Membrane Bioreactors: Global Markets

SUMMARY

This report:

• Analyzes the membrane and biological components of Membrane Bioreactors (MBRs)
• Examines system configurations and typical MBR performance
• Analyzes cost and system applications
• Examines companies active in the market, market share, and industry structure
• Provides quantitative evaluations for the major market segments, both historically and with forecasts
• Identifies the global scope of the MBR market within four major geographical regions with information on regional economics, water needs, MBR experience, and proposed projects

STUDY GOAL AND OBJECTIVES

This comprehensive market opportunity report evaluates the global market membrane bioreactors (MBRs) used for wastewater treatment. Existing and potential markets for MBRs on the global stage are identified. The goals are to provide meaningful information, unbiased analysis, and an assessment of the roles that MBR systems can play now and in the future of wastewater treatment technology. Twenty-eight countries' water needs are evaluated in four global regions.

REASONS FOR DOING THE STUDY

The need for pure water is a problem of global proportions. In the earth's hydrologic cycle, fresh water supplies are fixed and constant, while global water demand is growing. With each passing year, the quality of the planet's water measurably deteriorates, presenting challenges for the major users: the municipal, industrial, and environmental sectors. Water treatment has become an area of global concern as individuals, communities, industries, countries, and their national institutions strive for ways to keep this essential resource available and suitable for use. MBRs have emerged over the past 10 years as an effective solution to transforming various wastewaters into high quality effluent suitable for discharge to the environment and increasingly into a reusable product.

intended readership

This report is designed to be as comprehensive as possible and to be useable by a broad audience of business, technical, and regulatory practitioners on a global scale. The document is an information source on the industry, a reference manual on an advanced technology and its system components, and a resource that provides information to decision makers who need to stay abreast of the state of the art.

This report presents analysis and forward-thinking knowledge that will be of advantage to manufacturers, suppliers, and to local, state and the federal government as well as foreign governments. Engineers, utilities, and corporate planners will benefit in accessing the global demand for membrane bioreactors.

SCOPE of report

The study is divided into chapters dealing with the membrane component of MBRs, the biological component, system configurations, typical MBR performance, cost analyses, system applications, companies active in the market, market share, and industry structure. Quantitative evaluations are given for the major market segments, historically and for a 5-year horizon. The global scope of the MBR market is identified within four major geographical regions with information on regional economics, water needs, MBR experience, and proposed projects.

The MBR market in this study is centered on biological/membrane wastewater treatment for the municipal, industrial, and environmental sectors. The evaluated market does not include catalytic membrane reactors or enzymatic membrane reactors.

METHODOLOGY

Research for this report began with a re-analysis of the available technical and business literature, as well as an evaluation of the personal records of the water treatment industry available to the author. Conversations with industry experts and company representatives and a review of their published works provide the backbone for an evaluation of the water treatment equipment industry. Other sources of information include product literature from system suppliers, patent information, annual reports, and BCC Research's monthly newsletter Membrane & Separation Technology News.

Growth rates of MBR systems are not the same for all world regions and are not increasing from the same base. Common to all regions, however, is the fact that sales of the technology are growing faster than the GDPs of countries installing the systems and more rapidly than the industries that use them. Forecasts in this report are based on announced projects and anticipated capacity additions over the next 5 years.

MBR costs are based on published data and interviews with industry participants. MBR "systems" include headworks (screens, pumps, grit chamber) and other pretreatment systems, membrane units, reactor vessels, and other process tanks. Site costs, system installation costs, piping, instrumentation, and electrical/electronic controls are not included in the cost analysis.

The capital cost of a 50,000 gpd (gallons per day) plant is estimated at $350,000, a 100,000 gpd plant at $500,000, and a 500,000 gpd plant at $2 million. For systems 1 mgd (million gallons per day) and larger, capital costs start at $3.5 million. The largest percentage of new system installations, 93%, will continue to fall into the 5,000 gpd to 500,000 gpd range (most of those, 57%, will have capacities of less than 25,000 gpd), 2% of installations will range from 0.5 mgd to 1 mgd, and 5% will be larger than 1 mgd.

