Improving Particles Separation after Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor (MBBR) Systems by Media Clarifier

Separation of biomass from pure Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor (MBBR) systems is more challenging, compare to conventional Activated Sludge or IFAS systems. Media Clarifier (MC) is a new patented clarifying technology, integrating clarifier and a plastic media layer, for MBBR effluent developed by Aqwise.This paper presents results of one year full scale plant operation with Media Clarifier as separation system. The plant operation results show that the average suspended solids concentration is about 10 mg/l without the use of polymers or coagulation/flocculation units. These significant results indicate that the Media Clarifier can be a good solution for the clarification challenges typical to MBBR effluent.