The AGAR® process
The advanced wastewater treatment technologies offered by Aqwise address contemporary needs for cost-effective wastewater treatment technologies.
The patented AGAR® Process (Attached Growth Airlift Reactor), is the successful result of more than a decade of intensive research and development. It is a fixed biofilm moving bed process, utilizing suspended biomass carriers with extended surface area for biofilm growth, along with carefully designed reactor hydraulics.
Implementation of the AGAR® Process in an existing plant, will allow the plant to increase its treatment capacity, as well as improve its nutrient removal capabilities, without additional tankage. The AGAR® process, therefore, reduces the cost of upgrading, the project duration, and the area required for additional reactors.
The AGAR® Process is successfully implemented for both organic carbon and nutrient removal.
It is suitable for municipal, agricultural and industrial wastewater treatment plants.
The flexibility of the AGAR® process makes it a cost effective solution for the construction of new plants as well as the upgrading of existing wastewater treatment plants.
The AGAR®Process can be implemented in a variety of configurations, depending on process requirements, site-specific constraints, etc.
A View Inside AGAR® Nitrification/De-Nitrification process
1) AGAR® mixing pattern, featuring airlift driven risers and down-comers
2) Fine or coarse bubble aeration system.
3) Non-clogging wedge wire screens, retaining the biomass carriers in the reactor.
4) Aqwise Biomass Carriers, suspended in the aerobic zones of the reactor.
5) Aqwise Carrier Barrier, preventing back-flow of biomass carriers and air-bubbles into the anoxic reactor.
6) Stage partitions, creating cascading reactors with optimal reaction rate and specialized biomass inoculation.
7) Mechanically mixed De-Nitrification reactor.
8) Nitrification reactor filled with AqWise Biomass Carriers.
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