.MBR

Advantages

By using the application of membranes to biological plants, we exploit all the advantages of the biological process. The process itself has significant advantages, which you can find listed here:

Reduced sensitivity to changes in the feed: the efficiency of ultrafiltration membranes is not dependent on the settling of the biological flocs; the sludge is retained even if the bioreactor undergoes the entry of a toxic substance or a sudden increase in organic or hydraulic load or even a pH shock. 

Another benefit of using ultrafiltration membranes is the possibility of maintaining biomass concentrations in circulation that are significantly higher than those characteristic of traditional technologies.

Improved effluent quality: the ultrafiltration membranes guarantee absolute separation of suspended solids, preventing the entrainment of biological sludge responsible for high COD and suspended solids values in the effluent and thus allowing subsequent treatment stages normally sensitive to suspended solids (such as reverse osmosis or, as in the present case, tertiary ozonation).

Ease of management: the high technological level expressed by the system makes it easy to manage.

Accurate control of the average age of the biological sludge: since virtually no solids pass through the membranes and since the sludge purge is strictly regulated, the age of the sludge can be precisely controlled, thus guaranteeing the management parameters chosen by the operators.

Reduced sludge production: as a consequence of being able to maintain a significantly higher sludge age than traditional plants, sludge production is reduced (resulting in lower dewatering and sludge disposal costs).

Extremely reduced overall dimensions: the possibility of developing the bioreactor in height (MBR) and the absence of the final clarification basin allow for a high space saving compared to other traditional solutions (with the same abated polluting load).