Currency conversions are normalized in so far as possible. Much of the historic information is from BCC data.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Membrane Bioreactors: Global Markets

Chapter- 1: SUMMARY

• SUMMARY TABLE GLOBAL MBR MARKET VALUE, THROUGH 2013 ($ MILLIONS)
• SUMMARY FIGURE GLOBAL MBR MARKET VALUE, 1990-2013 ($ MILLIONS)

Chapter- 2: OVERVIEW

• HISTORY
• AMOUNTS OF WATER TO BE TREATED
• GLOBAL WATER RESOURCES, WITHDRAWALS
• FIGURE 1 GLOBAL FRESH WATER STRESS, 1995 AND FORECAST FOR 2025
• U.S. WATER RESOURCES, WITHDRAWALS
• MBRS IN BRIEF
• MBRS IN BRIEF (CONTINUED)
• MICROORGANISMS
• AEROBIC, ANAEROBIC
  • TABLE 1 COMPARISON OF AEROBIC, ANAEROBIC MBRS
  • TABLE 2 PROJECTED GLOBAL VALUE OF MBRS BY TYPE OF MICROBIAL PROCESS, THROUGH 2013 ($ MILLIONS)
• FIGURE 2 PROJECTED GLOBAL VALUE OF MBRS BY TYPE OF MICROBIAL PROCESS, 1990-2013 ($ MILLIONS)
• MEMBRANES
• MATERIALS, MANUFACTURING METHODS, MODULES
• FLUX
• FOULING
• SELECTING MEMBRANES FOR MBRS
• SYSTEM CONFIGURATION: SUBMERGED, EXTERNAL
• FIGURE 3 SCHEMATIC OF SUBMERGED MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR
• FIGURE 4 SCHEMATIC OF EXTERNAL MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR
  • TABLE 3 PROJECTED GLOBAL VALUE OF MBRS BY CONFIGURATION, 1990-2013 ($ MILLIONS)
• FIGURE 5 PROJECTED GLOBAL VALUE OF MBRS BY CONFIGURATION, 1990-2013 ($ MILLIONS)
  • TABLE 4 ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF MBR CONFIGURATIONS
  • TABLE 5 MAJOR MANUFACTURERS OF MBRS AND THEIR PRODUCTS
  • TABLE 5 (CONTINUED)
• TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT
• PERFORMANCE
• PARTICLE REMOVAL AND DISINFECTION
• REMOVAL OF ORGANIC MATTER
• NUTRIENT REMOVAL
• TRACE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
• COMPETING WASTEWATER TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES
  • TABLE 6 TECHNOLOGIES USED IN WASTEWATER TREATMENT
  • TABLE 6 (CONTINUED)
• CAPITAL AND OPERATING COSTS
  • TABLE 7 CAPITAL AND OPERATING COSTS: MBR VS. ACTIVATED SLUDGE (300,000 GPD)
• FIGURE 6 CAPITAL COSTS: MBR VS. ACTIVATED SLUDGE (300,000 GPD)
• FIGURE 7 OPERATING COSTS: MBR VS. ACTIVATED SLUDGE

