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MBR CONTROL

 Output characterisation
OUTPUT SENTENCE

automatic control system for energy optimization in membrane bioreactors advanced treatment for both industrial and municipal wastewater

 
OUTPUT TYPEe-tool 
WATER TOPICUrban pollution 
KEYWORDSWater waste treatment 
KEYWORDS TYPESoftware 
MARKET NEED TAILORED

Energy saving from water treatment plants. Current technologies need aeration process to clean membranes; this new system control by automatic process reduces and monitors the need of air.

Membrane bioreactor (MBR) technology has become relatively widespread as an advanced treatment for both industrial and municipal wastewater, especially in areas prone to water scarcity. Although operational cost is a key issue in MBRs, currently only a few crucial papers and inventions aimed to optimise and enhance MBR efficiency have been published.

control optimization and integrated operation of MBR for wastewater treatment and reuse

 
OUTPUT DESCRIPTION

Software for automatic control system for energy optimization in membrane bioreactors (MBR)

 
STATE OF DEVELOPMENT

Small scale Pilot,: aim includes pilot plant and full scale experiments but also modelling using the mechanistic ASM family for BNR and simplified empirical models including fouling for the filtration process

The study areas are three medium-sized catchments which represent different environmental conditions: Fluvià, Tordera and Siurana

Also tested in industrial pilot plants

 
INNOVATIVE ASPECTS AND ADVANTAGES
  • Easy friendly use
  • Transferable to any membrane bioreactors
  • Energy saving by reducing the aeration needs up to 20% of energy saving), so that it reduces costs in the process.
  • MBR systems have many advantages such as smaller footprint with the elimination of the secondary settlers, the possibility to work with high mixed liquor suspended solids concentrations, limited sludge production and obtaining very high effluent quality. On the other hand, the major drawbacks are high operation and installation costs, including specific pre-treatment, and membrane fouling which requires periodical physical and chemical cleaning periods.
 
INTELLECTUAL/INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

Patent has been created, in process Smart-Air MBR®

 
TRANSFERABILITY

Output is now being tested at real scale, moreover was at lab scale tested.

 
POTENTIAL USERS/CLIENTS

Municipalities hosting water treatment plants, industries

 
 Estimation of risks
EVALUATION OF RISKS FOR OUTPUT USERS
  • Low risk to implement output:
  • Economical needs to set the software in the specific case
  • Need to finalize the demonstration plan at real scale.
 Steps ahead
NEXT STEPS TO ACHIEVE THE STATUS 'READY TO USE'
  • Marketing activities
  • Searching users
 Estimation of ressources
 Contact
TECHNICAL CONTACTJoaquim Comas, PhD *?Laboratory of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Girona *?17071 Girona (Catalonia, Spain) *?Tel +34 973 418 355; +34 615 831 769 *?Fax +34 972 418 150 *?Email joaquim.comas@udg.edu 
COUNTRYSPAIN 
WATER RTOM CONTACTAmphos21 
 Background
PROJECT ACRONYMSoftware MBR 
PROJECT DESCRIPTIONSoftware for automatic control system for energy optimization in membrane bioreactors (MBR) 
LEADERLaboratory of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Girona 
COUNTRIES INVOLVEDSPAIN 
PROJECT LOCATIONES 
FUNDING ORGANISATIONNational funding, diverse programmes (ACCIO10, Env 

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