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AnMBR WASTEWATER TREATMENT

Key Message

AnMBR technology is known to be the best available technology for treating high-strength dairy wastewater. With a positive net energy balance and a superior effluent quality that avoids complex post-treatment, this technology is highly competitive in terms of OPEX and CAPEX.
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Benefits of MBR Treatment with tubular UF

For the high-strength dairy effluents (COD > 10 – 15 g/L) the anaerobic MBR is often the best choice. The Berghof tubular UF is coupled to a simple CSTR digester, allowing the operation with high OLRs (10 kg COD/m3·day) while producing a high-quality effluent. The Berghof membranes ensure the complete retention of the biomass within the anaerobic digester and bring a significant improvement in the digestion process, making it more robust, reducing the footprint, and increasing biogas production. In the dairy industry, Berghof AnMBR offers major advantages over other anaerobic technologies based on granular sludge:

The external tubular MBR for dairy wastewater treatment has numerous advantages over the conventional biological processes and the submerged MBRs:

Effluent Quality

COD removals > 98 – 99% and complete retention of solids, allowing the direct discharge after the AnMBR or the post-treatment with RO if required, for reuse in the dairy facility.

Ability to cope with high TSS and FOG

In contrast with the granular anaerobic systems which are known to suffer degranulation under these conditions; this fact deteriorates the effluent quality and leads to decreased efficiency because of the washout of biomass.

Cost-savings on pre-treatment​

As a result of the better effluent quality and the ability to cope with high TSS and FOG, pre-treatment can be simplified and the production of biogas production can be maximized.

In some approaches, aerobic and anaerobic MBRs can be combined in the same installation for treating wastewaters with different organic loads.  In this way, when very high and low/medium COD values need to be managed the best performance in terms of operational costs and effluent quality is achieved.

 The external tubular MBR for dairy wastewater treatment has numerous advantages over the conventional biological processes and the submerged MBRs:

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Dairy AnMBR wastewater treatment - the process

The high-strength wastewater or by-products like whey are mixed in the equalization tank. Here, chemicals are often required for neutralization, since the use of acid and alkaline products for cleaning and sanitizing results in a highly variable pH. 

The tubular anaerobic MBR removes the organic pollutants in a single treatment step, producing renewable energy in form of biogas and high-quality treated water. This effluent can be disposed into the sewer, although in some cases it even fulfills the requirements for water body discharge. Reuse is also possible after a reverse osmosis step.

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Project References​

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Water softening | New Material Industry

Project Details

Application: Water softening
Capacity: 200 m3/d
Membrane: 8mm PVDF, CR
Location: Huguan County (China)
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AnMBR & MBR | Dairy Industry

Project Details

Product: AnMBR and MBR in parallel
Membrane: 8mm, PVDF, backwashable
Capacity: 1,900 m3/day
COD load: 9,000 to 18,000 kg/day
Location: Wisconsin
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AnMBR | Creamery

Project Details

Product: AnMBR
Membrane: 8mm, PVDF, backwashable
Capacity: 155 m3/day
BOD load: 1,587 kg/day
Location: Menomonie, Wisconsin
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Tubular UF Membrane Modules ​

To prevent fouling and clogging, Berghof Membranes developed its line of robust tubular UF (ultrafiltration) membrane modules based on inside-out crossflow filtration.

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Membrane Skid systems​

Berghof Membranes developed B-SMART®, a customizable external membrane filtration system that can be designed with various features and functionalities.

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Pilot systems & Lab testing​

Bridging the gap between lab-scale testing and manufacturing. Our experts gives you the confidence to apply the technology for your specific wastewater challenges.

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