Many treatment plants face the same challenge: more flow, tighter standards and no room to expand. Process intensification offers a way through by increasing the capacity and performance of existing assets rather than building new ones.
What is process intensification?
In simple terms, it means achieving more treatment per square metre. That might involve membrane bioreactors that replace clarifiers and filters, high-rate settling, enhanced coagulation or biological processes that hold more active biomass in the same tank volume.
The benefits
- Smaller footprint: upgrades fit within existing boundaries, avoiding land purchase and planning delays.
- Better quality: many intensified processes produce effluent suitable for reuse.
- Lower capital cost: reusing existing tanks and structures saves money.
- Faster delivery: retrofits can often be completed while the plant stays online.
Intensification is about making every tank work harder, not building more tanks.
The role of chemistry
Intensified processes often run closer to their limits, so chemistry and monitoring become more important. Membrane cleaning chemicals, optimised coagulants and reliable dosing control help these systems deliver consistent results.
Dagussa works with operators to select and optimise the chemical programmes that keep intensified plants running smoothly. See our wastewater treatment solutions.
