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A membrane bioreactor, or MBR, is a wastewater treatment process that combines a microfiltration or ultrafiltration process with a suspended growth biological reactor. Membrane systems require influent to be treated with ultra-fine screens with openings that are usually 2mm or less. This protection is important to remove the inorganic trash, fibers, and hair present in the wastewater stream before they get into the tank. Once in the membrane tank, they have no place to go.
High-quality screening performance matters. Just a small debris amount of bypass can lead to a major problem for your downstream processes. Every 1mg per liter of debris amounts to 8.5 pounds of material per million gallons per day.
If the membranes bundles accumulate too many solids, it prevents the rewetting of the membrane’s fiber bundles. In turn, this causes the membranes to dry out, which renders them fouled. More importantly, it reduces the system’s capacity for filtration.
Two stage screening is a best practice to protect a process that includes a membrane bioreactor. Two stage screening includes a coarse screening stage and a fine screening stage. Grit removal is typically placed in between screening stages. A current trend includes retrofitting the MBR process into a traditional wastewater treatment plant. In this case, if the plant has a primary clarifier, a single fine screening stage is typically used placed after the primary clarifier to screen undesirable material from the treatment process.
Inclined or horizontal drum screens are commonly used to protect a smaller (<7 MGD) MBR treatment process. Drum screens have a minimum of seals, typically just an inlet seal and outlet seal so the capture ratio for this screen is high. However, drums screens have their drawbacks:
The center-flow band screen has a lot of advantages, including its efficiency at screenings capture. Unlike drum screens, they are good for smaller widths and deeper channels, which allows them to handle a wide range of flows.
The advantage of center-flow band screens for large installations:
The center-flow band screen offers up to two-times the grid area than a through-flow band screen design. This configuration delivers lower headloss at a higher capacity. And because of their ability to operate in deeper channels, center-flow band screens offer much greater operational flexibility.
Like it’s drum counterpart, the center-flow band screen has its drawbacks, but not nearly as many:
Hydro-Dyne is the leader is building screens that meet the needs of plant operations throughout the United States and around the world. We can do the same for your facility’s flow and channel dimensions.
Our work is distinguished by having some of the highest SCRs (screening capture rates) in the industry. From our Clearwater, Fla., headquarters, we manufacture components that exceed the industry standards for performance and reliability. We’ve led over 2,000 installations of our equipment worldwide.
Hydro-Dyne’s Great White Center Flow Screen has a formal approval from Kubota to be used as a pre-screen to protect their MBR Systems. The Great White is the only center flow screen to have this distinction; Suez and Evoqua have also given the Great White formal approval.
To speak with a Hydro-Dyne expert about which screening system is right for your wastewater treatment facility, call us at 813-818-0777 or contact us online.
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