Moving-Bed Bioreactors (MBBRs) utilize attached growth media as a substrate for the formation of treatment biofilms. This media is circulated in aerated treatment reactors ensuring excellent oxygen and substrate transfer to the biomass.MBBR reactors are ideal for both aer obic and anoxic processes and are utilized with mechanical mixers for circulation in anoxicreactors for efficient nitrogen removal.
Advanced MBBR media provide not only large sur face area for bio filmformation but also electrostatic surface charge. Charged surfaces on the media are biologically regenerated as ammonium ions which are adsorbed and then subsequently nitrified by the biofilm and desorbed. These reactive surfaces increase treatment efficiency and buffer the biofilm communities against toxic compounds in the waste water.
Due to the high surface and surface charge of the media and therobustmicro bio logical communities, MBBRs are ideally suited for high-strength, industrial wastewater applications. In existing waste water plants,the addition of moving media can exp and treatment capacity and improve effluent uality without incurring additionalfoot print.