Sludge dewatering - a challenge for most wastewater plants

Sludge dewatering is the practice of minimizing the volume and weight of wastewater sludge to prepare for an efficient disposal. Disposal options include transporting the dewatered sludge to a nearby landfill, or use it for agricultural purposes, if regulations allow it. Alternatively, the sludge can be dried and incinerated to almost completely get tid of the moisture. Common for all disposal options is the less sludge volumes coming out of the dewatering step, the more cost-effective it will be to dispose of the sludge in subsequent steps.     

What if there was a more efficient way to improve the dryness of the sludge and at the same time cut costs for polymer use during dewatering? To make this possible, Novozymes has developed BioSec®.