FLOCOPAC
FLOCOPAC
Improve Component Cleaning Efficiency
Introduction:
FLOCOPAC® is a flocculation and precipitation reactor combining several functions that can be used for various clarifying tasks, for example in the food and beverage industry, pulp and paper production, power generation, and oil and gas industry. It is based on the principle of optimized flocculation and precipitation through contact sludge recirculation and characterized by almost ideal flocculation and a multi-zone clarification, in which specially designed honeycomb modules perform the last step of fine clarification.
Operation:
In a single closed system, FLOCOPAC®.L manages the following tasks:
Coagulation: The colloids contained in the water normally have identical electrical charges and therefore repel each other. By adding a metal salt (flocculent) this electrical charge is compensated, the colloids then agglomerate into micro flakes.
Precipitation: The treated water is decarbonized by adding milk lime.
Flocculation: At this stage, the actual flocculation reaction takes place through sludge circulation. Long-chain hydrocarbons (Polyelectrolytes) act as a flocculants.
Sedimentation: The mixture of water and flocs is distributed evenly across the entire area of the sedimentation tank and, from here, pass to the settling zone located below the fine sedimentation zone. Most solids, in particular the larger particles, are separated from the liquid in this part of the system.
Fine sedimentation / Clarification: The roughly clarified water then passes into the fine sedimentation zone with its honeycombed modules fixed at a 60-degree angle, in which highly efficient removal of the remaining solids takes place.
Benefits of FLOCOPAC® System
• Excellent treated water quality
• Reduction in chemical dosing
• Low space requirements
• Reliable technology with hundreds of references all over the world
FLOCOPAC®: Space Saving
• 80%- 85% saving in space (Flow rate approx. 1.500 m³/h)
Improvement of Water Quality over Conventional System:
Parameters |
Conventional Lamellae Clarifier |
FLOCOPAC® |
Up-flow velocity |
8,0 – 10,0 m/h (Flocc) 12,0 – 14,0 m/h (Decarb) |
20 m/h(Flocc) 25 m/h (Decarb) |
Solids outlet |
< 5 |
<2 |
Space requirement |
Medium |
Low |
Sludge concentration |
Medium |
High |
Aquarion offerings:
Construction of FLOCOPAC® can be done as a concrete structure or in Steel. Aquarion offers complete design of Flocopac® as a package. End user / EPC contractor can do construction on site.
Design package for FLOCOPAC® includes
* Process and Instrumentation Diagram
* Equipment Sizing
* Electrical functional description
* Description of components
* Civil guideline drawings
* Support for onsite assembly
* Support for Start-up
For more information, please contact:
Johannes Rothärmel
Key Market Manager
Tel.: +49 711 78 66-397
Fax: +49 711 78 66-10397
johannes.rothaermel@he-water.com