SLUDGE  PUMPING and MIXING

The cost effective design, sizing or selection of equipment for sludge pumping, transport, handling, mixing, thickening, de-watering, heat exchange and other processing depends on reliable sludge rheology measurement. 

Expertise

Rheology measurement - Where samples are available, we provide a comprehensive sludge rheology measurement service.  Sludge samples can be collected and measured on-site or couriered to our laboratory.

Rheology prediction – For new design where sludge samples are not available for testing we have developed the world’s leading Sludge Rheology Database (SRDB).  Covering both potable and wastewater sludges it enables our customers to predict reliable flow behaviour.

System Losses Prediction - Design approaches are currently based on WRc’s TR175 and TR185 technical reports written in the early 1980s. BHR has developed a state-of-the-art System Losses Prediction Tool for non-Newtonian sludges that can be run as a stand alone piece of software or run in conjunction with the SRDB.

Design Services - We are able to offer the expertise and experience of leading world experts in applied rheology and the hydrotransport of sludges and slurries, including desk studies, pipeline design, design verification etc.

Mixing optimisation – Our extensive research has resulted in design guidelines enabling optimum selection for tank size, shape, inlet geometry, mixer type, power inputs, size and positioning to achieve optimal mixing requiirements. 

Physical or CFD modelling and specialist analysis by BHR Group’s expert team enables fast assessment of the design options to ensure that requirements will be met.