2014

Abstract Sludge dewatering is integral to the cost effective recycling of Municipal Mesophilic Anaerobic Digestate to land, as such it […]

Abstract Anaerobic digestion of food wastes is now well established in the UK. The greatest challenge for most operators is […]

Abstract Four water recycling sludge treatment centres (STC) were upgraded by Anglian Water during AMP5 to produce an Enhanced Treated […]

Through thermal catalytic conditioning sewage sludge is ultra-dewatered to a dry matter content of up to 70%, extracting around 90% of […]

Sludge dewatering is integral to the cost effective recycling of Municipal Mesophilic Anaerobic Digestate to land, as such it is currently […]

Why a Bucher Hydraulic Filter Press for Sludge Dewatering? Bucher presses provide a new superior technology for processing municipal and […]

A stable dry solids feed to digesters is a crucial parameter to ensure a stable digestion process and optimum gas production. […]

After two wet winters in parts of the UK, during which many stockpiles of dewatered biosolids have self-levelled and some have […]

Belt drying of sewage sludge results in odour generation in the exhaust air. Odourous components and the factors influencing their concentration […]

Large masses of sludge will inevitably be generated as by-product in the wastewater treatment plants of pulp and paper mills. Previously […]

Supercritical carbon dioxide (SCCO2) fractionation of d-limonene and canola oil mixture as a model of valuable components (i.e. essential oil and […]

This paper highlights the use of sub- and supercritical water, an environmentally benign solvent, for hydrothermal liquefaction of various types of […]

Aerobic biological treatment of wastewater from pulp and paper mills produces a biosludge with a high C:N ratio. The sludge is […]

Anaerobic digestion is an integral part of The Circular Economy and the vast majority of AD plants recycle organic and nutrient […]

Food waste is a big issue. Some post-harvest waste and some food waste from overbuying, etc. and expired sell-by dates might […]

Citrus by-products contain compounds such as polyphenols, limonoids, carotenoids and essential oils, that are considered useful for the application in pharmaceutical, […]

Manure, household waste and grass silage is co-digested in the Mosserud biogas plant. The produced biogas is upgraded to vehicle fuel […]

A new wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) was commissioned in Tucson in January 2014. This plant, Agua Nueva is unique in […]

A cooperation between IVAR IKS (IVAR) and HØST Valuable Waste AS (HØST) created an extensive 5-year development programme of investigating organic […]

Stoke Bardolph Sewage Treatment Works serves a population of approximately 700,000 in the Nottingham area. Additionally it acts as a regional […]

IVAR IKS, the regional organisation responsible for the provision of drinking water and wastewater treatment in the Jaeren region of Norway […]

Energy optimisation and carbon footprint reduction are key goals for many wastewater treatment plants that are looking toward the future. Production […]

Wastewater is a renewable resource whereby products such as nutrients can be recovered and reused. This paradigm shift has the potential […]

Managing biosolids has become increasingly challenging and costly to wastewater utilities in North America. With the introduction of the thermal hydrolysis […]

Future societal and environmental challenges such as population growth, climate change and growing demand for water/energy, are some of the issues […]

Future societal and environmental challenges such as population growth, climate change and growing demand for water/energy, are some of the issues […]

Davyhulme’s sludge treatment facility, using CAMBI thermal hydrolysis, is designed to treat an average 91000tds per annum, arising from 50% of […]

In this paper, strategy development of sludge treatment and disposal in Beijing is described. Over the last twenty years, nine WWTPs […]

The Glor company in Lillehammer, Norway is now extending Mjosanlegget with digestion for biowaste. They have once again chosen to invest […]

Steam based systems are known for thermal pressure hydrolysis (TPH) of sludge. For some operators of wwtp’s, steam based systems are […]

Thames Water’s latest two advanced digestion schemes, at Beckton and Crossness in East London, are currently being commissioned. Previously, all sludge […]

The degradation by anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge (WAS) can be improved by the novel TurboTec® continuous thermal hydrolysis […]

●The challenges for food security are enormous -SIA ●Clear need for investment in Ag innovation ●There has never been a better […]

How do you get a new variety to market? The first step is statutory testing…. An EU statutory requirement National […]

Very large amounts of data We can’t look at it all Aim to provide a set of Automated techniques, moving […]

Direct and indirect effects of Temperature on (e.g. cereal) crop production Direct Yield, timeliness, and quality in current season Indirect […]

Research Area 1. Investigation on the mechanism of action of jasmonateson growth and metabolite production and their potential application Investigation […]

Adaptation & technology are key to productivity improvements Breeders and agronomists have sustained crop production in the last century by […]

Overview of talk: •Vulnerability of agro-ecosystems to pest attack. Implications for Food Security •Insect-plant interactions •Plant genetics for managing pests Lush […]

Information Is Power Winning the genetic lottery –Luck or Skill? Genomics: A Powerful Tool In The Tool BoxAdvancing our understanding […]

