22 Articles found
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Municipal WWTP, Spain: A Case Study
Overview The oxidation ditch configuration based wastewater treatment plant in Spain required a quick upgrade in order to comply with new inflow and quality requirements. Requirements The existing plant was operating with two parallel Oxidation ...
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WWTP Yavne, Israel A Case Study
Case Study: Municipal WWTPClient: Municipality of Yavne, IsraelStart Up: September 2005Capacity: 6,000 m3/d Overview An urgent improvement of the effluent quality of the old existing WWTP of Yavne was required by the Environmental Ministry of ...
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Kfar Ruppin, Israel A Case Study
Case Study: Fish FarmClient: Kibbutz Kfar RuppinStart Up: 2004Capacity: 120 m3/h circulation Overview Kfar Ruppin is one of the leading fish farming coops in Israel. Recent restrictions on water consumption and discharge have led the coop to ...
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Valdivia paper mill, vhile A Case Study
Case Study: Pulp & Paper IndustryStart Up: August 2006Capacity: 8,500 m3/d Overview The paper mill at Valdivia produces card board from chemical and mechanical pulp. With the installation of an additional paper machine, the wastewater flow ...
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Granador juice, Switzerland A Case Study
Case Study: Food & Beverage IndustryClient: Granador AG SwitzerlandStart Up: July 2004Capacity: 500 m3/d Overview Granador, a premium brand of Unidrink AG, is a well known beverage producer, located in Hitzkirch, Switzerland. Granador produces ...
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WWTP Marines, Spain upgrading a municipal WWTP using AGAR® technology A Case Study
Case Study: Municipal plantStart up: May 2007Capacity: 380 m3/d Abstract In view of EU directives for effluent discharge, it was required to upgrade the local sewage plant in the town of Marines, Valencia (Spain). The technology chosen for the ...
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WWTP Monclova, Mexico A Case Study
Case Study: Municipal WWTPClient: Monclova – MexicoStart Up: 2005Capacity: 58,300 m3/d Overview The municipal WWTP at Monclova, Mexico had to increase its capacity by a factor of 1.5 and improve nitrification capacity, for 100% reuse by industry. ...
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Europaper, Italy A Case Study
Case Study: Pulp & Paper PlantClient: Siemens Water Technologies – ItalyStart Up: August 2005Capacity: 2,000 m3/d Overview Europaper produces tissues paper for Industrie Cartarie Tronchetti, which has its own branch (Foxy). Changes in the ...
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WWTP Georgia, USA - A Case Study
Case Study: Municipal WWTPClient: Georgia – USAStart Up: 2009Capacity: 1,900 m3/d Overview The extensive municipal WWTP was required to upgrade its effluent quality to include extensive Ammonia removal. The project was conducted by Aqwise’s ...
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Design configurations for commercial application of biomass carriers in small wastewater treatment plants
Introduction Moving bed type reactors are bio-film processes utilizing small, plastic biomass carriers that mix in the water. The use of biomass carriers is becoming common world-wide, for many applications, some of which are: compact low operation ...
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Simultaneous clarification and endogenous post denitrification by up-flow through a layer of floating media
KeywordsBiological nutrient Removal, Post denitrification, Clarifier design, Pilot study IntroductionMethods to comply with the most updated low effluent total nitrogen (TN) regulations include, in addition to a high internal circulation ratio to a ...
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Upgrading effluent quality with a plastic media based process
Wastewater treatment plant retrofits worldwide are motivated by two main developments: changes in effluent quality regulations, population growth in certain areas. In recent years, the EU (under directive EEC/271/91) and US (Section 304A of ...
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Different process configurations for biomass-carrier-based treatment of industrial wastewater
KeywordsBiological wastewater treatment, Industrial wastewater, biomass carriers, case study IntroductionBiological treatment is still the most cost effective method to oxidize organic pollutants in wastewater. However, industrial wastewaters from ...
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Airlift bioreactors: Application to wastewater treatment
After an introductory review, this paper presents a three-phase reactor fluid dynamic model that is used in the development of a generic process for upgrading existing wastewater treatment plants (WWT). The aim is to incorporate nitrification and ...
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Full scale municipal implementations of the Agar IFAS process for municipal wastewater treatment
Wastewater treatment plant retrofits worldwide are motivated by two main developments: a. Changes in effluent quality regulations, either to more stringent BOD/TSS requirements, or to include nutrient (N and P) removal b. Increase in flows to ...
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Aqwise`s poster at the 2008 Weftec convention - Distribution of microbial population within a moving bed bio-film reactor (MBBR) combining a `denitrfiltration` unit
Introduction At high influent N levels , there is a need in Pre- and Post (Endogenous)-denitrification stages, requiring addition of an external electron donor. Systems based on the MBBR (Moving Bed Bio-film Reactor) process have high potential ...
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Case study: Municipal WWTP
OverviewAn urgent improvement of the effluent quality of the old existing WWTP of Yavne was required by the Environmental Ministry of Israel. RequirementEffluent from the Yavne WWTP used to be discharged into a river which flows into the ...
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Case study: Pulp & paper industry
OverviewThe paper mill at Valdivia produces card board from chemical and mechanical pulp. With the installation of an additional paper machine, the wastewater flow increased from 4,000 m3/d to 8,500 m3/d and therefore an extension of the existing ...
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Case study: Food & beverage industry
OverviewGranador, a premium brand of Unidrink AG, is a well known beverage producer, located in Hitzkirch, Switzerland. Granador produces about 45 million bottles per year for distribution all over Europe. The plant had an anaerobic reactor for ...
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Upgrading a municipal WWTP using AGAR® technology
In view of EU directives for effluent discharge, it was required to upgrade the local sewage plant in the town of Marines, Valencia (Spain). The technology chosen for the project was AGAR® (Attached Growth Airlift Rector) of AqWise - Wise Water ...