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The MBR Book: Principles and Applications of Membrane

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Table 5.9 Toray membrane-based <strong>MBR</strong> plant, design parameters<br />

Parameter Fuji Heenvliet Naston<br />

<strong>The</strong> plant is guaranteed to meet effluent concentration limits <strong>of</strong> �51 mg/L COD<br />

(�97% removal), undetectable TSS <strong>and</strong> �5 mg/L TN. Thus far, some minor teething<br />

problems have been experienced since commissioning. <strong>The</strong>se have included foaming,<br />

linked to wider than expected variation in feedwater quality, <strong>and</strong> concrete erosion.<br />

Further improvements, <strong>and</strong> specifically automated control, are in progress.<br />

5.2.6.2 Comparison <strong>of</strong> plant O&M data<br />

Design parameters for the Heenvliet <strong>and</strong> Fuji, both <strong>of</strong> which were designed by Keppel<br />

Seghers (who are also responsible for the Unibrane <strong>MBR</strong> systems in Singapore), <strong>and</strong> the<br />

Naston package plants are provided in Table 5.9. All <strong>of</strong> the six UK examples <strong>of</strong> Naston<br />

package plants are operated at 6–18 (average 12) g/L MLSS. <strong>The</strong> data collated for all<br />

three plant or plant types are characterised by high projected permeabilities <strong>and</strong> low<br />

aeration dem<strong>and</strong>s. It remains to be seen whether these are sustainable over extended<br />

periods <strong>of</strong> time.<br />

Thus far, the largest operational Toray plant in Europe, Reynoldston in Wales with a<br />

capacity <strong>of</strong> 0.69 MLD at peak flow, operates at a permeability <strong>of</strong> around 210 LMH/bar.<br />

As with all Naston package plants, this plant has not been chemically cleaned. Instead,<br />

the membranes are subjected to a mild backwash, every 6 months or so, which causes<br />

sufficient membrane displacement to dislodge accumulated solids. <strong>The</strong> solids are then<br />

subsequently flushed away when the air scour is applied. Clogging which has been<br />

noted has been attributed to blocked diffusers, which is overcome by their physical<br />

cleaning.<br />

5.3 Immersed HF technologies<br />

5.3.1 Zenon Environmental<br />

Case studies 233<br />

Effluent Industrial Municipal Municipal<br />

Capacity (MLD) 0.84 (1.08 peak) 2.4 (5.6 peak)* 0.13–0.56<br />

Flux (LMH) 21.6 (27.8 peak) 24.3 (56.3 peak)* 17–25<br />

Permeability (LMH/bar) 1500 �1000* 210<br />

SAD m (m 3 /m 2 .h) 0.4 0.3 0.25–0.82<br />

SAD p (m 3 air/m 3 ) 19 (14 peak) 12 (5.3 peak) �15<br />

*design data from Mulder et al. (Mulder <strong>and</strong> Kramer, 2005).<br />

5.3.1.1 Perthes en Gatinais sewage treatment works<br />

<strong>The</strong> plant at Perthes en Gatinais is one <strong>of</strong> the earliest examples <strong>of</strong> a Zenon <strong>MBR</strong><br />

sewage treatment plant <strong>and</strong> the earliest in Europe. It was commissioned in 1999 <strong>and</strong><br />

was built <strong>and</strong> is operated by Veolia Water (formerly Vivendi). <strong>The</strong> plant treats the<br />

effluent from four small communities in the Paris region, <strong>and</strong> there are currently 24

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