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The MBR Book: Principles and Applications of Membrane

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214 <strong>The</strong> <strong>MBR</strong> <strong>Book</strong><br />

are known to cause increases in soluble COD levels in the mixed liquor, <strong>and</strong> this has<br />

been shown to increase fouling propensity (Section 2.3.7.3) (Reid, 2006).<br />

5.2.1.2 Other Wessex Water regional Kubota plant<br />

Subsequent Wessex Water <strong>MBR</strong> plant at Swanage (12.7 MLD) <strong>and</strong> the small plant at<br />

South Wraxall (0.26 MLD) were designed based on slightly higher peak fluxes than<br />

that <strong>of</strong> Porlock: 33 LMH rather than 27 <strong>and</strong> operates at a lower MLSS (8–12 g/L).<br />

Other plants in the region, specifically Westbury (4.8 MLD) <strong>and</strong> Longbridge (1.6 MLD),<br />

have similar design fluxes to that <strong>of</strong> Porlock. Westbury has a significant industrial<br />

effluent input, <strong>and</strong> chemical phosphorous removal has been successfully retr<strong>of</strong>itted<br />

at this plant.<br />

<strong>The</strong> plant at Swanage is <strong>of</strong> some significance, it being the largest <strong>MBR</strong> installation<br />

in the UK at the time <strong>of</strong> installation, though Daldowie (Section 5.1.3) is significantly<br />

larger in membrane area (25 600 panels) <strong>and</strong> larger in average flow but similar on<br />

design full flow at 12.9 MLD. <strong>The</strong> Swanage plant is also one <strong>of</strong> the least visible largescale<br />

sewage treatment works. <strong>The</strong> plant has been completely l<strong>and</strong>scaped into the<br />

Dorset coastline (Fig. 5.4), a considerable feat <strong>of</strong> civil engineering incurring a correspondingly<br />

considerable cost. <strong>The</strong> plant has six aeration tanks <strong>of</strong> 3.3 � 22.5 � 5m<br />

dimension with average liquid depth 3.5 m, giving a volume <strong>of</strong> 250 m 3 . It contains a<br />

total <strong>of</strong> 132 units (22 per tank) with 150 panels per unit providing a total membrane<br />

(a)<br />

(b)<br />

Figure 5.4 View <strong>of</strong> Swanage sewage treatment works:(a) from the sea <strong>and</strong> (b) from the air

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