Crop domestication vs Diversification Domestication associated in some examples with selection of few key genes affecting apical dominance, seed shattering, […]

•Currently 2D phenotyping (image analysis) •New CT scanning facility (Hounsfield Facility) on Sutton Bonington Campus, University of Nottingham •Medium-throughput 3D phenotypingscanning […]

●Plant breeding has had a huge impact ●Pace of technological change has accelerated ●cheap, fast, extensive marker methods ●starting to […]

The Hospitality & Foodservice Sector and food waste – the big facts and figures, key challenges and opportunities. An overview […]

The Hospitality & Foodservice Sector and food waste – the big facts and figures, key challenges and opportunities. An overview […]

As opposed to common practices like composting, recycling and burning, advanced food waste valorisation strategies are more appealing from both […]

The potential to decentralize energy generation and waste management at the source of organic waste production through the adoption of […]

Developing Micro Anaerobic Digestion in Central London Project Aims: • Divert food waste from landfill, • Generate local, renewable energy and fertiliser, • Reduce […]

•Good feedstock –Produces good quality biogas –around 60% CH4 –Reduces waste to landfill & harmful emissions •High Contaminants –H2S levels […]

This project considered the financial cost and environmental impacts of a range of methods for managing the digestate produced by […]

Agriculture and land restoration as key resources for the recycling of AD digestate Key quality aspects of digestate output Is […]

A Disruptive Influence for Waste Treatment A future without food waste? Since the 2008 publication of WRAP’s seminal ‘The food […]

An introduction to the food supply chain: from farm to retailer to consumer to waste collectors and energy producers, to […]

It is recognised in the UK that at the household level we throw away around 7.2 million tonnes of food […]

The environmental impacts of pig farming, drivers and hotspots How the environmental impacts can be reduced through co-product feed Co-product […]

Key Drivers in the Food Waste issue – from an ‘Operators’ / facilitators perspective. 1.  The Waste hierarchy obligations. Prevention […]

Why do we generate so much food waste and what we can do to reduce this? What should we do […]

Food waste has an energy value that could be harnessed Sewerage companies have been anaerobically digesting sewage sludge for years […]

Food waste as an issue for Europe: what are the policy options and where might the EU have a role? […]

Giving Food We offer the food Industry the opportunity to redirect good quality food, that would otherwise be thrown away, […]

*The OPEC project (valorisation of citrus peel using microwave technology for the recovery of D-limonene, pectin and flavonoids without pre-treatment […]

The TOP TEN treatment steps 1) Washable Inbound Filter 2) Filter & Neutralise pH 3) Re-Mineralise 4) Destroy microbes 5) […]

Water Water Everywhere Nor Any Drop To Drink  Flood risk management – too much water  Recycle / reuse […]

How Sainsbury’s achieved a target of 50% relative reduction in water use Weymouth and Leicester – Our Carbon Step Change Stores • […]

Effective water management • Information is key • Benchmarks • Site Information • AMR – 24 hour profile – What […]

Reduce per capita potable water demand to 130l/p/d by 2030 Improve surface water management,especially to manage flood risk Continue progress […]

Reduce per capita potable water demand to 130l/p/d by 2030 Improve surface water management,especially to manage flood risk Continue progress […]

Innovation: Challenges will be high impact but what exact shape and form? More risk-based approach The potential wins benefit all, but returns […]

Why Water Efficiency Matters: • Water resources are scarce and variable • Adaptation to climate change – resilience • Flexible […]

A summary by the Chair,  Carmen Snowden, WRc of statements made by attendees of the Aqua Enviro Water and Resource […]

A summary by the Chair,  Carmen Snowden, WRc of statements made by attendees of the Aqua Enviro Water and Resource […]

280 billion m3 of WWT effluent released globally p.a. • Effluents contain compounds that potentially cause: • Environmental degradation & […]

• Ion exchange is an effective alternative to conventional nitrification for N removal • Non-destructive treatment provides opportunity for nutrient […]

Mining cellulose from wastewater: • The idea came up while looking for new sources of recycled pulp for the paper industry • […]

1. The problems of conventional coagulant use 2. Coagulant recovery – a solution? 3. Potential in potable treatment 4. Potential […]

As part of Imtech’s post-handover optimisation package for Howdon AD, the 2013 operational data for Howdon AD was assessed. Operational performance […]

Stoke Bardolph sewage treatment works • STW’s second largest treatment works • Located to the East of Nottingham, East Midlands […]

Outcomes • Lowest TOTEX solution • Low carbon footprint • Attenuate loadings from flooding & drought • Re-use of the […]

Screenings Characterisation: • Quantity of screenings will vary diurnally and seasonally (first flush events) • function of the screen aperture, […]

This paper reports on the development of a good practice guidance document on how to make best use of biosolids. The […]

In the chemical/waste and wastewater environment; Dewatering is the removal of water from solid material or soil by, centrifugation, filtration, or similar solid-liquid […]

