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Biocatalytic Reactor Installation Project at a Biopharmaceutical Company in Jiangxi

Solution:Built Bio More®JunoCatalyst Bioreactor to address challenges related to high influent concentration, toxicity, salinity, and frequent fluctuations.

Processing Scale:40-60m3/d

Treatment Effect:COD levels remained stable and consistently met discharge standards.

Characteristics

1.1 Key Pollutants:

This biopharmaceutical company specializes in the production of pharmaceutical intermediates, mainly using chloroacetophenone, chloroform, pyridine, benzyl cyanide, and methyl aminoethanol. The primary pollutants in its wastewater include cyclic organics, heterocyclic long-chain compounds, and organic nitrogen-containing substances.

The influent flow ranges from 40 to 60 m³/day, with COD levels as high as 20,000–35,000 mg/L. The wastewater is classified as high-organic, high-salinity industrial wastewater with total Dissolved Solids reaching 20,000–30,000 ppm.

1.2 Key Characteristics:

High organic nitrogen

High salinity

Certain level of toxicity

High concentration of organic compounds


Description

Through an on-site investigation conducted by our technical team, the following issues were identified:

To reduce operational costs, the desalination system remained idle for most of the time. As a result, high-salinity, high-concentration wastewater was directly routed to the existing biological treatment system, frequently causing shock loads to downstream treatment processes. Additionally, the micro-electrolysis and Fenton processes in the pretreatment stage incurred high operating costs, contributed to increased salinity, and generated excessive sludge.

Due to the combined effects of high concentration and frequent shocks, the biological treatment system exhibited unstable ammonia nitrogen compliance, reduced pollutant removal efficiency, and extended recovery times.


Option

The key effect of the Bio More® JunoCatalyst Bioreactor was to selectively introduce screened and cultivated microorganisms to degrade toxic compounds in wastewater with high levels of concentration, toxicity, and salinity, and complex composition. This could improve biodegradability and reduce overall toxicity. As a purely biological process, it offers significant advantages in terms of speed, efficiency, operational stability, and cost-effectiveness in both capital and operations.

Bench-scale and pilot-scale testing confirmed the system's ability to replace conventional pretreatment technologies, including ozone catalytic oxidation, iron-carbon micro-electrolysis, Fenton oxidation, and electrocatalytic oxidation.

Based on the results, we adopted the Bio More® JunoCatalyst Bioreactor to replace the original pretreatment process.


Result

该厂Bio More®君诺葆反应器的COD数据如下:

月份

进水COD(mg/L)

出水COD(mg/L)

COD去除率(%)

1月

22576

6555

70.96

2月

21681

6278

71.04

3月

22704

6321

72.15

4月

29952

6930

76.86

5月

28609

7455

73.94

6月

28686

7290

74.58 


Conclusion:

Despite significant fluctuations in influent quality, the BioMore® JunoCatalyst Bioreactor operated stably and maintained the consistent COD removal efficiency of 70%–75 %. This significantly reduced the treatment load on downstream processes and contributed to the overall stability of the wastewater treatment system, ensuring compliant effluent discharge.

By employing a high-efficiency, salt-tolerant microbial technology package, the system demonstrated stable performance with COD removal rates ranging from 40% to 80%. It features low capital investment, simple operation and maintenance, no consumables, and no secondary pollution.


Periodic Service

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