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.
Our Portfolio for Fish Sludge Drying
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.

Fjell TMD Sludge Dryer
The TMD (Thermo Mechanical Dryer)is our proven and robust sludge dryer system for dewatered aquaculture wastewater, and 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.

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.

Explore our Customer Stories in Sludge Drying

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.

Contact our Experts
Our expertise, technology and solutions are ready to support you. Learn more about our wastewater and sludge treatment solutions. Contact us to explore the coagulants and flocculants designed to meet your needs and the performance system we offer for optimal use and automatic mixing into wastewater.