Chapter- 3: APPLICATIONS FOR MBR TECHNOLOGY

• TABLE 8 APPLICATIONS FOR MBR TECHNOLOGY BY WASTEWATER TYPE, 2008 (%)
• FIGURE 8 APPLICATIONS FOR MBR TECHNOLOGY BY NUMBER OF INSTALLED SYSTEMS, 2008 (%)
• APPLICATIONS FOR MBR TECHNOLOGY (CONTINUED)
• APPLICATIONS FOR MBR TECHNOLOGY (CONTINUED)
  • TABLE 9 PROJECTED GLOBAL VALUE OF MBRS BY APPLICATION, THROUGH 2013 ($ MILLIONS)
• FIGURE 9 PROJECTED GLOBAL VALUE OF MBRS BY APPLICATION, 1990-2013 ($ MILLIONS)
• DOMESTIC, MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER
  • TABLE 10 TYPICAL CONTAMINANTS IN UNTREATED MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER (MG/L
• DOMESTIC, MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT
• INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER
  • TABLE 11 POTENTIAL WASTEWATER COMPONENTS BY INDUSTRY
• Heavy Metals
• Organic Compounds
• Oily Wastewaters
• INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT
• LANDFILL LEACHATE
• IN-BUILDING WATER RECYCLING
• CRANFIELD IN-BUILDING STUDY
  • TABLE 12 COMPARISON OF SYSTEMS FOR IN-BUILDING WATER RECYCLING
• OTHER WASTEWATER
• SHIPBOARD WASTEWATER
• Cruise Lines
• World Navies
• U.S. Navy
• British Royal Navy
• U.S. Coast Guard
• AGRICULTURAL WASTEWATER
• WATER RECLAMATION AND REUSE
• REUSE IN THE U.S.
• REUSE OUTSIDE OF THE U.S.
• U.S. REGULATORY EFFORTS
• FEDERAL ASSISTANCE FOR WASTEWATER PLANT CONSTRUCTION
• INTERNATIONAL REGULATORY EFFORTS
• EU REGULATIONS
• OTHER REGULATIONS
• TRENDS AND TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENTS
• DRINKING WATER DENITRIFICATION
• REMOVING TRACE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
• DESALINATION PRETREATMENT
• WASTEWATER TREATMENT WITH SALEABLE BYPRODUCT RECOVERY
• TREATMENT TO REMOVE OXIDIZED CONTAMINANTS
• RESEARCH NEEDS
• Research Needs (Continued)
• PATENT SURVEY
• BY COMPANY
  • TABLE 13 U.S. PATENT SURVEY BY COMPANY, 1991-2007 (NUMBER)
• FIGURE 10 U.S. PATENT SURVEY BY COMPANY, 1991-2007 (%)
• BY APPLICATION
  • TABLE 14 U.S. PATENT SURVEY BY APPLICATION, 1991-2007 (NUMBER)
• FIGURE 11 PATENT SURVEY BY APPLICATION, 1991-2007 (%)

Chapter- 4: THE NORTH AMERICAN MARKET FOR MBR TECHNOLOGY

• THE NORTH AMERICAN MARKET FOR MBR TECHNOLOGY
  • TABLE 15 VALUE OF THE NORTH AMERICAN MARKET FOR MBRS, THROUGH 2013 ($ MILLIONS)
• FIGURE 12 VALUE OF THE NORTH AMERICAN MARKET FOR MBRS, 1990-2013 ($ MILLIONS)
• U.S.
• ECONOMIC TRENDS
• WATER NEEDS
• Water Needs (Continued)
• CANADA
• ECONOMIC TRENDS
• WATER NEEDS
• NORTH AMERICAN MBR EXPERIENCE
• FIGURE 13 NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL MBR INSTALLATIONS BY INDUSTRY, 2006 (NUMBER)
• NORTH AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS FOR MBRS
• DESALINATION AND WATER PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY ROADMAP
• WATER ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH FOUNDATION
• WATEREUSE FOUNDATION
• MWH 62

