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The MBR Book: Principles and Applications of Membrane

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

Table 5.7 Summary <strong>of</strong> municipal wastewater treatment data, Huber <strong>MBR</strong>s<br />

Parameter Knautnaundorf Schwägalp<br />

Commissioned March 2002 April 2002<br />

Dry weather flow (based on nominal flux) (MLD) 0.113 0.1<br />

Peak flow (m 3 /h) 18.4 6.5<br />

Number <strong>of</strong> membrane elements 1 1<br />

Total membrane area (m 2 ) 756 270<br />

Feed COD concentration (mg/L) 750 233<br />

COD removal (%) 96 97<br />

Nominal flux (LMH) 16 13<br />

Peak flux (LMH) 25 25<br />

Permeability (LMH/bar) �300 �300<br />

SAD m (m 3 air/m 2 h) 0.35 0.35<br />

SAD p (m 3 air/m 3 )normal (peak) 22 (14) 27(14)<br />

Energy dem<strong>and</strong> (kWhr/m 3 ) 1.3 1.4<br />

<strong>and</strong> now Ciba Speciality Chemicals) <strong>and</strong> another small municipal wastewater treatment<br />

works at an alpine hotel at Schwägalp railway station in Switzerl<strong>and</strong>, which has<br />

been in operation since April 2002. <strong>The</strong> plant at Schwägalp receives effluent from a<br />

dairy as well as an hotel <strong>and</strong> a guest house. <strong>The</strong> dry weather <strong>and</strong> peak flows are 0.1 MLD<br />

<strong>and</strong> 6.5 m 3 /h, respectively <strong>and</strong>, as such, the plant is similar to that at Knautnaundorf<br />

(Table 5.7).<br />

5.2.5 <strong>The</strong> Industrial Technology Research Institute non-woven fabric <strong>MBR</strong><br />

<strong>The</strong> NWF <strong>MBR</strong> developed by the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) <strong>of</strong><br />

Taiwan (Section 4.2.5) has been trialled for food processing effluent at a company<br />

manufacturing vinegar from grains <strong>and</strong> vegetables. <strong>The</strong> wastewater has a COD <strong>of</strong><br />

around 2600 mg/L, mainly soluble, <strong>and</strong> BOD, TSS <strong>and</strong> TKN concentrations <strong>of</strong> 1400,<br />

600 <strong>and</strong> 60 mg/L respectively. Additionally, the effluent has an average fats, oils <strong>and</strong><br />

grease (FOG) concentration <strong>of</strong> 34 g/L. <strong>The</strong> <strong>MBR</strong> was retr<strong>of</strong>itted into the existing 75 m 3<br />

square-sided SBR tank, since the latter process was found to be unable to cope with<br />

fluctuations in loading <strong>and</strong> space for expansion <strong>of</strong> the plant was limited. <strong>The</strong> membrane<br />

module has dimensions <strong>of</strong> 2.4 � 1.1 � 1.0 m (L � W � D), <strong>of</strong>fering a total filtration<br />

area <strong>of</strong> 270 m 2 . <strong>The</strong> module was found to consistently achieve over 95% COD<br />

removal efficiency, with �90 mg/L <strong>of</strong> COD in permeate when the influent COD<br />

was �2935 mg/L, SS was less than 1010 mg/L <strong>and</strong> volumetric loading maintained at<br />

1.6 kg COD/m 3 -day. <strong>The</strong> operational flux attained was around 4.5 LMH. Two other<br />

industrial effluent treatment plants in Taiwan are also based on an NWF <strong>MBR</strong>.<br />

5.2.6 Toray<br />

Toray membranes have been employed by Keppel Seghers (Singapore–Belgium) for<br />

their UNIBRANE ® <strong>MBR</strong> <strong>and</strong> by Naston (UK) for their package plant (Fig. 5.16). <strong>The</strong>re<br />

are about 25 operating plant worldwide, all but three being below 0.5 MLD. <strong>The</strong><br />

installation at Heenvliet in Belgium (due early 2006) appears to be the first reference

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