SPERNAL
UNITED KINGDOM
Circular solutions for :
Spernal WWTP is a medium sized plant that serves as Severn Trent Water’s “Urban Strategy Demonstration Site” where merging technologies compatible with a low energy, circular economy approach will be evaluated.
A multi-stream technology test bed will be constructed in 2019. The demonstration plant will incorporate an anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR) complete with a membrane degassing unit to recover dissolved methane. AnMBR combines several benefits such as: no aeration energy for removal of Chemical and Biochemical Oxigen Demand (COD/BOD), low sludge production and associated treatment efforts, biogas production (production of electricity/heat), pathogen and solids free effluent which can be re-used in a number of applications (e.g.: farming and industrial use).
Relevant Data
Waste water plant serving the town of Redditch
10
.000 PE
Sewage treatment
1
m3/day
Demo site:
Spernal WWTP
Relevant sectors
Key innovations & actions
- Nutrient removal and recovery through adsorption or ion exchange technologies
- AnMBR demonstration in cold climate northern European countries with a membrane degassing unit to recover dissolved methane for water and energy reuse
Lead partners
