A recently completed project by HUBER Technology for Severn Trent Water and delivery partner Costain CiM6 at Stratford Milcote sewage treatment works saved Severn Trent Water 40% in capital cost as well as reducing their operational costs by over 20%.

The innovative package plant solution combines the S-DISC 1 sludge thickener,flocc reactor, polyrex 1.0 dosing unit and discharge pump which are all installed onto a 5m x 2m skid. All the wiring, cable routes, cable ducts and mechanical pipework have been designed and installed onto the skid enabling this to become a plug & play solution.

In October 2017 Steve Czapski, CiM6 Site Agent entered the whole concept into an award for the CiM6 Severn Trent Water Innovation Scheme. The Stratford Disc thickener package plant subsequently won the CiM6 Q4 innovation award.

Image: S-DISC Skid mounted Installation

Mike Willis and Dan Thomas from HUBER commented:

”From HUBER Technology’s perspective, working with CIM6 has provided the opportunity to offer a new solution to the sludge thickening sector. With offsite fabrication using integrated 3D design to drive efficiency and our standard unique S-DISC product, we have been able to provide an all in one skid mounted package product to Stratford Milcote STW. CiM6 and HUBER Technology have proven that forward thinking, innovative designs can push new solutions to an increasing UK market.”

The sludge throughput delivered at Strateford Milcote STW is 14cu.m/hr@1.0%dsSAS and thickening to 6%ds.

HUBER’s innovative sludge thickener solution is now in place at 23 installations across the UK.

Key benefits of the HUBER S-DISC Sludge Thickener over conventional thickeners include:

• 20% reduction in Poly consumption
• 40% less Power
• 25% Reduction in Whole Life Cost
• 40% reduction in Operational Carbon
• Easy setup & low operator attendance
• Installed inside and outside
• Unique design & compact footprint
• Simple robust design

Visit www.huber.co.uk for more information