The purpose of this study is to find the operational characteristics of nitrifier-dominated membrane bioreactor (MBR), which has been extensively studied for organic removal, especially in terms of nitrite (NO2-N) build-up and membrane fouling. Membrane fouling is one of the important factor which determines the economics of MBR system. The characteristics of membrane fouling was monitored in terms of the fouling indices such as sludge volume index (SVI), the concentration of total organic carbon (TOC) and extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) in a membrane permeate or sludge extract, the absorbance of supernatant at 260 nm. Most of index values except for protein concentration in EPS had a close relation with the increase of suction pressure and SVI value. Nitrifying MBR was superior to the conventional organic-oxidizing MBR in terms of membrane fouling since the fouling index value of nitrifying MBR was lower than that of BOD-oxidizing MBR.

복숭아 착즙액을 분획분자량 30,000인 hollow fiber를 사용하여 공정압력 1.0, 1.5, 2.0 bar, 공정온도 20, 35, 5에서 투과 플럭스와 총저항을 측정하고 막을 통과한 투과액의 성분분석을 행하였다. 공정압력에 따른 복숭아주스의 투과 플럭스는 압력이 증가함에 따라 투과 플럭스가 거의 직선적으로 증가하는 경향이었으며 공정온도 변화에 따른 투과 플럭스의 변화는 온도가 상승할수록 주스의 점도 감소와 확산계수의 증가로 투과 플럭스