Dutta, KasturiKasturiDuttaLee, Ming-YiMing-YiLeeLai, Webber Wei-PoWebber Wei-PoLaiLee, Chien HsienChien HsienLeeLin, Angela Yu-ChenAngela Yu-ChenLinLin, Cheng-FangCheng-FangLin2018-09-102018-09-102014http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84903587241&partnerID=40&md5=b525cb37448571078c0ecfa206b0da3chttp://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/385353The aim of present study was to treat municipal wastewater in two-stage anaerobic fluidized membrane bioreactor (AFMBR) (anaerobic fluidized bed reactor (AFBR) followed by AFMBR) using granular activated carbon (GAC) as carrier medium in both stages. Approximately 95% COD removal efficiency could be obtained when the two-stage AFMBR was operated at total HRT of 5h (2h for AFBR and 3h for AFMBR) and influent COD concentration of 250mg/L. About 67% COD and 99% TSS removal efficiency could be achieved by the system treating the effluent from primary clarifier of municipal wastewater treatment plant, at HRT of 1.28h and OLR of 5.65kg COD/m3d. The system could also effectively remove twenty detected pharmaceuticals in raw wastewaters with removal efficiency in the range of 86-100% except for diclofenac (78%). No other membrane fouling control was required except scouring effect of GAC for flux of 16LMH. © 2014 Elsevier Ltd.[SDGs]SDG6[SDGs]SDG11[SDGs]SDG12Activated carbon; Activated carbon treatment; Bioconversion; Bioreactors; Chemical reactors; Clarification; Drug products; Efficiency; Effluent treatment; Effluents; Fluid catalytic cracking; Fluidization; Fluidized bed furnaces; Fluidized beds; Membrane fouling; Supersaturation; Wastewater treatment; Anaerobic; Anaerobic fluidized bed reactors; COD removal efficiency; Fluidized bed reactors; Granular activated carbons; Membrane bioreactor; Municipal wastewater treatment plants; Municipal wastewaters; Chemicals removal (water treatment); activated carbon; organic matter; artificial membrane; drug; organic compound; oxygen; sewage; waste water; water pollutant; activated carbon; anoxic conditions; bioreactor; drug; membrane; municipal solid waste; wastewater; water treatment; anaerobic fluidized membrane bioreactor; Article; chemical oxygen demand; effluent; fouling control; membrane reactor; priority journal; sludge; suspended particulate matter; waste component removal; waste water management; anaerobic growth; artificial membrane; biochemical oxygen demand; bioreactor; chemistry; city; devices; isolation and purification; metabolism; microbiology; pH; pressure; sewage; Taiwan; temperature; waste water; water management; water pollutant; Anaerobiosis; Biological Oxygen Demand Analysis; Bioreactors; Cities; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; Membranes, Artificial; Organic Chemicals; Oxygen; Pharmaceutical Preparations; Pressure; Sewage; Taiwan; Temperature; Waste Water; Water Pollutants, Chemical; Water Purificationjournal article10.1016/j.biortech.2014.03.054