Fluidised Aerobic Bed Reactor (FAB)

Our Approach
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WATER
RECYCLE

WASTE /
CHEMICAL
REUSE /
SALE

ecycle
POLLUTION ABATEMENT
PURIFICATION

PURIFICATION

WATER RECYCLE

GOOD HOUSE-KEEPING

RESOURCE RECOVERY

WHY

WAST WATER ? ?

TREAT

Rapid Growth In

Population.
Limited Water Resources / Rising Cost Of
Water.
Infrastructure Ill Equipped To Support Burgeoning
Demand.
Untreated Water Finds Its Way To The Rivers Rivers
Getting
Polluted.
Presence Of Disease Causing Micro-

Organisms.
Upstream & Downstream
Independence.
For Recycle &
Reuse

pH

6-

BOD

COD

250

TSS

400

O&G

100

SEWAGE

10

Biological Treatment

PRIMARY
TREATMEN
T

SEC
.
TREATMENT

Physical
Screening, Oil &
Treatment
Grease

Removal

DISPOSAL
pH

6-

<

<

REUSE
pH

TERTIARY

6-

7
BOD

TREATMEN

<

BOD
30
COD
250
TSS

<

TYPICAL SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM

RAW SEWAGE

SCREENING
COMMON

RECEIVING SUMP
BIOLOGICAL TMT.
CHLORINATION
DISPOSAL

COMMON

FILTERATION
REUSE

B)

RECEIVING SUMP

Dampens / absorbs fluctuations.

Homogenizes effluent.
Uniform feed to biological system

B)

RECEIVING SUMP
M

FEED
M

PUMP

RAW

SEWA
GE

BAR SCREEN
CHAMBER

RECEIVING SUMP

HDPE AIR GRID

AIR BLOWER

THE PROCESS

CO2 + H2O + NEW BACTERIA

AEROBIC

PRESENCE OF O2
WASTE WATER
CONTAINING
CONTAMINANTS

BACTERIA

ABSENCE OF O2

HARMLESS END
PRODUCTS

ANAEROBIC

CH4 + H2O + NEW BACTERIA

AEROBIC PROCESSES

SUSPENDED GROWTH

ATTACHED GROWTH

Activated Sludge Process

Trickling Filters

Aerated Lagoons

Rotating Biological
Contactors
SAFF
Reactor
FAB
Reactor

CONVENTIONAL PROCESS
ACTIVATED
SLUDGE PROCESS

AFTER

PRIMAR
Y
TMT.

AERATORS

F
/
F/M ?

M.L.S.S.?

DISSOLVED OXYGEN

TREATED
SETTLING

EFFLUENT

TAN
K

AERATION
TANK

RECYCLED SLUDGE % ?
PUMPING COST
RECYCLED SLUDGE
SLUDGE FOR TREATMENT /
F/M

: FOOD TO MICRO-ORGANISM RATIO

M.L.S.S

: MIXED LIQUOR SUSPENDED SOLIDS

DISPOSAL

ASP - SALIENT FEATURES

STRINGENT AERATOR
DESIGNS

For Efficient Oxygen Transfer

For Completely Mixed
Conditions

OPTIMAL TANK
DESIGN

SUSTAINED BACTERIAL
POPULATION

For Desired Retention

For Avoiding Dead
Times
Zones

For Achieving
Efficiencies
Treatment

ASP - SALIENT FEATURES

SLUDGE RECYCLE
RATIO

SUSTAIN DISSOLVED
LEVEL
OXYGEN

UNINTERRUPTED POWER
SUPPLY

For Sustaining
Microbial

Strengt
h

For Maintaining Aerobic Condition

F

For Preventing Septic

Conditions

ASP - DRAWBACKS

Large Foot Print Area

Required
Continuous Monitoring
Requires Un-interrupted Power

Supply.
Large No. Of Moving
Equipment

The New Generation

Sewag Treatmen plants

L
F U IDIZED
E
AI ROBIC
O

B
REACTOR

FAB . . .
.

Works on the principles of attached

growth
Media supports the

process.

biomass.
Media is in suspension - Specific gravity <
water.
Media f luidization - by virtue of
hydraulic
Media has high specific surface area, typically

currents
set
by aeration.
3
2
M / M ).
400
500

FAB
TUBE

REACT

SEWAGE INLET

ORS

TO FAB

SETTL
ER
TREATED
WATER

AIR
LINE

OUTLET

SLUDGE

AIR

OUTLET

BLOW
ER

Essential Components of FAB

Reactor
AIR INLET PIPING
RAW SEWAGE

TREATED
SEWAGE

S
FAB REACTOR

PECIALLY DEVELOPED
CARRIER ELEMENTS

EFFLUENT OUTLET
SYSTEM
V
AIR DISTRIBUTION GRID

20 mm

16
mm

FAB REACTOR BASED TREATMENT

SYSTEM
RAW

SCREENING

REACTOR I

REACTOR II

V V V V V V

V V V V V V

SEWA

TUBE
SETTLER

GE
FLOATING MEDIA

AIR BLOWERS
M
M

AIR
DIFFUSER
S

SLUDGE

DRYIN
GS
L BEDS

CHLORINATIO
N

U
REUSE

ACF
DMF

D
G
E

DISPOSAL

FEATUR
ES
PRIMAR
FROM

FAB
REACTOR
-I

A)

FAB
REACTOR-II

TWO REACTORS IN SERIES

FEATUR
SEWAGE

ES INLET

SEWAGE
OUTLET

B)

NO

SHORT

CIRCUITING

FEATUR
SEWAGE

ESINLET

SEWAGE

AIR

AIR DISTRIBUTION
GRID

C)

COUNTER CURRENT FLOW

FEATUR
ES

AIR
V

BUBBL

ES

REACTOR WITHOUT
CARRIER ELEMENTS

D)

REACTOR WITH
CARRIER
ELEMENTS
ENHANCED OXYGEN
TRANSFER

FEATURES

FAB
REACTOR I
-I

FAB
REACTOR
-I

F)

TUBE
SETTLER

NO SLUDGE RECYCLING

FEATURES
PRESENT
SEWAGE
GENERATION

FAB

FAB

REACT

REACT

OR

OR

FUTURE

II
FAB

FAB

II

EXPANSIONS

G)

MODULAR STRUCTURE

FLOW

25

42,000

HEIGHT

m3 /d
4.5

m3 m
6.0

MOC

m
MS

OPTIONS :

/ SS / FRP /

Epoxy
RCC
Centralized
/
Decentralized
(Packaged)

/d

450.0
400.0

350.0

Inlet
BOD, mg / l

300.0

250.0
200.0

150.0
100.0

50.0

Outle
t

0.0
1

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29

READINGS

1200

1000

Inlet
COD in mg/ l

800

600

400

200

Outlet
0
1

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29

Readings

Other Facilities by Purlieus

Complete Automation
PLC based system by Siemens
Automatic pump operation through level

sensor of ABB.
Automatic sludge decanting valve.
Auto filter pump operation.
Online process instruments like water f low
meter, DO
meter, etc as per the requirement of reputed
companies.

Recycl

Treated water can be

e reused

horticulture.

Flushing of
Toilets.
Cooling tower
Fountains, etc.

for following purpose:

Thank You

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feel free to call
our water doctors.