Chapter- 5: GLOBAL MARKETS FOR MBR TECHNOLOGY

• GENERAL ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS
• IMPACT OF THE GLOBALIZED ECONOMY
• FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN WATER/WASTEWATER PROGRAMS
• The Role of International Organizations in Water/Wastewater Management
• WORLD ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER AND SANITATION
• Global Water Supply and Sanitation Assessment
  • TABLE 16 WHO/UNICEF GLOBAL WATER/SANITATION ASSESSMENT
• Millennium Goals
• Bellagio Framework
• Decentralized Treatment Systems
  • TABLE 17 EVALUATION OF MBRS FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
  • TABLE 17 (CONTINUED)
• MARKET VALUE OF MBR SYSTEMS BY GLOBAL REGION
  • TABLE 18 PROJECTED VALUE OF MBR SYSTEMS BY GLOBAL REGION, THROUGH 2013 ($ MILLIONS)
• FIGURE 14 PROJECTED VALUE OF MBR SYSTEMS BY GLOBAL REGION, 1990-2013 ($ MILLIONS)
• EUROPE
• GENERAL ECONOMIC TRENDS
• Member Countries
• WATER ISSUES
• EUROPEAN MBR EXPERIENCE
• Sewage Treatment Plants
• Industrial Wastewater Treatment Plants
• EUROPEAN MBR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
• Amedeus
• Eurombra
• MBR-Train
• Puratreat
• THE EUROPEAN MARKET FOR MBRS
• The European Market for MBRs (Continued)
  • TABLE 19 PROJECTED VALUE OF THE EUROPEAN MARKET FOR MBRS, THROUGH 2013 ($ MILLIONS)
• FIGURE 15 PROJECTED VALUE OF THE EUROPEAN MARKET FOR MBRS, 1990-2013 ($ MILLIONS)
• OVERVIEW OF THE EUROPEAN MBR EXPERIENCE
• FIGURE 16 END-USE APPLICATIONS FOR INDUSTRIAL MBRS IN EUROPE BY INDUSTRY, 2005 (NUMBER)
• COUNTRY ANALYSIS
• Belgium
• Current Economic Trends
• Water Needs
• MBR Experience
• France
• Current Economic Trends
• Water Needs
• MBR Experience
• Germany
• Current Economic Trends
• Water Needs
• Water Needs (Continued)
• MBR Experience
• Italy
• Current Economic Trends
• Water Needs
• MBR Experience
• Spain
• Current Economic Trends
• Water Needs
• MBR Experience
• The Netherlands
• Current Economic Trends
• Water Needs
• MBR Experience
• United Kingdom
• Current Economic Trends
• Water Needs
• MBR Experience
• EASTERN EUROPE
• Poland
• Current Economic Trends
• Water Needs
• THE ASIA PACIFIC MARKET FOR MBRS
  • TABLE 20 PROJECTED VALUE OF THE ASIA PACIFIC MARKET FOR MBRS, THROUGH 2013 ($ MILLIONS)
• FIGURE 17 PROJECTED VALUE OF THE ASIA PACIFIC MARKET FOR MBRS, 1990-2013 ($ MILLIONS)
• AUSTRALIA
• Current Economic Trends
• Water Needs
• Water Needs (Continued)
• MBR Experience
• CHINA
• Current Economic Trends
• Water Needs
• MBR Experience
• INDIA
• Current Economic Trends
• Water Needs
• Coverage
• Regulatory
• Market
• Players
• JAPAN
• Current Economic Trends
• Water Needs
• MBR Experience
• SOUTH KOREA
• Current Economic Trends
• Water Needs
• MBR Experience
• SINGAPORE
• Current Economic Trends
• Water Issues
• MBR Experience
• THE MIDDLE EAST/AFRICAN MARKET FOR MBRS
  • TABLE 21 PROJECTED VALUE OF THE MIDDLE EAST/AFRICAN MARKET FOR MBRS, THROUGH 2013 ($ MILLIONS)
• FIGURE 18 PROJECTED VALUE OF THE MIDDLE EAST/AFRICAN MARKET FOR MBRS, 1990-2013 ($ MILLIONS)
• MIDDLE EAST
• MIDDLE EAST MBR EXPERIENCE
• Bahrain
• Current Economic Trends
• Water Needs
• Kuwait
• Current Economic Trends
• Water Needs
• Egypt
• Current Economic Trends
• Water Needs
• Israel
• Current Economic Trends
• Water Needs
• MBR Experience
• Saudi Arabia
• Current Economic Trends
• Water Needs
• MBR Experience
• United Arab Emirates
• Current Economic Trends
• Water Needs
• MBR Experience
• AFRICA
• MBR Experience
• THE LATIN AMERICAN/CARIBBEAN MARKET FOR MBRS
  • TABLE 22 PROJECTED VALUE OF THE LATIN AMERICAN/CARIBBEAN MARKET FOR MBRS, THROUGH 2013 ($ MILLIONS)
• FIGURE 19 PROJECTED VALUE OF THE LATIN AMERICAN/CARIBBEAN MARKET FOR MBRS, 1990-2013 ($ MILLIONS)
• LATIN AMERICA
• Argentina
• Current Economic Trends
• Water Needs
• MBR Experience
• Brazil
• Current Economic Trends
• Water Needs
• Ecuador
• Current Economic Trends
• Water Needs
• Mexico
• Current Economic Trends
• Water Needs
• MBR Experience
• CARIBBEAN
• Bahamas
• Current Economic Trends
• Water Needs
• Jamaica
• Current Economic Trends
• Water Needs
• Water Needs (Continued)

