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The MBR Book: Principles and Applications of Membrane

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suspended solids. <strong>The</strong> reactor biomass took some time to develop <strong>and</strong> acclimatise<br />

due to a combination <strong>of</strong> the plant not being properly seeded <strong>and</strong> disinfectant chemicals<br />

being discharged into the plant. However, the plant has been operating to the<br />

design specification over a year.<br />

5.2.4 Huber Technology<br />

5.2.4.1 Knautnaundorf<br />

<strong>The</strong> water <strong>and</strong> wastewater company in Leipzig (KWL) is responsible for the operation<br />

<strong>of</strong> 30 sewage treatment plants in <strong>and</strong> around Leipzig. Many <strong>of</strong> these plants were<br />

found to be no longer able to meet the tighter effluent quality st<strong>and</strong>ards imposed by<br />

the government <strong>and</strong> so required upgrading. Prior to upgrading, the sewage treatment<br />

plant at Knautnaundorf was equipped with a balancing tank, two primary<br />

tanks <strong>and</strong> four small activated sludge plants for biological clarification <strong>of</strong> the wastewater.<br />

Oxygen supply to the plant had been controlled using simple timers, with no<br />

feedback control based on DO levels in the mixed liquor. <strong>The</strong> quality <strong>of</strong> the treated<br />

water, which is discharged into the Weiße Elster river, was therefore poor. After a<br />

tendering process, the vaccum rotating time (VRM) ® system was selected to provide<br />

water meeting the new effluent st<strong>and</strong>ards, which specify microbiological parameters.<br />

<strong>The</strong> new treatment plant (Fig. 5.14), was designed for a maximum flow rate <strong>of</strong><br />

18 m 3 /h <strong>and</strong> a daily flow <strong>of</strong> 0.113 MLD. It contains a stack <strong>of</strong> trapezoidal plate<br />

Figure 5.14 Municipal WWTP at Knautnaundorf

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