Kozak, MelikeCırık, KevserBaşak, Serden2021-06-112021-06-112021Kozak, M., Cırık, K., & Başak, S. (2021). Treatment of textile wastewater using combined anaerobic moving bed biofilm reactor and powdered activated carbon-aerobic membrane reactor. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 9(4), 105596.https://hdl.handle.net/11494/3216In this study, treatment of textile wastewater using sequencing anaerobic moving bed biofilm reactor (AnMBBR) and powdered activated carbon - aerobic membrane bioreactor (PAC-AeMBR) was investigated. MBBR was composed by an anaerobic bioreactor with a biocarrier K1 with a filling ratio of 40% (v:v) and operated with 5 different aeration rates (0-0.55 m3air/m3reactor.min), at a constant HRT of 6 h to evaluate the effect of oxygen on AnMBBR system. The AnMBBR effluent was fed to the PAC-AeMBR for further treatment. In the AnMBBR operation, the adverse effect of aeration on anaerobic color removal was observed when ORP values increased over - 300 mV corresponding to aeration rates over 0.019 m3air/m3reactor.min, showing high toleration of biofilm layer. Limited aerated MBBR pretreatment provided long-term operation of MBR by decreasing frequency of membrane fouling. The relative abundance of EPS-producing bacteria namely Alphaproteobacteria (68%) was remarkably high in PAC-AeMBR. Considering the obtained results, it was concluded that the AnMBBR and PAC-AeMBR systems with high removals presented itself as a stable system.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessKaldnesMBBRPAC-AeMBRTextile wastewaterArticle9410.1016/j.jece.2021.105596Q1Q1