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| Survey of European MBR market, trends and perspectives | |
| Date | 16.5.2007 |
| Author | B. Lesjean and E.H. Huisjes |
| Abstract | A market survey of the European MBR industry was performed while contacting 33 suppliers or retailers of MBR filtration systems and/or MBR plant constructors. The study enabled to identify MBR plants constructed up to 2005: about 300 references of industrial applications (> 20 m3/d) and about 100 municipal wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs > 500 p.e.) were listed. In average, the capacity of industrial applications is ten fold smaller than municipal applications (median flow of 180 m3/d and 2,500 m3/d respectively). In the coming years, at least 70 new MBR plants are expected to be constructed each year, from which about 50 industrial and 20 municipal applications. Taking the installed membrane surface as indicator of market share, it appears that the municipal sector represented in 2003-2005 75% of the market volume. The predominance of immersed MBR filtration systems in both sectors is undisputed, as during this 3-year period they represented 99% of the total installed membrane surface (Zenon-GE and Kubota, 2 non-European suppliers, representing respectively 63% and 30%). If the industrial market can be considered as mature and stabilized, the municipal market is expected to witness a further growth in the next decade under the combined effects of the acceleration of plant constructions and the capacity increase. This provides a commercial opportunity for novel European-manufactured technologies to increase their share in the European and global MBR market. |
| Full Reference | In proceedings of IWA 4th International Membrane Technologies Conference, 15 - 17 May 2007, Harrogate, UK |
| Pages | 8 |
| Download | pdf (65 KB) |
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