Cake baker invests in effluent treatment to back growth
Micromac Filtration, the independent industrial effluent treatment specialist, has upgraded the effluent treatment system at Launceston-based Kensey Foods.
A supplier of cakes to Tesco, Kensey has seen its Cornish production centre double in size over recent years. But its effluent discharge was causing problems and becoming an increasingly expensive cost centre.
The challenge for Micromac was to upgrade Kensey's existing effluent treatment system with minimum disruption to production. Space constraints were also an issue - room for a new higher capacity effluent treatment system was strictly limited.
The effluent produced by Kensey's baking operations is high in suspended solids, fats, oils and greases and also has high chemical oxygen demand (COD). Micromac's solution was to upgrade the existing elements of the factory's effluent treatment system and to introduce new equipment to simplify its operation and increase its capacity.
Micromac redesigned the layout of the effluent treatment house, providing space for a new dissolved air flotation system. An ineffective rotary unit was replaced and the existing bio tower was modified to increase reductions in COD.
New equipment installed included a dry powder chemical dosing technology and a new chemical bund. Micromac also installed a new easy-to-use control system.
Contact: Micromac Filtration; Tel: 07816 842781
