WASTE WATER Solutions HUBER Report News for CustomersInternational and Friends of HUBER TECHNOLOGY May 2012 Major international trade fair for water, wastewater, refuse, recycling CONTENTS EDITORIAL Sludge Treatment 2 –3 HUBER exhibits at IFAT ENTSORGA 2012 Mech. Wastewater Treatment 4 - 7 and forums will be organised to com- IFAT 8 - 9 plete the program. Every two years Munich is the centre and pivotal point Heating & Cooling with Wastewater 10 - 11 of international environmental tech- Filtration & ReUse 12 – 13 nology. Green Building 14 - 15 From 7 to 11 May 2012 everything in the city will be about environment Stainless Steel Equipment 16 again. HUBER has exhibited at IFAT Global Service 16 for many years and always presented one of the biggest stands. This year, HUBER will show its product portfolio on an area of more than 1,100 m2. With its worldwide reputation, the Dear Reader, trade fair is of great importance also National and international experts for HUBER. IN BRIEF and thousands of visitors from all Sludge Treatment HUBER is opening new markets in the over the world will come to Munich fields of “Green Building“ and “heat again in May to visit IFAT ENTSORGA, the most important international tra- Due to the great response we receive from wastewater”. IFAT is the optimal de fair for water, wastewater, reuse, from the market to our RoS 3Q Screw platform to present further develop- and recycling, where they can see Press units we have developed a new The HUBER stand at IFAT ENTSORGA 2010 ments and novelties. For easy orien- and discuss new products and soluti- RoS 3Q model with a higher tation on our stand (no. 333, hall A2) throughput capacity. The new RoS 3Q IFAT ENTSORGA is the most important ducts and innovations for sustainable ons to be applied and implemented in without spending too much time on size has a 620 mm dia. screen basket international trade fair for innovati- water management in industrial nati- the coming years. It will certainly be finding exhibits or your contact part- to allow for a sludge throughput up to ons and services for water, wastewa- ons and adapted technologies for exciting again to see which new tech- 15 m³/h. With our Ros 3Q 620 we aim ter, refuse, and recycling. More than developing and emerging countries. ners, you will find a site plan on page nologies and trends show up or have at the target group of wastewater 2,700 exhibitors will show their pro- Conferences, symposia, workshops 8 and 9. established themselves. Two sub- treatment plants designed for up to jects, which have also been the focus 50,000 PE. of our business in the past years, will definitely be the centre of attention: Page: 2 Bavarian State Minister Marcel Huber speaks at official opening closed water loops, through utilisati- on of heat energy or decentralised Utilisation of wastewater as wastewater treatment for example, a thermal heat source and improved integration of mecha- Official opening of sludge2energy nical systems and communication technology for maintenance and con- New modern buildings prevent the trol. Because practice is always bet- loss of heat to a great extent but project at Straubing ter than theory alone we offer an enormous amounts of energy are still place in 2008. To cut a long story excursion to WWTP Straubing where lost through wastewater pipelines. A short, the modern HUBER plant pro- you can experience live our innovati- special heat exchanger is required to duces heat and energy from sewage ve ThermWin system which utilises recover this energy. We have therefo- sludge. The plant dries and incinera- wastewater heat and our re added the HUBER TubeWin Heat tes all the sludge generated on the sludge2energy system for thermal Exchanger to our product portfolio. WWTP. The energy set free during this drying and incineration process sludge utilisation. On more than 1,100 m2 stand area (hall A2, stand Page: 10 is available to be used to operate the no. 333) we will show you innovative was tewater treatment plant. products and solutions of the high Filtration & ReUse HUBER is therefore right to promote quality for which HUBER is known. We this decentralised solution for energy finally want to stay your reliable part- The HUBER BioMem® filtration unit is self-sufficient sewage sludge utilisati- ner for a long time to come and provi- an addition to our portfolio of MBR on. Also mayor Markus Pannermayr is de future service and maintenance solutions. This smaller counterpart of fully convinced of the benefits the for what we sell today. Comprehensi- the HUBER VRM® Bioreactor has been plant offers; it produces about 1,400 ve information is available in advan- designed for smaller throughputs and tons of phosphorus-containing ash ce on our IFAT internet page is therefore ideal for decentralised per year from 10,000 tons of