Technology Development

MABR supplies oxygen directly through gas-permeable membranes to the attached biofilm. This bubble-free, counter-diffusion mechanism enhances nitrification and enables simultaneous nitrogen removal with significantly lower energy consumption.

• Up to 50% more treatment capacity within existing tank volumes
• Up to 4× lower aeration energy for oxygen transfer
• Effective ammonia and nitrogen removal
• Simultaneous nitrification and denitrification
• Resilient to load fluctuations and process disturbances
• Easy retrofit with minimal civil construction
• Potential reduction of N₂O and greenhouse gas emissions

• Upgrade of existing activated sludge plants
• Capacity expansion where land is limited
• Ammonia and total nitrogen removal
• Biological phosphorus removal enhancement
• Municipal and domestic wastewater
• Decentralized wastewater treatment and water reuse
• Selected industrial wastewater applications

ANAMMOX is an advanced biological nitrogen removal process designed for wastewater with high ammonium concentration and a low C/N ratio.

Through a shortened nitrogen conversion pathway, anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria convert ammonium (NH₄⁺) and nitrite (NO₂⁻) directly into nitrogen gas (N₂). This process significantly reduces the demand for aeration and external organic carbon compared with conventional nitrification–denitrification systems.

• Up to 60% lower aeration energy
• Minimal or no external carbon dosing
• Up to 90% less sludge production
• Approximately 55% lower CO₂ emissions
• Lower operating costs for nitrogen removal

• Sludge digestion reject water
• Landfill leachate
• Ammonia and chemical wastewater
• Monosodium glutamate wastewater
• Textile mercerization wastewater
• Livestock wastewater
• Selected municipal and domestic wastewater streams