Effective and efficient wastewater and process water treatment for industrial applications through flotation with micro bubbles
Process water is needed in many production processes as a solvent, for production of material, or for cleaning purposes. Water is recirculated and reused for economical and environmental reasons. Grease, oil, fat, floating and suspended solids, settling material, and dissolved components need to be separated to provide good and uniform water quality.
Recovery of valuable product from the water may be another additional objective. In addition, clogging and excessive wear of pipelines and other associated equipment is prevented, which increases the operating reliability of the production plant.
Where used process water is discharged as wastewater, pre-treatment is often required to prevent toxic or otherwise harmful substances from entering the sewer system and reduce thus surcharges and fees. Conventional gravity clarifiers are often incapable to achieve sufficient pre-treatment. Various types of flotation processes have been developed, whereof dissolved air flotation with pressure water recirculation has proven most effective.
The HUBER Dissolved Air Flotation Plant provides a significantly improved flotation process with a special inlet structure that provides optimum control of the flow within the flotation tank.
Advantages of the HUBER Dissolved Air Flotation Plant
- Completely made of stainless steel (1.4571)
- With optional chemical treatment stage – increased separation efficiency
- Standardized sizes for different applications
- Compact design, small footprint
- Simple pressure release principle by means of a single valve for maximum operating reliability
- Efficient, gentle mixing of the air bubbles into the wastewater flow
- Defined tank flow due to the optimal design of the blending and feeder construction in the flotation tank
- Large effective clarifier area due to the lamella separator, minimized risk of blocking due to suitably dimensioned gaps between the lamella plates
- Generation of saturated pressure water with a multi-stage pump which is not subject to the pressure tank regulation
- Experience from hundreds of installations in a variety of fields of application
Additional benefits of the DIGIT-DOSE system
- Up to 30% reduction in chemicals consumption
- Stable effluent values even for varying volumes and freights
- Support and relief for operating staff
- Up to 20% reduced disposal costs for flotate sludge
- Integrated automatic cleaning of the measuring equipment used without additional fresh or warm water
- Low investments costs and space requirements for mixing and balancing tanks
- Return on investment within few months, proven with existing plants in operation
