Emulsification Separation Equipment
Inclined Plate Clarifier with Polymers
Continuous Flow Chemical/Physical Clarifier
The Hydro Quip Continuous Flow Chemical/Physical Inclined Plate Clarifiers are designed to separate mechanical and chemical emulsions and colloidal contaminants from the wastewater. The use of polymers or other chemical assistant will help precipitate the contaminants to the hopper compartment for removal.
Operation
The Hydro Quip Inclined Plate Separator will break emulsions and separate suspended materials in the wastewater in a single flow through operation. The CPIPC employs a rapid mix reaction tank and a slow mix floc tank prior to a series of plates inclined at an angle of 55 degrees. This specialized design allows the CPIPC to perform all the functions of a chemical emulsion breaking system along with clarification and removal of solids in one operation.
INLET MIX FLOC TANK
The inlet reaction tank receives the raw wastewater from the process. After Entering through a non clogging inlet nozzle, the wastewater is dispersed into the rapidly churning blades of a variable speed high sheer mixer. Emulsion breaking chemistry is dispensed into the turbulent waters via a variable spped bry feed spring coil auger. Teh reaction tank capacity is designed to allow for sufficient mixing of the chemistry within the wastwater commencing the emulsion breaking action before flowing into the slow mix floc tank.
SLOW MIX FLOC TANK
The chemically infused wastewater underflows from the reaction tank into the slow swirling blades of a second variable speed mixer. As the reagent components of the emulsion breaking chemistry react and hydrate within the floc tank, liberated oil particles and suspended solids join to produce small "pun" floc gradually expanding.
As the floc grows, there is a noticeable separation of swirling floc and clear water. The floc tank capacity is designed to allow effective adsorption and sufficient expansion of the floc sludge cluster. As the slow mixer swirls the sludge overflows into the separation chamber.
SEPARATION CHAMBER
The sludge flows down under the plate pack skirt and moves upwards towards the polypropylene parallel plates. As the water moves upwards, the sludge particles have their upward velocity interurupted by the inclined plates. The particles begin to slide down the plates hitting and gathering with other particles and growing larger increasing their downward motion into the sludge hopper.
SLUDGE CHAMBER
The sludge chamber or sludge hopper collects the sludge as it settles as it settles. Intermittent clean water spray nozzles placed within the 60 degree cone shaped hopper lightly agitate the more densely settled sludge so it is more easily removed during the sludge pumping cycle.
CLEAN WATER CHAMBER
The clarified water exits the top of the plate pack free of its suspended solids and "overflows" its effluent weir. From this point the clarified effluent flows by gravity and exits the unit through the effluent nozzles.