (BIOMATH); Peter A. Vanrolleghem, Université Laval
Degrading Malonate Waste in a Membrane Bioreactor: Modeling and Experiments
Hector A. Garcia, Kerry A. Kinney, Desmond F. Lawler, University of Texas at Austin
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| Session 13: System Selection, Specifications, and Procurement – What Engineers, Owners, and Operators Need to Know |
Navigating the Pre-Selection of Membrane Bioreactor (MBR) Equipment in Nantucket, Massachusetts – Lessons Learned
Thomas E. Parece, Robert B. Stallings, Earth Tech, Inc.; Jeffery Willett, Eric Schultz, Town of Nantucket, Massachusetts
Large MBR Procurement – How To Do It Right?
Justyna Kempa-Teper, Val S. Frenkel, Kennedy/Jenks Consultants
Procurement of MBR Facilities at Irvine Ranch Water District Michelson Recycling Plant to Provide High Quality Reclaimed Water
Sam Abi-Samra, Mandira Sudame, HDR; Steve Malloy, Carl Spangenberg, Irvine Ranch Water District
Class AA Surface Water: MBR Treatment Plant Design and Construction Experience at Concrete, Washington
Greg Pierson, Bob Powell, George Sidhu, HDR, Inc.
Basic Membranes an Operators and Owners Introduction to
Membrane Bioreactors, Sizing Criteria, Surrounding Systems and Expected
Trends in the Industry.
Terry M. Gellner, CT Consultants, Inc.
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Best Practices in the Functional Design and Operation of Reverse Osmosis Membrane Plants
Robert Y. Ning, Thomas L. Troyer, Roger S. Tominello, King Lee Technologies
Application of Membrane Bioreactors for Enhanced Nutrient
Removal at a Large Wastewater Treatment Facility with Significant
Peaking Events
Thor Young, Kristi Perri, Jeff Sturdevant,
Stearns & Wheler, LLC; Chris Phipps, Mike Bonk, George Heiner, Anne
Arundel County, MD
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Wastewater Reuse via MBR and Tertiary Membrane Filtration – Case Studies
P. Gallagher, A. Nguyen, Purified Water, Siemens Water Technologies Corp; F. Zha, Siemens Water Technologies
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