New age of membrane technologies: HUBER VRM unit

Summary

The information on the developments of HUBER Company in the field of wastewater and sludge treatment with the use of advanced technologies is presented. The company experts have been developing various system options: from mechanical treatment to hi-tech membrane biological reactors. The use of membrane bioreactor provides for reducing the volume of aeration tanks, since it ensures operating biological treatment stage with activated sludge concentration up to 8 g/l (or to 12 g/l in the MBR filtration chamber); abandoning secondary settling tanks, tertiary treatment and disinfection stages (if needed) resulting in the reclamation of additional space. Beside strict requirements to the efficiency of treatment it is important to note the reduction of operation expenditures, for energy in particular. HUBER Company has developed a reliable and energy efficient solution – HUBER VRM membrane unit. The basic innovative solution in the designed membrane filtration unit is a unique AirBoost system.

Key words

energy efficiency , membrane bioreactor , membrane filtration , wastewater and sludge treatment , membrane flushing

Petrifilms (3M™ Petrifilm™) – innovative test-systems for microbial water quality monitoring

Summary

The specific features and benefits of the express method of microbiologic water quality monitoring with 3М™ Petrifilm™ are considered. 3М™ Petrifilm™ is an advanced medium standard used in Russia and abroad for microbiologic monitoring of food products, beverages and water quality. The 3М™ Petrifilm™ shelf life as long as dehydrated culture media; at the same time 3М™ Petrifilm™ is much easier to use. One of the main advantages of 3М™ Petrifilm™ is that there is no stage of culture media preparation. The main types of The 3М™ Petrifilm™ Aqua Plates for water testing are tests for determination of the number of heterotrophic bacteria (total microbial count), coliforms and enterobacteria (glucose-positive coliform bacteria), yeast and mold. The target microorganisms are determined from the growth on the selective medium, occurrence of acidification zone and gas formation. 3М™ Petrifilm™ Aqua Plates ensure valid and reliable results of analyzing drinking water by direct inoculation and membrane filtration.

Key words

potable water , microbiological analysis , total coliform bacteria , termotolerant coliform bacteria , glucose-positive coliform bacteria , TVC , membrane filtration , Petrifilms , 3М™ Petrifilm™ Aqua Plates

Calculation of low-capacity plants with membrane filtration for biological wastewater treatment

Summary

The calculation of standard series of plants for biological treatment of wastewater is set. The plants include a fermentation settling tank and a membrane bioreactor. The method has been approbated for calculating the plants with a capacity less than 500 m³/day. It was determined that increasing the activated sludge dosage from 3 to 5 g/l provided for 1.5 reduction of the size of the treatment facilities; at that increasing the activated sludge dosage more than 3-fold (more than 8 g/l was inexpedient. The size of the plants for 3 and 5 g/l activated sludge dosages with account of 25% volume increase (with correction for reliability) is given. The use of the suggested process flow scheme provides for increasing the efficiency of wastewater treatment. The effluent quality parameters approach the maximum permissible sanitary-hygienic regulations for the discharge into fishery water bodies. At that the use of chemicals for nutrients removal is not foreseen. The use of membrane filtration provides for equalizing and enhancing biological processes by means of possible increase of activated sludge concentration, and also for reducing the size of the plant, increasing the efficiency of wastewater treatment by means of enhanced removal of suspended solids.

Key words

wastewater , biological treatment , nitrification , denitrification , membrane filtration , dephosphorization