An innovative way to treat municipal wastewater and produce energy at the same time is anaerobic treatment. Anaerobic processes are traditionally used for high-strength wastewater or municipal sludge treatment and only recently have been applied for the treatment of low strength municipal wastewater To investigate the performance of anaerobic wastewater treatment through the incorporation of membrane technology, a 40 L laboratory scale Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactor (AnMBR) with a flat sheet submerged membrane along with a 40 L reservoir for trapping and measuring the biogas produced have been installed and set in operation. The scope of this study is to examine, through long term bench scale experiments, the impact that different temperatures and also different operating conditions have on the efficiency of AnMBR in order to identify the possibility of integrating this technology into Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTPs). This paper evaluates the efficiency of AnMBR in the temperature range 14–26 °C, operating at three different hydraulic retention times (HRTs). The three different HRTs examined were 2 d, 1 d and 12 h. Each HRT is divided into two different temperature ranges. As the HRT decreased the effluent quality decreased and the membrane fouled more rapidly. AnMBR was able to produce permeate water with an average COD of 51 ± 8 mg L⁻¹ at an HRT of 2 d during the summer period with an average temperature of 24 °C. The effluent COD increased to 67 ± 10 mg L⁻¹ and reached 91 ± 5 mg L⁻¹ for HRT 1 d and 12 h respectively for the same temperature range.

厌氧处理是一种同时处理市政废水和产生能量的创新方法。厌氧工艺传统上用于高强度废水或市政污泥的处理，直到最近才用于处理低强度市政废水。通过结合膜技术，40 L实验室规模的厌氧膜来研究厌氧废水处理的性能具有平板浸没膜的生物反应器（AnMBR）以及用于捕获和测量产生的沼气的40 L储罐已安装并投入运行。本研究的范围是通过长期的基准规模实验来检验 不同温度和不同操作条件对AnMBR效率的影响，以便确定将该技术集成到废水处理厂（WWTP）中的可能性。本文评估了在14–26°C温度范围内，在三种不同的水力停留时间（HRT）下运行的AnMBR的效率。所检查的三种不同的HRT为2 d，1 d和12 h。每个HRT分为两个不同的温度范围。随着HRT的降低，出水水质下降，膜污染更快。AnMBR能够产生平均COD为51±8 mg L的渗透水 在三种不同的水力停留时间（HRT）下运行。所检查的三种不同的HRT为2 d，1 d和12 h。每个HRT分为两个不同的温度范围。随着HRT的降低，出水水质下降，膜污染更快。AnMBR能够产生平均COD为51±8 mg L的渗透水 在三种不同的水力停留时间（HRT）下运行。所检查的三种不同的HRT为2 d，1 d和12 h。每个HRT分为两个不同的温度范围。随着HRT的降低，出水水质下降，膜污染更快。AnMBR能够产生平均COD为51±8 mg L的渗透水夏季期间HRT为2 d ^-1，平均温度为24°C。在相同温度范围内，HRT 1 d和12 h的出水COD分别增加到67±10 mg L ^-1和91±5 mg L ^-1。