dewate- ifat.huber.de. Additionally, we would The guests of honour symbolically pushed the start button. applications (housing development red sludge. The phosphorus content like to use this HUBER Report issue to give you a taste of what you can areas, hotels, small industrial compa- of the ash is even high enough to The sludge2energy plant for the reco- the new plant. The guests of honour expect from us at IFAT 2012 and in nies, etc.). think about a phosp horus recovery very of energy from sewage sludge, symbolically pushed the start button the years to come. I look forward to solution. Page: 12 the first pilot project of its kind nati- for a project that is a role model for seeing you at our IFA T stand in May on-wide, was officially inaugurated the world. The plant consists of a HUBER belt and will be pleased to hear your com- on 27.01.12. After mayor Markus Pan- “Sewage sludge is nothing that dryer, a grate stoker furnace and ments and suggestions for improve- Industry nermayr and Dr.-Ing. E.h. Hans Huber should be spread on land, this is also micro gas turbine. Presently, It is suc- ment. We want to do our best to ensu- had held their welcome speeches, cessfully operated by HUBER itself. re you can rely on HUBER as your Exploding city populations are the position of the Bavarian State Bavarian State Minister for the envi- Probably at the end of 2013, when partner also in the future. demanding new ideas for water government”, said Dr. Marcel Huber ronment and health Dr. Marcel Huber and appreciated the HUBER showca- the economic efficiency of the s2e Very sincerely yours, recycling solutions. HUBER have res- spoke to the invite d guests. Dipl.-Ing. ponded to this growing demand with se project. Previously, almost all the solution has been proven, the munici- Cristina Pop, head of the city’s civil the launch of the ‘smartMBR’ range sludge generated on WWTP Strau- pality of Straubing will take over the engineering office, expressed her of wastewater treatment & recycling bing had been disposed to agricultu- plant. The municipality will then appreciation to economy and science systems. ral land as common in many places become independent of the sludge before dean Erhard Schmidt and dea- before the groundbreaking ceremony disposal market and profit f rom long- Page: 14 con Dieter Rein gave their blessing to for the sludge2energy project took term cost certainty. Georg Huberb Sludge Treatment Page 2 Continued from page 1: New RoS 3Q Screw Press size: successful continuous operation test News Screw Press size for high throughputs integrated in the local system so that it can be operated 24 hours. After RoS 3Q 620 Centrifuge intensive br iefing of the local opera- Rotary speed of compacting screws / drum [rpm] 0.2 – 1.0 2500 - 3000 ting staff they have operated the screw press on their own. Throughput capacity [m³/h] 5 - 14 8 The results of the 8-week opera- Solids load [kgDR/h] 220 - 320 360 tion period: The screw press has been operated Dewatering result [% DR] 23 - 29 23 – 25 both during the day and, without any operator attention, during the night. Specific polymer consumption [kg/tDR] 10 - 15 15 After optimisation of the press opera- Berching tion by the local staff the unit achie- Installed capacity*) [kW] 2.2 approx. 20 ves the following results: Specific input power*) [kW/tDR] 4 approx. 40 The continuously operating screw Specific output related to solids load press needs a specific polymer dose 0.007 - 0.01 0055 of 14 to 15 kg/tDR to achieve dewate- [kWh/kgDR] ring degrees of 27 to 29 % with a *) dewatering unit only throughput of 9.5 m³/h and a solids The new machine has been tested on load of 260 kg/h. Operation with the ➤ Comparable dewatering results a real wastewater treatment plant to same throughput but a significantly with a significantly lower polymer prove its qualities under continuous reduced polymer dose of 10 to 11 demand of the RoS 3Q screw operation conditions: kg/tDR has resulted in a dewatering press degree of 23 to 25 %. ➤ Problem-free continuous ➤ The energy demand of the RoS operation even at the capacity The performance data of a mobile limits centrifuge unit are listed additionally 3Q screw press is by a factor of for comparison. This centrifuge was 10 lower ➤ Competitive dewatering tested for several weeks just before efficiency our RoS 3Q screw press. In addition to the above performance data the new scre w press excels with ➤ Minimium energy consumption The test results of the RoS 3Q virtually noiseless operation and 620 are a complete success: minimum wear – the same qualities ➤ Easy to operate ➤ Problem-free continuous for which our well-proven basic RoS The mo bile RoS 3Q unit is continuous- operation managed by the local 3Q models have been known for ly operated on a 70,000 PE wastewa- operating staff on their own years.