SIDE STREAM FILTER

Side stream filtration systems reduce suspended solids, organics and silt particles by continuously filtering a percentage of the cooling tower water
(5-15%) which can lead to scaling, fouling and microbiological activity and eventually the cooling system will suffer from reduced efficiency. The
OVERVIEW filtered water is then returned to the cooling water system for reuse. There are generally of four types, viz. centrifugal separators, screen filters, disc
filters and sand filters.
CENTRIFUGAL SEPARATORS PLASTIC DISC FILTERS
This technology uses plastic discs stacked together under
Centrifugal separators
pressure and grooved to particle size of specific micron.
are fed high-velocity
Each disc has etched grooves in a slightly different
water to develop the
pattern array between the top and bottom of the disc.
circular flow pattern
When multiple discs are stacked and centered around a
producing the centrifugal
skeletal cylindrical structure, called a “spine,” the discs
action. This causes heavy
form a hollow cylinder with the ends of the grooves
solids suspended in water
exposed to both the inside and the outside surfaces of
to migrate toward the
the cylinder (Figure 5). The different groove patterns of
separator’s sidewalls and
the stacked discs create intersections of different sizes to
downward, into a solid
trap particles when cooling water passes from the outside
holding chamber.
to the inside of the hollow cylinder. As particles are
Cleansed water rises
captured within the depth of the disc stack, a pressure
through the vortex to the
differential is created. Backwash is initiated when the
PRINCIPLE outlet at the top.
preset pressure differential is achieved.
AUTOMATIC SCREEN FILTERS PRESSURE SAND FILTER
A pressure sand filter
An automatic screen filter uses system pressure to clean itself.
consists of a pressure
Cooling water enters the filter through an inlet, passes through a rigid
vessel and several layers
cylindrical screen from the inside out, causing particles larger than
of multi-media filters.
the openings of the screen to accumulate on the inside surface and
Coarse filter is located on
form a filter cake. Filtered water leaves the filter body through the
the top layer, with layers of
outlet and the buildup of filter cake inside the screen causes a
decreasingly granulated
pressure difference between the inlet and outlet. Flush valve will
material down to the
open when differential pressure exceeds the threshold resulting in
bottom. A layer of gravel at
high differential pressure causing the water to flow backward through
the bottom prevents finer
the screen in a small area at very high velocity at each nozzle, pulling
sand media material from
the filter cake off the screen and forcing it out of the exhaust valve to
migrating through the
drain.
drain.
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