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Composition of the MBBR System
In an MBBR (Moving-Bed Biofilm Reactor) system, components such as the reactor, carriers, and aeration devices work together to complete the wastewater treatment process. Specifically, wastewater first enters the reactor, where it comes into full contact with the carriers and microorganisms, allowing for biodegradation and adsorption reactions. The aeration device supplies oxygen to the reactor, promoting microbial metabolism and enhancing treatment efficiency. A retention screen is used to intercept the carriers and prevent them from being lost with the treated effluent. The control system monitors and controls the entire system, ensuring stable operation.
Working Principle of the MBBR System
The principle of the MBBR process involves adding a certain amount of suspended carriers to the reactor, which increases the biomass and diversity of microorganisms, thus enhancing the reactor's treatment efficiency. Its working principle is as follows:
Aeration Tank: In the aeration tank, wastewater comes into full contact with suspended carriers, where microorganisms attach to the surface of the carriers to form a biofilm. The aeration system provides oxygen, promoting microbial metabolism, allowing for the degradation of organic matter.
Biofilm: The biofilm consists of various microorganisms, including aerobic, anaerobic, and facultative bacteria, with strong adsorption and degradation capabilities. As the biofilm grows and renews, older biofilm detaches and is carried away by the water flow, while new biofilm forms on the surface of the carriers, maintaining system stability.
Fluidized State: Through aeration and water flow, the suspended carriers remain in a fluidized state within the reactor, fully mixing with the wastewater and improving mass transfer efficiency and reaction rates.
Nitrification and Denitrification: In the MBBR system, nitrification and denitrification can occur simultaneously. Nitrifying bacteria convert ammonia nitrogen to nitrate nitrogen, while denitrifying bacteria reduce nitrate nitrogen to nitrogen gas, thus achieving nitrogen removal.
Solid-Liquid Separation: After treatment, the wastewater goes through sedimentation or filtration for solid-liquid separation, which separates suspended carriers and microorganisms from the water, ensuring that the effluent meets discharge standards.
The MBBR process has several advantages, including high volumetric loading, strong resistance to shock loads, good treatment performance, low risk of clogging, no need for backwashing, and long service life, making it suitable for wastewater treatment plants of various scales.
Advantages of the MBBR System
As an efficient wastewater treatment technology, MBBR (Moving-Bed Biofilm Reactor) has many notable advantages, as detailed below:
·High Treatment Efficiency
Large Microbial Attachment Capacity: The carriers in the MBBR system provide a large surface area for microorganisms to attach, allowing for substantial growth and accumulation of microorganisms on the carrier surfaces, forming a thick biofilm. This greatly increases the amount of microorganisms per unit volume, enhancing the efficiency of organic pollutant degradation in wastewater and effectively improving treatment efficiency.
Sufficient Contact Reaction: The carriers in the reactor are in a fluidized state, allowing for thorough mixing and contact with wastewater. This enables pollutants in the wastewater to quickly transfer to the surface of the microorganisms, where they are absorbed and decomposed. This efficient mass transfer ensures rapid reaction rates, further improving treatment efficiency.
·Small Footprint
High-Load Operation: Due to the high biomass and excellent mass transfer conditions of the MBBR system, its volumetric load is significantly higher than traditional activated sludge processes. This means that for the same volume and quality of wastewater, the reactor size required for MBBR is smaller, effectively reducing the footprint, which is especially beneficial for areas with limited land resources.
Compact System Design: The MBBR system has a relatively simple and compact structure, without the need for a large sludge recirculation system and secondary sedimentation tanks, as required in some traditional processes. This further saves space, making the layout of the wastewater treatment plant more reasonable and compact.
·Strong Operational Stability
Stable Biofilm: The biofilm structure formed by microorganisms on the carrier surfaces is relatively stable and adapts well to changes in external conditions. Even if there are fluctuations in wastewater quality and volume, the microbial communities in the biofilm maintain relatively stable activity, ensuring effective pollutant degradation and stable system operation.
High Shock Load Resistance: The carriers and biofilm in the MBBR system provide a buffering effect, allowing it to withstand high organic and hydraulic shock loads. When pollutant concentrations in the wastewater suddenly increase, the microorganisms in the biofilm can quickly adjust and decompose the additional pollutants through metabolic regulation, preventing a significant decline in system performance.
·Low Sludge Production
Biofilm Renewal: Microorganisms in the MBBR system primarily exist in biofilm form, with a relatively slow growth and renewal process. Unlike traditional activated sludge systems, which generate large amounts of excess sludge, aging biofilm in the MBBR system gradually detaches in smaller quantities and generally settles well, allowing for easy separation from water in subsequent sedimentation steps, significantly reducing sludge production.
Low Sludge Yield Coefficient: Due to the MBBR system's operating conditions and the microbial growth environment, it has a relatively low sludge yield coefficient, meaning it generates less sludge per unit of pollutant removed. This reduces the cost and complexity of sludge handling and minimizes the risk of secondary pollution from sludge disposal.
·Easy Operation and Maintenance
No Sludge Recirculation Needed: Unlike the traditional activated sludge process, the MBBR system does not require a complex sludge recirculation system, reducing equipment investment and operation and maintenance workload. This also avoids potential issues in sludge recirculation, such as sludge bulking and sludge loss, making system operation and management simpler and more reliable.
