AQUA Industrial Watertreatment B.V.

Flocculator

Colloidal and emulsied particles are too small to be removed by otation or sedimentation and most ltration systems. To remove them by these systems they have to be forced to form bigger, oc-like, particles. This is achieved by a process called coagulation-occulation by adding chemicals to the water in a occulator (explained in our CFF process brochure).

The mixing energy distribution is constant at any given point in a pipe cross section, which is ideal for oc formation: Chemicals are quickly ideally mixed and the resulting ocs have the same size and strength: Consistently big ocs, that are easy to separate. For proper oc formation the ow rate has to be kept within a certain ow range, since both the mixing energy and retention time are a direct result of the ow rate in the pipe occulator. This usually requires the application of a buer tank prior to a pipe occulator.

Flocculators are subdivided in 2 categories:

Pipe occulators (PFL) where the water itself creates the required mixing energy and Continuous Stirred Tank Flocculator (CSTF) where mixers provide the required mixing energy

CSTF
In Continuous Stirred Tank Flocculators, the mixing energy is created by active top mounted mixers that are installed in individual reactors with a certain volume. The necessary retention time and mixing energy for each process step is achieved by applying a certain reactor size and mixer size. The actual mixing energy input in a CSTF is not xed, it can be adjusted to the ow rate, giving a CSTF very wide operational range without the need to apply a buer tank prior to the occulator. The operational range of the CSTF is only limited by the reactor size that determines the retention time.

Working principle
Flocculators provide the mixing energy and retention time required for oc formation. The resulting ocs have more variations in size and strength since the mixing energy varies with the distance to the mixer in the reactor.

PFL
Pipe occulator are passive systems without moving parts, where the mixing energy for the dierent oc formation process steps are created by variations in the pipe diameter in the occulator, while the required retention time for the dierent process steps is obtained by varying the pipe length.

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Flocculator

Technical Details Base Model

PFL006 PFL008 PFL012 PFL016 PFL025 PFL050 PFL065 PFL090 PFL120 PFL155 PFL200 PFL240 PFL300 L mm 2150 2238 2269 2675 3917 3997 4521 4595 4710 4743 4816 5800 6500 W mm 350 410 410 460 510 560 610 610 760 810 895 1000 1200 H mm 1100 1100 1105 1258 1208 1258 1508 1508 1640 1658 1758 1850 2100 Weight kg empty 70 90 110 140 185 210 260 290 360 435 445 500 650 Weight kg full 120 160 210 310 480 600 820 1025 1320 1615 2063 2250 2600

The published data answer to the most recent information at the moment of publishing, and are subject to future modications. AQUA reserve the right to modify the construction and the execution of their products at any time without any obligation on their part to modify equipment delivered before accordingly.

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