SAVITA KALSHAN, RAJESH DHANKHAR*, SHIVANI NARWAL, POONAM YADAV, AMIT CHHILLAR AND MANJU DESONDIA
Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak-124 001 (Haryana), India
*(e-mail: rajeshdhankar.EVS@mdurohtak.ac.in; Mobile: 81687 93039)
(Received: January 15, 2023; Accepted: February 23, 2023)
ABSTRACT
The textile, pulp and paper, printing and dyeing industries cast various concentrated pollutants and contaminants. A membrane bioreactor (MBR) is an advanced treatment technology with a small footprint, low sludge production and gives high-quality water effluent for reuse. In this research, an exhaustive overview of the research trend on MBR technology for wastewater treatment from 2010 to 2022 using bibliometric research was studied. This study was executed on the core collection of the Scopus database. The bibliometrics R-package (version 3.1.4) and VOS viewer software were used to analyze the research trend. A dataset of 8,626 publications was retrieved. Behind screening and extracting identical and irrelevant data, 679 were exported in CSV format. The analysis results showed that the papers were published with an annual growth rate of 14.51%, with a yearly citation rate of each report at 126.70 times. China had produced most publications on MBR treatment technology with more corresponding nodes than other countries and territories. Water research was the maximum cited journal, with the number 2952. The research hotspot for the most often used terms, “Membrane Bioreactor” and “Membrane fouling” were shown in the network visualization map and density visualization. This analysis is an alternative and creative mode of divulging directions in MBR research.
Key words : Membrane bioreactor technology, wastewater treatment, research trend, bibliometric analysis