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A municipal wastewater treatment plant in the United States faced a common but technically demanding challenge: processing 54,000 lbs/day of aerobic waste activated sludge (WAS) with a feed solids concentration of only 0.8%. At such low solids concentrations, wastewater facilities must handle significantly larger sludge volumes to process the same dry solids load. This increases the burden on upstream thickening processes, requires larger equipment and infrastructure, and can significantly increase both capital and operating costs.

July 27, 2026

A new high-speed separator from Alfa Laval’s PureFerm portfolio, which has been specifically designed to tackle challenging fluids, has delivered such outstanding results in trials with an alternative protein food producer that it has amazed even the team behind its development.

April 21, 2026

By processing whole stillage using Prodec Oil Plus, Dakota Spirit Ethanol in North Dakota now extracts up to 30% more valuable distillers’ corn oil from ethanol production. This innovative method captures oil that would otherwise be lost, maximizing yield and efficiency for producer.

March 31, 2026