The system is designed to automatically operate at the end of a sewage plant with pre-filtered water containing high levels of ammonia. Up until now this effluent carried Ammonia levels which were far too high to allow the Water company to discharge to a nearby river without additional treatment. The specification we worked to was to produce a filtration system which would cope with this aggressive environment. The vessels, four LCP2350 nozzle plate filters, were built to 4 bar duty with top and side hatch and three media viewing sight glasses as well as nozzle plate for air scour system. The entire installation is totally automatic and all water testing is continuously logged automatically with a digital readout and printable history.
Waterco Europe is always proud to be involved in different projects where its equipment is used outside of the swimming pool industry. Recently Waterco has seen its products used on various installations from Penguin pools to large water treatment plants. One of the more unusual applications Waterco has just completed was the supply of eight micron bobbin wound SMD1200, 6 bar filters for two new cruise ships. The filters are used two in parallel on a skid base for the reverse osmosis desalination plant for fresh water production. The huge skid mounted plants were installed during the construction of each ship, so effectively the ship was built around these plants. “At Waterco we are pleased to see our equipment being used in a variety of installations, it shows the flexibility of the range, we have such a wide choice of products that we can offer a high quality solution to most requests” said Tony Fisher, Managing Director of Waterco Europe.
A portable high pressure cleaning system used for buildings that consisted of a C75 TBF bag filter, TCF 75 Carbon filter and a 75sq ft Trimline cartridge filter.
The MultiCyclone is a brilliant new centrifugal filtration device that is capable of saving water and reducing filter maintenance. The MultiCyclone works on the basis of centrifugal water filtration. There are no moving parts to wear and tear, and no filter media to clean or replace. Incoming water simply enters 16 hydro cyclones tangentially, generating a strong centrifugal effect. Sediment is simply spun out to the hydro cyclone’s wall, and then spirals down to the sediment chamber. The filtered water migrates towards the center of the hydro cyclone where the flow reverses and spirals upwards through the outlet. Accumulation of sediment can be visibly monitored through the MultiCyclone’s clear sediment chamber and is easily cleaned by opening the purge valve. Only 15 litres of water is discharged to cleanse the MultiCyclone!
MultiCyclones are installed prior to a filter system to minimize filter maintenance and water usage or installed as a standalone filter capable of filtering down to 30 to 40 microns.
Due to the nature of cooling tower operation the muticyclone is a natural addition for both new and existing installations. Unintended quantities of dirt, dust and other airborne debris are washed into the cooling system water. Generally cooling towers and recirculation loops are dirty, warm, aerated and bio-nutrient rich, therefore they are also perfect incubators for microorganism, algae and fungi development. Accumulated dirt in the cooling tower basin provides an excellent breeding ground for algae and bacteria (i.e.; Legionella), plus dirt provides a layer under which bacteria can be protected from biocide treatments. Dirty water absorbs treatment chemicals and makes it difficult to maintain proper residuals. A filtration system is capable of removing suspended debris from the circulating water, which can reduce chemical consumption in two ways:
• A decrease in total chemical treatment due to reduced blowdown and treatment make-up water
• A reduction in algaecide/biocide requirements.
The attached images show a typical installation of a bank of multicylcones installed on a cooling tower at a manufacturing plant that is used in conjunction with a number of injection moulding machines. As can be seen from the images the multicyclones removed a great deal of debris.
Part of an installation that contains three SMDD 1.80m sand filters, four Hydrostorm Plus 3hp Pumps and six Hydrostar MkIII Pumps as pictured. The products are part of a sea water intake treatment system in Scandinavia.
Truck wash water reclamation system using four Trimline 100 sq ft Cartridge Filters, a MultiCyclone, a 42" Lacron Horizontal Filter and 42" Lacron LSC Filter
After many months of negotiation and working closely with a leading water treatment company, Waterco were delighted to be chosen as the preferred vendor for the supply of our Multi Media Filters SMD2000 in their turnkey RO system. Such system (totaling 40 x Micron SMD2000 tanks) was installed on a Water Desalination Plant in Basrah, Iraq. A spokesperson for the company reported that they were very impressed with the quality and the results of the Multi Media Filters.
Such installations attract a lot of interest from many manufacturers from around the world and it’s a great testament to the quality and design of the Waterco range of commercial filters” comments Tony Fisher, Waterco Europe.
A total of 4 plants were constructed, each plant consisting of 10 x Micron SMD2000 Multi Media Bobbin Wound Filters. Being installed on water treatment plants meant that the filters had to be designed and manufactured to much higher pressure ratings due to the fact that in the water treatment sector the minimum pressure rating requirements are 4 bar, and in fact mostly 6 bar. Waterco currently are able to offer commercial filters from 2.5bar – 8 bar pressure ratings in order to cater for the majority of installations.
