Content X-Flow

recycling of wastewater

Introduction to NORIT / X-Flow Our Technologies XIGA / MBR XIGA MBR Case studies

NORIT Facts & Figures

Turnover 2004 Employees : 231 mln. : 1200 (FTE)
> 200 (FTE) in Enschede

NORIT Organisation
NORIT N.V.
NORIT Actieve Kool Holding B.V. NORIT Proces Technologie Holding B.V.

Traditionally active in activated carbon Since 1996 active in membrane filtration

1996: Aquisition of NORIT Membrane Technology, application developer and system manufacturer since 1993 1997: Aquisition of X-Flow, membrane manufacturer since 1984 2000: Aquisition of Stork Friesland (membrane division) membrane manufacturer since 1973

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NORIT Americas (NAI)

Operating companies

Int. Sales Offices

Int. Sales Offices

Production

Production

NPT NMT X-FLOW SDMO HAFFMANS FILTRIX

NORIT Organisation
NORIT Proces Technologie Holding

X-Flow - Our Business...

X-Flow is a strategic component supplier for the OEM-market. X-Flow has its base in water, beverages, food, biotechnology and dairy. X-Flow is always looking for new partners.
m3/h

Filtered water capacity

HAFFMANS SDMO COMP. X-FLOW NPT/NMT SDMO PROJ. SALES OFF.

COMPONENTS & SYSTEMS

SYSTEM INTEGRATOR

and succes!

Our Products
Our standard product portfolio consists of hollow fibres and tubular membrane filtration modules that are used in a large range of dead-end and cross flow applications.

Our Technology: Side Stream solutions

Conventional system
AT CT M

aeration tank

clarification tank

These applications can be found for example in drinking water production, clarification of wine, or in Membrane Bioreactors.

Membrane bioreactor

Introduction XIGA
PWTP WWTP

NORIT XIGA CONCEPT XIGA

Characteristics: based on standardised pressure vessel (8 RO)
UF RO

open standard: allows competition for future multiple elements per pressure vessel compact design with small foot print

WW effluent sand filter sea water surface water well water

easy element loading and changing process water grey water drinking water enhanced cleaning options

XIGA XIGA
Semi dead-end UF in pressure vessels Suspended solids content < 50 mg/l
Permeate distributor Permeate

Compact Horizontal Economical

Feed

With CAPFIL membranes

Pressure pipe Permeate interconnector

NORIT XIGA CONCEPT XIGA

Filtration (fully automated)

NORIT XIGA CONCEPT XIGA

Hydraulic back-wash (fully automated)

NORIT XIGA CONCEPT XIGA

Chemical Enhanced Back-wash (fully automated)

X-FLOW in water reuse

XIGATM 3 examples:
Drinking water (!) Windhoek Power industry China Irrigation of Kuwait City (Sulaibiya)

PWTL PWTL

CASE STUDY, re use wwtp effluent

XIGATM (drinking water)
source: secondary effluent function: bacteria barrier application: drinking water (indirect) capacity: 1,050 m3/h (25 MLD) industry: water supply (Namibia)

X-FLOW in water reuse China Power industry

Beijing Jingfeng Power Feed: cooling tower blow down Capacity: 560 m/h (13,5 MLD) Target: RO pretreatment, prior to supply boiler make up.

X-FLOW in water reuse China Power industry

X-FLOW in water reuse China Power industry

Dalian Taishan Power Plant Feed: second effluent from Malanhe WWTP Capacity: 300 m/h (7,2 MLD) Target: RO pretreatment, prior to supply boiler make up.

Caojin Power Feed: raw tap water Capacity: 1250 m/h (30 MLD) Target: RO pretreatment, prior to supply boiler make up.

UF lay-out layFe-dosing Buffering tank Buffer tank Micro Strainers

UF

-68 skids -32 PV per skid -8704 S-225 UFC 10.000 m3 5 + 2 feed pumps 60 micron Disc-filters

90 % recovery

TSS: Average 20 [mg/l] and maximum 35 [mg/l] 5 + 1 backwash pumps

Just the start up water.. UF capacity 15.800 m/h (380 MLD)

March 2005

Successful UF-Plant operation Water quality within specifications March 2005 Successful UF-Plant operation Water quality within specifications Official opening May 8, 2005

Our Technology: Side Stream solutions

Conventional system
AT CT M

aeration tank

clarification tank

Membrane bioreactor

to reuse water!

MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR
Conventional: low MLSS (3-5 g/l) low age activated sludge only floc forming bacteria only fast growing bacteria low chance for componentspecific bacteria sludge carry-over effluent polishing required MBR: medium MLSS (10-20 g/l) high age activated sludge all kind of bacteria survive less sludge production good chance for componentspecific bacteria no sludge carry-over high quality effluent

MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR
Systems (indicative) heavy-loaded industrial waste streams load: > 5,000 mg/l COD capacity: < 100 m3/h system: cross-flow medium-loaded industrial waste streams load: ~ 1,000 - 5,000 mg/l COD capacity: ~ 100-250 m3/h system: side-stream cross flow / AirLift low-loaded municipal waste streams load: < 1,000 mg/l COD capacity: > 250 m3/h system: side stream AirLift

Cross flow

versus

AirLift

SYSTEM CONCEPTS
AirLift
AirLift

MLSS 12 - 30+ g/l Flux (80 - 200 l/mh) Smaller footprint Higher energy consumption ( 1,5 - 4 kWh/m) More simple processing continuous TMP (1 - 5 bar).

MLSS 8 - 12 g/l Flux (30 - 60 l/mh) Small footprint Low energy consumption (<0,7 kWh/m) More valving processing discontinuous Very low TMP (0,05 - 0,3 bar)

continuous air injection

Principe AirLift Filtration

recycle
Air release

Filtration mechanism

backpulse permeate Control!

booster

Air supply

CASE STUDY: MBR Vienna

Week 91 Simulation daily routine

CASE STUDY: MBR Vienna

Week 93

Week 92

Week 94

Simulation rain water flow

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SYSTEM CONCEPTS
AirLift basic system bioreactor hydraulic conditions
pressure velocity air

Cleanability Cross Flow Filtration Plant

competitors submerged integrally integrated difficult to be changed open system: aerosol inside bioreactor
PI PI FI

side-stream serially integrated easy to be changed closed system outside bioreactor

chemical cleaning
influence on biology flexibiliy

module inspection
integrity cleaning replacement

easy

difficult

Multiple loop
VSD

capital expenses operational expenses

+ ++

++ +

Cleanability AirLift Filtration Plant Single skid, double loop

FIR

Footprint: 4 m Membrane area: (max) 432 m Average capacity: > 43 m/h

(at 100 lmh)

4 mtr

(> 1000 m/day) >10 m/h/m or > 250 m/day/m

Air

4 mtr 1 mtr

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Single skid
Footprint: 4 m Membrane area: 522 m (18 modules) Average capacity: 30 m/h (~ 720 m/day) ~ 7 m/h/m or ~ 180 m/day/m
at 55 lmh

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
AirLift MBR (1/2)
membrane type: module type: configuration: process: flux: TMP: membrane life time: F4385 38PR parallel AirLift 40 lmh 60 lmh 0.05 0.2 bar 5-10 yr (application dependant) (PVDF, 5.2 mm, double enforced) (30 m2/module) (capacity) (0.5 m/s air; 0.5 m/s liquid) (DWF) (RWF)

4 mtr

1 mtr

4 mtr

CASE STUDIES
CrossFlow MBR

CASE STUDIES
Bavaria (NMT)
source: effluent maltery function: MBR clarification for reuse application: process water capacity: 65 m3/h industry: brewery (NL) feed: 1350 BOD < 200 ppm ss effluent < 5 ppm BOD < 0,1 ppm ss

CrossFlow MBR
source: dairy function: MBR clarification for reuse application: process water capacity: 83 m3/h industry: dairy (Irl) feed: 2500 BOD < 150 ppm ss effluent < 25 ppm BOD < 0,1 ppm ss

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CASE STUDY: MBR Vienna

AirLift MBR Vienna source: Municipal WWTP capacity: 10 m3/h
feed COD 300 - 700 mg/l effluent: COD < 30 mg/l

CASE STUDIES
AirLift MBR Beverwijk (NL)
source: municipal wastewater function: wwtp application: pilot water capacity: ~10 m3/h Quality:
Feed BOD (m g / l) COD (m g / l) 200 - 400 400 - 800 E fflu e n t < 5 25 - 45

