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How It Works

In an Adsorption Clarifier®, coagulant is added as water enters the bottom of the unit.  Water follows an upward path through a bed of buoyant plastic media, where the tortuous path causes mixing and collisions of coagulated particles.  The buoyant clarifier media adsorbs the coagulated particles, eliminating the need for settling.

The Adsorption Clarifier® is cleaned periodically using water at process flow rates combined with a small amount of air.  The media bed becomes completely fluidized, creating a vigorous mixing environment allowing captured solids to be effectively removed. Specifications include:  

 - Standard steel tank designs for 265-2100 gpm per unit
 - Concrete units for 3-6 MGD per unit
 - High rate treatment of 10 gpm/sq.ft. (25 m/hr)
 - Minimal ceiling height: 8'-5" (2.6 m)
 - Factory assembly
 - Removal of turbidity, iron, manganese, color, arsenic and suspended solids

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