HUBER Technology deliver their innovative DfMA Sludge thickener S-DISC containerised unit to a site in DCWW

We developed this containerised S-DISC solution because we saw a great opportunity to provide customers with:

• A plug & play package so the client would not need to source from different suppliers whilst incurring additional cost & risk when integrating multiple suppliers’ kit
• Fully assemble & test in our works to reduce site commissioning phase, optimisation and handover time
• Offer reduced project delivery times through repeatability
• A solution that met water company specifications & was designed with ease of operation and maintenance in mind
• A UK standard solution with repeatability

The containerised S-DISC solution comprises of everything necessary to provide a cost effective, small footprint, plug and play sludge thickening plant:

• The S-DISC1 sludge thickener & flocculation reactor.
• Polymer mixing & injection ring.
• Polymer make up & dosing plant.
• Thin & thickened sludge pumps.
• Sludge flow meter.
• All interconnecting pipework.
• Control panel & all interconnecting cabling.
• Telemetry marshalling box.
• Ventilation fan.

The above components are fitted to a GMS skid, which is then slid into a purpose-built container that is designed to provide all round access for maintenance. 
Flanges are built into the container to allow easy connection for feed & thickened sludge, filtrate, washwater, dilution water (poly) & polymer feed. There is also a drain connection on the outside of the container in case of spillage of polymer within the rig. 
There is also a simple connection for the electrical power supply cabling. 
This approach enables us to test and ‘dry’ commission the plant before despatch. This means that once the necessary service inputs are connected the plant can be made operational, optimised (wet commissioned) and handed over to the end user far quicker than is normally the case.
  

HUBER’s DfMA solutions offer many operational and bottom-line business benefits to customers

• Reduced costs
• Cost certainty
• Repeatability
• Improved quality/less waste or reworking
• Lower health & safety risks
• Reduced risk due to fewer & easier to manage design & construction interfaces
• Smoother handover (commissioning/optimisation)
• Operator & maintenance staff familiarity
• All prewired, fitted and tested prior to delivery
• Savings in both time and cost compared to conventionally installed solutions
• Smaller carbon footprint – Net-Zero

Looking forward to AMP8, HUBER feel that standardised modular solutions like DfMA will likely be the only practical way forward for some of the solutions customers will be looking for on their sites – to meet certain outputs with tighter regulatory requirements and demanding deadlines.

In addition to the benefits of potentially major cost reductions, DfMA offers them the capability to roll out modular standard solutions at pace to meet their statutory obligations. When you add in the fact that in PR24 Ofwat is also looking to the water companies to implement low carbon solutions, it also provides them with the opportunity to deliver significant carbon reductions.

Please get in touch if you would like further information on this Sludge thickening DfMA solution.