Chapter- 6: INDUSTRY STRUCTURE

• CONGLOMERATES
• WATER/WASTEWATER TREATMENT COMPANIES
• SPECIALIZED PROVIDERS
• STRATEGIES FOR REMAINING COMPETITIVE
• MARKET SHARE
  • TABLE 23 ESTIMATED GLOBAL MBR MARKET SHARE AMONG MARKET LEADERS, 2008 ($ MILLIONS)
• FIGURE 20 ESTIMATED GLOBAL MBR MARKET SHARE AMONG MARKET LEADERS, 2008 (%)
• COMPANY PROFILES
• A3 WATER SOLUTIONS GMBH
• A3-USA
• Projects
  • TABLE 24 A3 REFERENCE PLANTS
• ASHBROOK SIMON HARTLEY
• IMAS (Integrated Membrane Activated Sludge) MBR
• BIWATER INTERNATIONAL, LTD.
• BRIGHTWATER F.L.I., LTD.
• BUSSE GMBH
• Busse-MF Small Size Sewage Treatment Plant
• Projects
• CERAMEM
• MBR
• COLLOIDE ENGINEERING SYSTEMS
• ECOTECH FOLEY PIPELINES
• GE WATER TECHNOLOGIES
• ZeeWeed MBR
• Shipboard
• Projects
  • TABLE 25 GE ZENON REFERENCE PLANTS
  • TABLE 25 (CONTINUED)
  • TABLE 25 (CONTINUED)
• GROUPE LAPERRIÈRE & VERREAULT, INC.
• ENVIROQUIP
• Projects
  • TABLE 26 ENVIROQUIP REFERENCE PLANTS
• HANS HUBER AG
• MembraneClearBox
• VRM Bioreactor
• BioMem
• Projects
  • TABLE 27 HUBER REFERENCE PLANTS
• INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE (ITRI)
• ITT INDUSTRIES
• Aquious Water Technologies
• ITT Dual-Stage MBR
• KEPPEL CORP.
• Keppel Seghers Technology Group BV
• Unibrane Submerged MBR
• Unibrane Overpressure MBR
• Unipac
• Projects
  • TABLE 28 KEPPEL SEGHERS REFERENCE PLANTS
• KIBARAN TERNAMA SDN. BHD.
• KOCH MEMBRANE SYSTEMS
• Koch Membrane Systems GmbH (formerly Puron AG)
• Puron MBR
• Projects
  • TABLE 29 PURON REFERENCE PLANTS
• KOLON INDUSTRIES
• KUBOTA CORP.
• Kubota MBR
• Projects
  • TABLE 30 KUBOTA REFERENCE PLANTS
  • TABLE 30 (CONTINUED)
• MARTIN SYSTEMS AG
• Projects
• MILLENNIUMPORE
• MITSUBISHI RAYON CO., LTD.
• Mitsubishi MBR
• Projects
  • TABLE 31 MITSUBISHI REFERENCE PLANTS
• TIANJIN MOTIMO MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY, LTD.
• NORIT
• Airlift MBR
• Projects
• NOVASEP GROUP
• Orelis MBR
• Projects
  • TABLE 32 ORELIS REFERENCE PLANTS
• NOVOFLOW GMBH
• PALL CORP.
• Pall Aria MBR
• POLYMEM S.A.
• Immem MBR
• SAEHAN INDUSTRIES, INC.
• SFC UMWELTTECHNIK GMBH
• SHAW GROUP
• Envirogen, Inc.
• Shaw MBR
• MTBE Cleanup
• SIEMENS AG
• MemJet MBR
• Petro MBR
• Projects
  • TABLE 33 SIEMENS REFERENCE PLANTS
• SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT
• Infilco Degremont
• BRM MBR
• Projects
• TORAY INDUSTRIES
• Toray MBR
• TRIQUA BV
• Triqua MBRs
• Projects
• ULTRA-FLO PTE, LTD.
• Ultra-Flo MBR
• VEOLIA ENVIRONNEMENT
• Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies
• Biosep MBR
• Memrod
• Projects
• WEHRLE WERK AG
• Biomembrat MBR
• Projects
  • TABLE 34 WEHRLE WERK REFERENCE PLANTS

Chapter- 7: APPENDIX

• TABLE 35 U.S PATENT SURVEY, JANUARY 29, 1991 TO DECEMBER 18, 2007
• TABLE 35 (CONTINUED)
• TABLE 35 (CONTINUED)
• TABLE 35 (CONTINUED)
• TABLE 35 (CONTINUED)
• TABLE 35 (CONTINUED)