Good Anti-Clogging Performance: The carriers in the MBBR system have good fluidization performance and a porous structure, making them resistant to clogging by suspended solids and sludge in wastewater. This eliminates the need for frequent backwashing during long-term operation, reducing maintenance costs and labor intensity while ensuring stable operation.
·Wide Applicability
Strong Water Quality Adaptability: The MBBR system can adapt to various types and qualities of wastewater, including domestic wastewater, industrial wastewater, and their mixtures. By adjusting carrier types, microbial communities, and operating parameters, the system can achieve good treatment results in different water quality environments, offering high versatility and flexibility.
Ability to Treat Low-Concentration Wastewater: The MBBR system can effectively treat low-concentration wastewater. Due to its high biofilm activity and excellent mass transfer performance, microorganisms can still efficiently absorb and decompose pollutants even at low concentrations, ensuring compliance with discharge standards.
With its high treatment efficiency, small footprint, strong operational stability, low sludge production, ease of operation and maintenance, and wide applicability, the MBBR system has gained widespread application and recognition in the field of wastewater treatment.
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Model: MBBR19
MOQ: 10 cubic meter
Unit Price: US $ 136-146 / cubic meter
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FavoritesModel: MBBR19
MOQ: 10 cubic meter
Unit Price: US $ 136-146 / cubic meter
Customize with ODM/OEM - Compact MBBR Media AS-MBBR19 | Robust 650 m2/m3 for Secondary Treatment
FavoritesModel: MBBR19
MOQ: 10 cubic meter
Unit Price: US $ 136-146 / cubic meter
Customize with ODM/OEM - Compact MBBR Media AS-MBBR19 | Robust 650 m2/m3 for Secondary Treatment
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Application Cases of the MBBR System
Municipal Wastewater Treatment Case
Location: A city wastewater treatment plant
Treatment Capacity: 50,000 tons of wastewater per day
Background: As the city has grown, the volume of wastewater discharged has increased, and the original treatment process could no longer meet stricter discharge standards, necessitating an upgrade.
MBBR System Application: The MBBR process was used to retrofit the existing aeration tank by adding new suspended carriers and optimizing aeration and hydraulic conditions. After the upgrade, the system ran stably, with significant improvements in the removal of organic matter, ammonia nitrogen, and total nitrogen. Even with fluctuating influent quality, the effluent consistently met Class A discharge standards. Specific data showed an increase in the chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal rate from 80% to over 90%, ammonia nitrogen removal from 70% to around 95%, and total nitrogen removal from about 50% to over 70%.
Benefit Analysis: The application of the MBBR system enhanced treatment capacity and compliance rates, reduced the footprint and sludge production, and lowered operating and sludge disposal costs, achieving excellent environmental and economic benefits.
Industrial Wastewater Treatment Case
Location: A wastewater treatment station at a paper mill
Treatment Capacity: 3,000 tons of paper mill wastewater per day
Background: Paper mill wastewater contains high levels of organic matter, is difficult to biodegrade, and has a dark color, which traditional treatment processes struggle to address, posing significant environmental pressure.
MBBR System Application: An MBBR pretreatment unit was added to the existing treatment process, using carriers with specific surface properties to handle the complex pollutants in paper mill wastewater. After MBBR treatment, the wastewater’s biodegradability improved significantly, greatly enhancing the efficiency of subsequent biological treatment units. The final effluent met the local environmental discharge standards for COD, biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), and color, with a COD removal rate of over 85%, BOD removal around 90%, and color reduction exceeding 80%.
Benefit Analysis: The MBBR system effectively addressed the treatment challenges of paper mill wastewater, reducing environmental pollution and avoiding large fines for non-compliance. The system also ensured stable, reliable operation, reducing the risk of production stoppages due to treatment issues, and supported continuous production.
Aquaculture Wastewater Treatment Case
Location: A wastewater treatment facility at an aquaculture farm
Treatment Capacity: 1,500 cubic meters of aquaculture wastewater per day
Background: Wastewater from aquaculture contains large amounts of organic matter, ammonia nitrogen, and nitrites, which, if discharged untreated, would severely pollute surrounding water bodies and impact the sustainable development of aquaculture.
MBBR System Application: A high-efficiency aquaculture wastewater treatment process was developed by combining the MBBR system with a biofilter. The MBBR system used carriers suited for high-ammonia wastewater and controlled appropriate hydraulic retention times and aeration intensity, enabling microorganisms to effectively degrade organic matter and ammonia nitrogen. After MBBR treatment, the wastewater entered the biofilter for advanced treatment to remove suspended solids and residual pollutants. The final effluent met the "Fishery Water Quality Standards" and was suitable for reuse in aquaculture, promoting water recycling. The ammonia nitrogen removal rate was over 90%, nitrite removal was around 85%, and COD removal exceeded 70%.
Benefit Analysis: The combination of the MBBR system and biofilter effectively solved the aquaculture wastewater pollution problem, protecting the surrounding water environment. It also enabled wastewater recycling, reducing water resource wastage, lowering farming costs, and enhancing the economic and environmental benefits of aquaculture, supporting its sustainable development.
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