European Commission project  for your
Life & the Environment click here
AFM
Active Filter Media
replaces sand in all types of sand filter
Environmental & sustainable water treatment to save the planet

factory.jpg (3825 bytes)

| Contact us  | About us Search |  Shop ||

Web  sites  ]   | Home |   AFM  |  Ozone  |  Membrane filtration  | Swimming Pools

AFM Applications ]| index | Drinking water | Swimming pools | Aquaria & water parks | Sewage effluent | wastewater & grey water| Desalination pre-treatment | Fish Farms | Cooling towers | environment |


 

Applications home | client list available on request

AFM pressure filtration of the waste water filtration of brewery effluent is now being progressed.  Prior to AFM filtration the water was passed through a wedge wire screen in order to remove the gross solids from water.  The photographs below show the quality of the effluent entering and leaving the AFM filters.

Virtually all of the yeast has been removes ( 6 to 8 micron particles) leaving only some colloidal matter comprising of yeast cell walls and colloidal matter.  The COD of the effluent has been reduced by 70%. on a single pass through the AFM filter.  The back-flush water is sent to a sedimentation tank in order to concentration the yeast sludge.  We are now exploring strategies for disposing of the waste sludge on agricultural land as a fertiliser.

An AFM system treating the waste water has a pay back under 1 year derived from savings in trade effluent discharge costs

Brewery Effluent

AFM®Active Filter Media
AFM is an Internationally registered Trade Mark, AFM manufacture and use in industry is covered by Patent.
The content of this web site and information contained therein must not be publicised or reproduced without the prior written consent of Dryden Aqua,
© copyright 1997