READ ME File For 'Dataset for Operation of Submerged Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactors at 20° C: Effect of Solids Retention Time on Flux, Mixed Liquor Characteristics and Performance' Dataset DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/D1950 ReadMe Author: Sonia HEAVEN, University of Southampton This dataset supports the publication: AUTHORS Pacheco-Ruiz, S., Heaven, S. and Banks, C.J. TITLE Operation of Submerged Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactors at 20° C: Effect of Solids Retention Time on Flux, Mixed Liquor Characteristics and Performance JOURNAL Processes PAPER DOI 10.3390/PR9091525 This dataset contains: Data supporting THE PAPER "Operation of Submerged Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactors at 20° C: Effect of Solids Retention Time on Flux, Mixed Liquor Characteristics and Performance" The figures are as follows: Figure 2. Operational parameters in SAnMBRs during the whole experimental period: (a) SRT; (b) TMP; (c) flux (daily average); (d) MLSS; (e) COD removal; (f) SMP; (g) specific SMP (MLSS basis). Figure 3. COD balances in SAnMBRs during the whole experimental period: (a) S1, (b) S2, (c) S3 and (d) S4. Figure 4. Mixed liquor filterability in SAnMBRs during the whole experimental period: (a) CST; (b) CSTMLSS. Figure 5. Mixed liquor centrifugation during experimental period: FIC test – Separated sludge volumes as % of original sample volume in (a) S1, (b) S2, (c) S3 and (d) S4, (e) separation phases during FIC test in centrifuged mixed liquor from S2 on day 204. Figure 6. EPS composition during experimental period: (a) bound protein, (b) bound carbohydrate; (c) soluble protein, (d) soluble carbohydrate. Vertical dotted lines indicate start of experimental phases. Figure A2. FIC test sludge volumes results normalised to MLSS content in (a) S1, (b) S2, (c) S2 and (d) S4. Date of data collection: 12/03/2015 - 08/11/2015 Information about geographic location of data collection: University of Southampton, U.K. Related projects: AmbiGAS: Biogas production from high volume industrial effluents at ambient temperatures (BB/L000024/1) Date that the file was created: September 2021