This learning module continues the discussion on innovative process technologies to address the unique challenges of wastewater in the food and beverage industries. These case studies provide a deep dive into different issues and solutions faced by a variety of facilities, including soybean processing, salad dressing production, vegetable oil refinery, beef products processing, and a winery.
At the end of this module, participants will be able to
- describe considerations for an Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactor (AnMBR) system post-construction and start up;
- explain how and AnMBR system can be used with large day-to-day loading variances, meet discharge requirements, maintaining an average COD removal efficiency of 99%, with an average effluent BOD concentration of 30 mg/L, an average effluent TSS concentration of 12 mg/L, and an average effluent FOG concentration of 5 mg/L.
- describe an UASB-activated sludge reactor application for treatment of soybean processing wastewater;
- discuss process modeling and evaluation of alternatives to treat vegetable oil refinery (VOR) wastewater that has a high concentration of Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) and contains large amounts of oil, grease, sulfates, and phosphates;
- give examples of process improvements and plant upgrades in a beef product processing plant to convert biological processes to an MBR system; and
- recognize ways MBBR technology allows simple management to obtain high efficiency also during extreme fluctuations of flow rates and COD loads and to guarantee the discharge regulations in a winery
This learning module is also available as a part of the Food and Beverage Water Management short course.
