MOB™ Mobile Organic Biofilm
MOB™ Mobile Organic Biofilm
The MOB™ (Mobile Organic Biofilm™) system is a unique and sustainable wastewater treatment process providing process intensification including increased treatment capacity, simultaneous nutrient removal, improved settleability, and optimize process stability.
Mobile: The media applied to the MOB process is mobile and able to circulate freely throughout the process without limitation of sieves or baffles.
Organic: MOB’s ballasted media application, is an all-natural cellulosic plant that contains a core with high absorptivity.
Biofilm: Due to the ballasted media’s high surface area, the ballast core is capable of granulizing or growing thick biofilms.
MOB™ Explained
The following three videos show the different aspects of the patented MOB™ process.
Benefits of the MOB™ Process include:
- A 'no build' solution which gives increased treatment capacity within the existing asset footprint
- Discharge consents are met by reducing nutrient levels resulting in energy and chemical savings
- Significantly improved settlement performance reduces the risk of washouts
- Minimal mixing and aeration requirements reduce energy when compared to other fixed film and granular sludge technologies
- BNR with improved settling reduce the need for polymers, coagulants and phosphorus precipitation technologies, reducing overall capital and chemical cost
- BNR with up to 30-60% additional biological phosphorus reduction
- Improves sludge dewatering, significantly reducing chemical and tanker costs
- Simple, rapid deployment leading to reductions in costs and programme time
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Contact usACWA and Nuvoda Partnership
ACWA Services Limited are the exclusive agent of Nuvoda’s MOB™ (Mobile Organic Biofilm) patented technology in the United Kingdom and Irish Water and Industrial Markets.
Nuvoda's CEO, Jonathan Lister commented, "This partnership with ACWA will expand our presence in the UK and Irish markets. MOB™ is ideally suited for these markets with its emphasis on green eco-friendly technology which increases capacity, lowers nutrient level discharge and reduces energy consumption."
MOB™ References
The MOB™ Process is installed in numerous full-scale installations in both Municipal and Industrial wastewater treatment plants, as well as ongoing trials and pilots across North America and Europe.
- Peak Season Resilience for Destin, FL
- Cold Water Nitrification for Rigby, ID
- MOB Process in an SBR
- Moorefield, WV
- Miller Coors MOB upgrade
MOB™ enabled configurations
- Activated sludge
- Five stage bardenpho
- Aeration lagoon
- Sequencing batch reactors
The patented MOB™ process utilizes a renewable lignocellulosic fibre, grown, harvested, and processed as a medium for biofilm growth. The fibre core is machined down to 500 microns in size, serving as a backbone for aerobic granular sludge growth. The BioMedia is fully mobile, circulating throughout the process providing process intensification.