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February 5, 2008
Voith Paper: In March 2007, SCA Packaging S.p.A in Lucca has awarded Voith Paper Environmental Solutions (VPES) a contract for a R2S Anaerobic Reactor

First R2S Anaerobic Reactor with highly efficient COD reduction level started up


In March 2007, SCA Packaging S.p.A in Lucca has awarded Voith Paper Environmental Solutions (VPES) a contract for a R2S Anaerobic Reactor. With a diameter of nine meters and total height of 27 meters, the reactor is designed to handle a feed volume of 240 cubic meters effluent per hour and a COD load (chemical oxygen demand) of 38 tons. At the beginning of December last year VPES has successfully put the first R2S Anaerobic Reactor into operation.

Even during the start-up phase, the R2S technology scores with a flexible operating performance. And while being filled with activated sludge, the R2S Reactor was able to take over the complete anaerobic clarification of the mill’s waste water, reaching high COD reduction levels from the start. Even at low operating temperatures of around
30 °C, the R2S Reactor achieved a COD reduction of more than 80% - despite repeatedly occurring fluctuations in the feed volume as well as COD concentration.

Voith Paper is a corporate division of the Voith Group and is one of the leading partners in the paper industry. Through constant innovations, Voith Paper is optimizing the paper manufacturing process. Over a third of the paper produced worldwide is made on Voith Paper machines.

Voith is setting the standard in the paper, energy, mobility, and service markets. Established on January 1, 1867, Voith currently has 37,000 employees, € 4 billion in sales, and over 270 locations worldwide and is one of the largest family-owned businesses in Europe.

Voith is an official partner in the “Germany - Land of Ideas” initiative.



R2S Anaerobic Reactor: Organic load in the waste water - a source for producing energy 
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Elisabeth Marton
Voith Paper GmbH & Co. KG | Sankt Pöltener Straße 43 89522 Heidenheim | Germany
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E-Mail Elisabeth.Marton@voith.com
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