HyVAB

Integrated anaerobic and aerobic biofilm porcess

Dr. Wang Shuai

Biowater Technolgy AS

IWA-AD, Beijing
2017.10.19
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AGENDA

Introduction
HyVAB concept
R&D
HyVAB pilot test
Full scale plant
HyVAB full scale
 HyVAB®
• Integration of Anaerobic and
Aerobic biofilm processes in a
hybrid vertical flow reactor

• Anaerobic digestion (AD) stage

Upflow fluidized bed (UASB/EGSB)
• Aerobic biofilm stage
Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor (MBBR)
Continuous Flow Intermittent Cleaning(CFIC®)

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 Anaerobic Stage
Composite Particulate Material

Disintegration
• Granular sludge
Inerts

Carbohydrates Proteins Lipids

Hydrolysis

Monosaccharides Amino Acids LCFA

Acidogenesis

HBu HPr HVa

Acetogenesis

Acetic H2

Methanogenesis Natural, self-generating biological

CH4
catalysts (0.1 – 7 mm diameter),
- ADM 1
University of southeast Norway
HBu – Butyric acid, HPr – Propionic acid, HVa – Valeric acid, LCFA – Long chain fatty acids

Batstone et al., 2002

Aerobic Biofilm Technology

Aerobic biofilm

• Thin layers of organisms (0.001

– 100 µm in diameter)
• Cell colonies and secrete
extracellular polymeric substrate
EPS
•Metabolizing organics in
wastewater, producing CO2
 Continuous Flow Intermittent Cleaning
(CFIC®)
Over 90 % filling ratio About 75 % filling ratio

Features:
• Plug flow in CFIC® normal operation
• Higher removal rate for BOD and ammonia than MBBR
• Double oxygen transfer rate compared to MBBR
• Solids capture leads to low effluent TSS
• Low SVI for wash water
Bjorn Rusten et al., 2012
Why HyVAB?

• Polishing AD effluent
AD+ aerobic +…
• Space stringent
Industry site
• Smells on AD site, effluent with soluble CH4
H2S, CH4
 R&D

2017-

2015- 2015-2016
2014

- 4 pilots since 2014, 1 full scale in 2016

- Various wastewater tested:
• petrochemical
• canned vegetable
• Pharmaceutical
2016-
 Pilot HyVAB
Petrochemical wastewater

Reactor height:
Anaerobic stage (AD): 2.4 m, 44 L
Aerobic stage (CFIC): 1.2 m, 22 L

Parameters Units Average

pH - 7.3 ± 1*
COD g/L 9.8 ± 2*
Conductivity mS/cm 4 ± 1.2**
Salinity g/kg 2.1 ± 0.7**
TSS mg/L 124 ± 35**
VSS mg/L 110 ± 39**
Treatment efficiency COD

OLR T TCOD efficiency CH4 COD ratio

kg COD/m3d oC % %
4-27 20 -25 80-98 85
https://doi.org/10.2166/wpt.2017.051
Performance Comparison
• Stable HyVAB® and UASB system performance showed under designed load
condition.
• HyVAB® was more robust than UASB to shock load.
HyVAB® - First full scale plant (F & B)

Parameter Unit Value

Design flow m3/h 23

Design COD conc. mg/L 2572

Design feed COD loading kg/h 60
Design total COD loading kg/d 1440
Design temperature oC 25
Anaerobic stage
Total volume m3 96
Hydraulic retention time h 4,1
CFIC stage

Working volume m3 48

Hydraulic retention time h 2,1

Overall
Total working volume m3 144
Hydraulic retention time h 6,2
Discharge requirements (to sewer)
COD mg/L <500

TSS mg/L <250

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Hyvab performance full scale

10.00 100
9.00 90
8.00 80
COD load [kg COD/m3day]

7.00 70
6.00 60
5.00 50
4.00 40
3.00 30
2.00 20
1.00 10
.00 0
19/2 10/4 30/5 Date 19/7 7/9 27/10

OLR HyVAB TCOD efficiency

• Full scale HRT 10 h

• Overall TCOD removal efficiency > 90%
Biomass Generation
• TSS removal average 60 %
• Biomass yield average 0.1 g TSS/g COD removed.
 HyVAB pilot in China

• Tobacco wastewater, COD over 5000

mg/L
• Test period September – December ,
2017
Pilot performance

Kg COD/m3d
• Over 90% removal OLR to 8 kgCOD/m3d
 HyVAB® , game-changing technology?

HyVAB® integrates anaerobic and aerobic processes which allows organics transferring to
biogas first and with residuals continuously digested by aerobic sludge. Which leads to benefits
of :

• Low sludge yield (80% reduction, compared to pure aerobic) and reduced sludge handling
costs.
• Higher biogas CH4 yield resulting from aerobic sludge settlement and stabilization in
anaerobic stage.
• Zero Energy Usage to even positive Energy production due to energy recovery from biogas
(heat and power) and reduces oxygen (and energy) demand in aerobic stage.
• Small footprint, especially important for space confined industrial site due to the vertical
design.
• Robust at shock loads comparing to traditional anaerobic and aerobic processes
• Odorless effluent with aerobic polishing and oxidizing directly attaches the anaerobic
process.
• Greatly reduce OPEX with low solids production and simplify the post treatment process (ex.
No clarifier ) benefit downstream membrane processes in water reuse applications.
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