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The MBR Book: Principles and Applications of Membrane

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Table 5.18 Water quality, Sobelgra plant<br />

Parameter Feed concentration Load Effluent concentration<br />

(mg/L) (mg/L) (kg/day) (mg/L)<br />

COD 1880–2100 4000 100–200<br />

BOD 700–930 2000 2–5<br />

TSS 330–460 800 0<br />

TN 35–50 100 1–2<br />

TP 13–15 30 �1<br />

Figure 5.36 Koch membrane systems PURON ® modules at Sobelgra<br />

Case studies 251<br />

Belgium. This meant that the capacity <strong>of</strong> the existing conventional WWTP had to be<br />

doubled <strong>and</strong>, due to lack <strong>of</strong> space on the factory site, conventional technology could<br />

not be used. <strong>The</strong> <strong>MBR</strong> plant (Fig. 5.36) was piloted in the Spring <strong>of</strong> 2003 <strong>and</strong> installed<br />

by the Belgian turnkey constructor ENPROTECH with the Belgian Engineering company<br />

SEE:WATER supplying <strong>and</strong> assembling the MF system.<br />

<strong>The</strong> <strong>MBR</strong> was retr<strong>of</strong>itted into the existing aeration tank, which was divided into<br />

two parts to provide an aeration tank <strong>and</strong> a separate membrane tank. <strong>The</strong> tank <strong>of</strong> the<br />

former clarifier has been converted to an additional bioreactor, such that, in the new<br />

process, 25% <strong>of</strong> the total treatment volume is occupied by the membranes. <strong>The</strong> membrane<br />

tank is equipped with 16 500 m 2 PURON ® membrane modules, providing a<br />

total membrane area <strong>of</strong> 8000 m 2 .

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