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Michael Knobloch

Andreas Schmidt

Reinhard Koch

Volkmar Peukert

The invention relates to a method and installation for treating waste water from oil seed and cereal processing, especially olive oil mill waste water (OMW), guaranteeing a substantial reduction of environmentally damaging waste water ingredients while taking economic factors into account. The aim of the invention is to develop a method and system designed to treat olive oil mill waste water, whereby higher physical, chemical, biochemical and biological elimination rates can be achieved using the material and energy potential of the OMW while taking economic aspects into account. The installation needs to be able to operate at short notice due to the amounts of seasonal waste. In the inventive method and installation thus disclosed, the fresh waste water is pre-treated by subjecting it to acidification with biogenic flocculation and separation of solid particles. The pre-treated waste water is then anaerobically and mesophilically processed using a carrier-bound biomass suspension, whereby fixing occurs using moving bed biofilm biology with cylindrical hollow bodies acting as a carrier material and the biogas thus arising, in addition to the sludge thus occurring, is removed.

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Dresden, Germany

Michael Knobloch