An Infocast Interactive Web Conference

INTERACTIVE WEB CONFERENCE

Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactors:

Review of Next Generation Anaerobic Technologies & Potential Market Impacts

O2 Environmental is pleased to announce details of this interactive web-conference, the next in the BlueTech Tracker Webinar Series.

Advances in biotechnology and process design are enabling anaerobic treatment to extend its reach into new applications and market areas. The combination of ultrafiltration membranes with anaerobic systems is enabling water re-use quality effluent standards to be attained.

These developments are leading to a new generation of technologies. One of the key attributes of anaerobic systems is that they overcome two of the fundamental weaknesses of aerobic systems: energy use and sludge production.

As energy prices rise and sludge management costs increase, there is an increasing focus on how anaerobic treatment technologies can be used to treat wastewaters and produce re-use quality wastewater and generate biogas. Historically anaerobic technologies have been used mainly for high strength wastewater, and have not been able to produce the same quality effluents as aerobic systems. This is changing.

In the industrial setting, wastewaters are becoming more concentrated as industry moves to reduce water consumption and recycle water on-site. In the municipal sector we are also likely to see more concentrated wastewaters in cities as water consumption decreases and surface water is excluded from sewers.

This webinar will focus on where the innovation is occurring in anaerobic treatment and how much new market penetration we can expect to see when this innovation is successful.

You will hear from leading research groups as well as leading water technology companies.

The presentations will provide insights into the following:

• Anaerobic bioreactors - status of the technology;
• Potential application of anaerobic treatment to municipal wastewater;
• New companies active in this space; and
• Future directions and market impacts of next generation anaerobic biological technologies

Moderator:

Dr. Tim Evans, Principal, Tim Evans Environment; Member, O2 TAG

Speakers:

Prof. David Stuckey, Professor of Biochemical Engineering, Imperial College London

Carla Frijters, Process Technologist, Paques BV

Shannon Grant, Process Specialist, ADI Systems Inc.

Prof. em. Dr. ir. Willy Verstraete, Department of Biochemical and Microbial Technology, Ghent University

Organized in Partnership with

O2 ENVIRONMENTAL Inc will be running a series of BlueTech Tracker™ webinars to highlight key opportunities and emerging trends in water technologies. Each webinar will bring together leading experts and water technology companies. The webinars will focus on the business and market opportunity for these innovative solutions.

The series will be of interest to venture capital investors, water technology companies, regulators and end users. We will show how the drivers for change are reshaping our water system and how companies that are at the leading edge of these trends will be positioned to be part of a new, smarter, more efficient water system.

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