AFW008 Coagulation, Flocculation and Settling Pilot Plant (Automated) with Computer and Backup UPS Highlights of the Equipment
The process unit enables to develop and analyze the following issues:
Coagulation
Flocculation
Co-current and counter-current settling
Characteristics of coagulant and of flocculants
Optimization of coagulation – flocculation and settling processes
Specifications (or equivalent)
Framework of AISI 304 stainless steel with castors
Cylindrical feed tank of transparent methacrylate for the water to be treated with submersible pump and capacity of 300 l
Feed tank of transparent methacrylate for coagulant with capacity of 60 l
Feed tank of glass for flocculant, provided with hot-plate magnetic stirrer, with capacity of 0.5 l
Coagulation reactor of borosilicate glass, equipped with motor-driven stirrer (0 to 300 r.p.m.), with capacity of 30 l
Flocculation reactor of borosilicate glass, equipped with motor-driven stirrer (0 to 100 r.p.m.), with capacity of 8 l
Rectangular settler of transparent methacrylate with conical bottom and movable plates for its operation in co-current and counter-current
Flowmeter of AISI 304 stainless steel for measuring feed flow rate with range of 30 to 300 l/h
Flowmeter of coagulant feed with range of 2 to 20 l/h
Feed screw pump with casing and screw of AISI 316 stainless steel and flow rate of 0 to 200 l/h
Electronic frequency variator for screw pump
Gear feed pump of AISI 316 stainless steel for coagulant, with flow-rate of 0 to 50 l/h
Metering pump of flocculant, with flow rate of 0 to 200 ml/h
Switchboard IP55, complying with EC conformity mark, including plant synoptic and ELCB
Power supply: 400 Vca 50 Hz three-phase - 2 kVA
Digital microprocessor PID controller, with two control loops
Supervision software for Windows: it enables to control ONOFF signals, analog signals coming from
PID controller, realtime trend and historical trend