Esmil Multi-Disc Screw Press MDQ

TYPE OF INDUSTRY – Dairy products
MODEL OF DEHYDRATOR – MDQ-353 C
START OF OPERATION – 2018 December

Issue

The customer had an interest in reducing sludge disposal costs in their industrial wastewater treatment plant by obtaining lower maintenance costs and lower energy consumption. The plant treats industrial wastewater from a nearby cheese factory and generates about 15,000 gallons of activated sludge from their MBR system per day.

Solution

On-site pilot tests were carried out, using mobile dewatering unit MDQ-201, to find the best dewatering technology. According to the test results Esmil offered sludge dewatering technology based on Multi-disc Screw
Press Dehydrator MDQ-353 C.

Results

Type of sludgeaerobically stabilized MBR sludge
Operating time8 h/day, up to 5 days/week
Unit sludge supplyup to 12 m3/h
up to 230 kgDS/h
Inlet sludge ds content2%
Cake DS contentapprox. 18-20%
Polymer consumption4.0 g/kg DS
TSS concentration in filtrate50 ppm
DS capture rate99.7%

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