Sludge Drying Systems

Difficult drying made easy!

Fjell brings more than 45 years of experience with dewatering and drying of sludge to your project.

We have delivered large, well-functioning municipal sludge drying plants across Europe, and complete, fully automated wastewater treatment plants, including sludge drying, to land-based fish farms in Norway.

Applications

  • Sludge from aquaculture such as land-based fish farms and fish farming facilities in the sea
  • Wastewater from Fish processing plants
  • Sludge from municipal wastewater treatment plants

Explore our customer stories to see the impact of our proven dryer technology in the various applications.

Landbased plant

Proven dryer that handles glue-like and sticky materials

The TMD (Thermo Mechanical Dryer) is our proven and robust sludge dryer system for dewatered aquaculture wastewater, but also an ideal design for other materials with glue-like and sticky behavious when drying.

The patented TMD technology is extremely compact.

We offer various capacity models delivered on a skid with feeding tank, and downstream cleaning systen for vapour and condensate streams. The TMD dryer is fully automated and easy to operate.

Fjell FRS TMD Sludge dryer plant for norwegian salmon smolt farm.

Fjell Turbo Disc (TD) Dryer

For larger application, the TD dryer is the state-of-the-art, energy efficient technology. While this technology has proven reliable and marketleading in the large inter-municipal sludge drying plants, this technology is promising for large aquaculture plant (largest fish farms).

The Fjell TD dryer has a pantented and improved design as compared to standard disc dryers. Moreover, Fjell has patented a concept which provides around 40% energy savings compared to conventional drying technology.

Fjell Turbo Disc Dryer - the ultimate choise for any wastewater treatment plant.

Explore our Customer Stories in Sludge Drying

Hub for collecting fish sludge for drying and storage

World's first hub for sludge treatment in aquaculture

Explore the first hub in the world to collect and handle sludge from various fish farm plants in the region. The plant is a fully automated sludge drying plant, delivered to Salten Marine Resources in Glomfjord Industry park in 2021.

Salten Smolt

Next generation Wastewater treatment upgrade at Salten Smolt

Salten Smolt produces and delivers premium-quality smolt to customers across the region. Salten Smolt faced operational challenges with their wastewater treatment system. Through close collaboration and iterative upgrades, Fjell Technology Group and Salten Smolt has built a solution that evolves with the customer’s needs. Design and delivery of an innovative polymer performance system has resulted in better particle aggregation and cleaner water discharge.

Learn more about our market-leading sludge drying solutions!