2nd

International Conference

on Membrane Bioreactors (MBR)

for Wastewater Treatment

25-26 April 2011, Impiana KLCC Hotel

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Training Program

MBR System for Wastewater Treatment

Fundamentals, Design and Operation 27 April 2011, Impiana KLCC Hotel

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Organized by

Water Treatment Academy

TechnoBiz Communications Co., Ltd.

2521/27, Lardprao Road, Khlongchaokhunsingha

Wangthonglang, Bangkok 10310 Thailand

Tel: 66-2-938 2315 Fax: 66-2-513 1301Cell: 66-81-988 6874

Email: conference@watertreatment-academy.org

Web: www.watertreatment-academy.org

Contact Person : Khun Sirinthip, Program Coordinator

Program Agenda

25 April 2011 (Monday)

08.15 - 09.15 Participant Registration

09.15 – 09.30 Welcome Remarks

Session: MBR Developments

09.30 -10.00 Toray Advanced Flat Sheet MBR Technology Junichi BABA, Toray Industries, Inc., Japan

10.00 – 10.30 Design and Operation of Anaerobic MBR for Food Waste

Graham Brown, ADI Systems Inc., Canada

10.30 -11.00 Coffee Break

11.00 – 11.30 A new test rig to quantify the performance of membranes without interrupting the

operation of the plant

Petra Volmerg, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany

11.30 – 12.00 Energy-efficient MBR Process with MaxFlow multi-deck Membrane

Modules

Steffen Richter , A3 GmbH, Germany

12.00 -13.30 Lunch Break

Session: Case Studies and Experience with MBR

13.30 -14.00 Design, Implementation and Operating Performance of 75MLD PWWF Cleveland

Bay MBR retrofitted Wastewater Treatment Plant Gabriel Kicsi, GE Water & Process Technologies, Australia

14.00 -14.30 Retrofitting Singapore’s Jurong Water Reclamation Plant with Membrane

Bioreactor – Minimizing Energy Consumption through Selection of Unique Design

Parameters

Ben Freeman, Nitto Denko/Hydranautics, USA

14.30 -15.00 The Triple Dutch Route for Reuse Water Ronald van ’t Oever, NORIT, Netherlands

15.00 -15.30 Coffee Break

15.30 -16.00 Membrane Bio-Reactor for Meat Processing Wastewater Torsten Hackner , HUBER SE, GERMANY

16.00 – 16.30 Ceramic Membrane Bioreactors - Potential Applications and Challenges for the

Future Elena Meabe, Likuid, Spain

16.30 – 17.00 Benchmark study of full-scale membrane bioreactors for municipal wastewater

treatment in Catalonia Sara Gabarrón, University of Girona. Spain

17.00 -17.30 Technical Discussion

17.30 - 19.00 Cocktail Network Dinner

26 April 2011 (Tuesday)

Session: Fouling in MBR

09.30 – 10.00 On-line fouling monitoring in submerged MBRs Hector Monclús , University of Girona. Spain

10.00 – 10.30 Membrane fouling control in anaerobic membrane bioreactor

Jixiang Yang, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands

10.30 -11.00 Coffee Break

11.00 – 11.30 Influence of Air Flow for Fouling Reduction in Submerged Membrane

Microfiltration

Muna Pradhan, University of Technology Sydney, Australia

11.30 -12.00 Effect of sludge retention time on extracellular polymeric substances production

and fouling rate in membrane bioreactor Jih-Gaw Lin, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan

12.00 – 12.30 Identification of foulant species in MBR processes for Industrial wastewater

Treatment

Olfa Khelifi, National Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology, Tunisia

12.30 – 13.00 Coffee Break

Session: MBR Developments

13.30 – 14.00 Study on Membrane Bioreactor (MBR) and Membrane Biofilm Reactor (MBfR) Prof. Siqing Xia, Tongji University, China

14.00 -14.30 A techno-economic study on a two-stage aerobic MBR plant for pharmaceutical

wastewater treatment Chia-Yuan Chang , Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science, Taiwan

14.30 -15.00 Application of Complete Mix Activated Sludge Process for the Design of

Membrane Bioreactor Systems Sellappan Eswaramoorthi, Anna University of Technology, India

15.00 -15.30 Membrane Modifications for Fouling Control, Flux Enhancements and Lower

Energy in Membrane Bioreactors Gurdev Singh, Environmental & Water Technologies Centre of Innovation,

Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore

15.30 -16.00 Coffee Break

16.00 -17.30 Technical Discussion