NEW Water is replacing its aging incineration based solids processing facility with a novel process train that includes anaerobic digestion, dewatering […]

Practical tips to optimise use: Recap on Polymers Influencers on polymer choice New areas of treatment and how this effects […]

– Innovation at Work – a little history – Polymer – How to make up, store and dose – Considered […]

• Only free water can be separated by mechanical dewatering
DS(A) • The proper selection and preparation of polymer […]

•Disputes which involve dewatering equipment at some point in the chain are on the increase through mitigation, mediation and litigation. […]

Processing organic residues using anaerobic digestion (AD) and gasification produces biogas/syngas, both of which can be used in a gas engine, […]

Range of polymers available Coagulation – Flocculation Factors affecting polymer choice Test procedures INTRODUCTION TO EVENT: Sludge dewatering is integral […]

The transition from current energy practices to the sustainable use of energy is essential. Recovering thermal energy is one main key […]

Product parameters at a glance Sedimentation Spin test Analytical methods Select the right machine Estimation of expected performance in sewage […]

Many considerations • Polymer type (charge density, molecular weight, structure) • Stability (alkalinity, pH, temperature, age) • Carrier (not mixing) […]

Solutions for combined treatment of waste and wastewater • Screening (Drum Filter, Curved screen, Cloth filter, AquaRake • Gravity separation […]

1. Site Specific Drivers 2. Differences between waste and effluent AD? 3. Impact of Effluent Characteristics 4. Revenue streams 5. […]

Marmite Unilever-introduction/site history Vital statistics Waste water treatment plant (WWTP) Biogas production Benefits of WWTP for Unilever Issues with stability […]

Completely Stirred Tank Reactors BVF / Lagoon CSTR / Contact Process Anaerobic Filters Sludge Bed Reactors UASB Hybrid Expanded Sludge […]

DACS • Downflow Anaerobic Carrier System – Downflow • Gravity feed via top level sparge distribution system – Very low […]

UK AD Market – 3 Core Sectors: Municipal: landfill diverted materials diverse feedstocks Farm: slurry and crop residues lower cost technology Industrial: […]

AnMBR for wastewater treatment AnMBR main limitation and research focus Development and testing of a FG-SAnMBR for wastewater treatment Use […]

Anaerobic Membrane Reactors & Anaerobic Baffled Reactors, some 1500 units in operation in mainly Asia Germans are keen on implementing […]

Anaerobic Membrane Reactors & Anaerobic Baffled Reactors, some 1500 units in operation in mainly Asia Germans are keen on implementing […]

It is proposed to integrate heat pumps to generate low pressure steam which can be used to preheat sewage sludge […]

Abstract The conventional way to estimate the performance of an operational aerator is onerous. The process involves isolating the aerator […]

Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTP) operation implies complex relationships between biological, physical and chemical processes, doing their management a complex task. Moreover, the […]

The risk of a process moving outside quality limits is dependent on two factors: First, the observability of that process: how […]

This work investigated comparative adsorption of Hydroquinone (HQ) using both a nonfunctionalised polystyrene divinylbenzene cross-linked Macronet (MN200) and commercial Granular Activated Carbon […]

Characteristics of the influent wastewater have a significant impact on biological phosphorus removal performance, and should be considered in design and operation. […]

SewerBatt is an innovative tool developed from research at the University of Bradford that uses acoustics to determine very quickly the […]

A pilot-scale dissolved air flotation (DAF) system was placed at the municipal WWTP of water board Rijn and IJssel in Olburgen, […]

Food and beverage production plants are major wastewater contributors, and often also have food waste. Particularly plants with wastewaters with a […]

A sequencing batch reactor (SBR) is a variant of the activated sludge process: a suspended growth, variable-volume, wastewater treatment technology. SBRs […]

The iron mines along Bosnia and Herzegovina are still using quite out-of-date technologies in which a lot of apparent mullock is […]

Demand for clean water has increased considerably in recent years due to climate change and increased population density in urban and […]

Severn Trent Water requested to Ultrawaves a solution in terms of the application of the ultrasound technology to solve problems […]

Membrane bioreactors (MBR) for industrial and municipal applications show advantages at space demand and effluent quality compared to conventional activated sludge systems […]

In this paper, we have addressed twin problems of energy and water recovery from wastewater which are worldwide problems. Particularly as […]

Southern Water’s £300m environmental improvement scheme is bringing Cleaner Seas to Sussex; treating the 95 million litres of wastewater generated each […]

Southern Water’s £300m environmental improvement scheme is bringing Cleaner Seas to Sussex; treating the 95 million litres of wastewater generated each […]

One of the next technical and scientific challenges for the sewage industry will relate to the contamination of the effluents by […]

The common view of chemical phosphorus removal is an equilibrium reaction between phosphate and iron or aluminium, resulting in the precipitation […]

EWWM test

Abstract Large masses of sludge will inevitably be generated as by-product in the wastewater treatment plants of pulp and paper […]