Water Reuse through Membrane Technologies for a Dairy Plant Using Water Pinch Simulation Software

The main goal of this study is to evaluate possible reuse routes effluents from adairy plant. First, the water flow in plant was evaluated. All consumed and generated by industrial process were quantified characterized. In addition, quality parameters required for different activities assessed. Secondly, a treatment system using membrane bioreactor nanofiltration reactor, previously conducted authors, considered. Then, pinch analysis carried out through application collected data Water Pinch software. Both direct reuse/recycle regeneration schemes investigated. context, although shown be able reduce freshwater use clean-in-place (CIP) 33.4%; with showed up 66.7% 95.4% reduction CIP general processes, respectively. Finally, four proposed. proposed route combining most advanced technologies studied best performance terms total consumption (69.5%) dairy