GE Announces World’s Largest Membrane Aerated Biofilm Reactor System Will Use ZeeLung* Technology
September 26 2016 - 1:05PM
Business Wire
- Yorkville-Bristol Sanitary District in
Illinois to Upgrade Wastewater Treatment Plant with ZeeLung
- ZeeLung Chosen for Ability to Increase
Treatment Capacity in Existing Plant Footprint and Reduce Energy
Consumption
- When Commissioned in 2017, Will be the
Largest Membrane Aerated Biofilm Reactor System in the World
GE (NYSE:GE) today announced that the Yorkville-Bristol Sanitary
District (YBSD) in the Fox River watershed in Illinois is the first
customer for its new ZeeLung* membrane aerated biofilm reactor
(MABR) technology. YBSD will use ZeeLung MABR to upgrade the
existing plant to increase its treatment capacity within the
existing biological reactors. The upgrade also involves
modifications to enable biological phosphorous removal. When
commissioned in 2017, the plant will be the world’s largest MABR
system.
YBSD provides wastewater collection and treatment services for
the city of Yorkville, Illinois, with a population of 18,035
residents. YBSD’s treatment facility is an activated sludge plant
with a design average flow of 3.62 million gallons per day. The
plant is operating near its design load and to accommodate new
industries within the city, YBSD sought a cost-effective solution
to increase the treatment capacity. The plant also faces more
stringent discharge regulations for phosphorous.
"GE’s ZeeLung MABR technology will enable us to increase the
treatment capacity within our existing footprint while also
reducing the energy consumption of the plant," said Kevin Collman,
executive director, Yorkville-Bristol Sanitary District. “The Fox
River provides our community with recreation and a home for
wildlife, and our expansion with ZeeLung also will increase
phosphorous removal and help protect the watershed.”
ZeeLung MABR technology is a simple solution that allows
municipalities to achieve nutrient removal and/or capacity
expansion in existing tank volumes while significantly reducing
energy consumption. It employs an innovative gas transfer membrane
to deliver oxygen to a biofilm that is attached to the membrane
surface. Immersing ZeeLung cassettes into mixed liquor increases
the inventory of biomass in a treatment system thereby intensifying
the biological treatment process. Oxygen is delivered to the
biofilm by diffusion through the membrane, which reduces the energy
required for oxygen delivery by up to four times compared to
conventional aeration.
“When we introduced ZeeLung MABR last year, we knew it was going
to be a transformative new technology for municipalities to upgrade
wastewater treatment plants for nutrient removal and capacity
expansion within existing plant footprints. As our first ZeeLung
customer, the Yorkville-Bristol Sanitary District can increase
treatment capacity to meet Yorkville’s growing industrial and
residential population while also enabling phosphorous removal and
reducing energy consumption,” said Kevin Cassidy, global leader,
engineered systems—water and process technologies for GE Power.
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