Since 1999 DWF: flux 40 lmh RWF: flux 55 lmh

CASE STUDIES
AirLift MBR Biwa cho, Shiwa ken (Jpn)
source: municipal wastewater function: wwtp application: pilot water capacity: ~ 40 m3/d Quality: feed: 150 - 250 BOD effluent: < 1 ppm BOD

CASE STUDIES
AirLift MBR Glen Medows (USA)
source: municipal septic function: wwtp capacity: ~ 400 m3/d gravity flow Energy cons 0,5 kWh/m

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CASE STUDY: MBR Ootmarsum (NL)

Ontwerp parameters:
DWA max. RWA max. Momentane netto flux RWA Momentane netto flux DWA TMP tijdens filtratie Lay-out UF installatie Permeaat productie bij DWA Permeaat productie bij RWA Aantal UF units Aantal modules/unit m3/h m3/h l/m2*h l/m2*h bar 75 150 61 46 0,05-0,15

CASE STUDIES
AirLift MBR Municipal wwtp (NL)
source: municipal function: wastewater treatment capacity: 75 / 150 m3/h

Running 2006

max. max.

m3/h m3/h n n

75 150 6 14

REFERENCES (selection)
CrossFlow MBR
7 m3/h UF, leachate, VBM-Maasvlakte 5 m3/h UF, tank cleaning, Hengelo 15 m3/h UF, leachate, Freiberg 40 m3/h UF, paper, Munkedal 9 m3/h UF, paper, Ugchelen 83 m3/h UF, diary, Dairy Gold 10 m3/h UF, tank cleaning, Pieter Bon 20 m3/h UF, leachate, Hooge Maey 65 m/h UF, food, Kanes Food, 8 m/h UF, wastewater, harbour 25 m/h UF, tank cleaning, ATM, 8 m/h UF, leachate, Wehrle, 65 m/h UF, maltery, Holland Malt, 50 m/h UF, vegetable waste, Geest, (NL, 1998) (NL, 1998) (D, 1999) (S, 1999) (NL, 2000) (Irl, 2000) (NL, 2001) (B, 2001) (UK, 2002) (Bahamas 2002) (NL, 2003) (China, 2003) (NL, 2004) (UK, 2004)

REFERENCES
AirLift MBR 1-2 m/h UF (pilot), municipal effluent, Halbturn (A, 1999) 4-6 m/h UF (pilot), municipal effluent, Wien (A, 1999) 4-8 m/h UF, industrial effluent Freiburg (D, 2000) 10 m/h UF-1, industrial effluent tank cleaning, Moerdijk (NL, 2001) 10 m/h UF (pilot), municipal effluent, Beverwijk (NL, 2002) 10 m/h UF (pilot), industrial effluent meat, Haulerwijk (NL, 2002) 20 m/h UF-2, industrial effluent tank cleaning, Moerdijk (NL, 2002) 5 m/h UF, municipal effluent, Yanmar (JP, 2002) 5 m/h UF, municipal effluent, Saddle Ridge (USA, 2003) 10 m/h UF (pilot), municipal effluent, Leeuwarden (NL, 2003) 8 m/h, municipal effluent, Glen Meadows (US, 2004) 16 m/h, municipal effluent, Grand Traverse County (US, 2004) 75/150 m/h, municipal effluent, Ootmarsum, (NL 2005).

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REFERENCES
Floating Municipal MBRs (Cruise ships)
(with nr of people on board)

Conclusion: Side Stream solutions

Conventional system
AT CT M

Sun Princess 3000 Star Princess 4000 Dawn Princess 3000 Coral Princess 3000 Diamond Princess 4500 Sapphire Princess 4500 Island Princess 1000 Pacific Princess 1000 Regal Princess 1000 Pacific Sky Grand Princess 5000 Seven Seas Mariner 2500 Seven Seas Voyager 2500

aeration tank

clarification tank

Membrane bioreactor
Victoria 3500 Grand 4000 Ocean Village 2500 Aida 3000+ 3 x Type 45 Destroyer (MOD) 150

Since 2002

Reasons to choose side stream MBR

Robust, reliable Simple process set up Easy cleaning Easy maintenance Good effluent quality Small footprint Limited cost

The future is

for side stream MBR

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