FlowTex is a user-friendly, high performance tertiary filter, suitable for both small and large flow applications, that removes suspended solids as small as 10 microns. That’s important for water and wastewater plants that have stringent suspended solids discharge permit requirements, phosphorous limits or require re-use quality effluent.
How does it work?
Flow enters the filter through a pipe and completely surrounds the discs. The turbulence of the incoming wastewater keeps solids in suspension and prevents premature settling. As the flow passes through the cloth filter media, the suspended solids are removed. The unique design allows the operator monitoring the operation to view the filtered effluent of each filter segment through the individual discharge ports.
As solids accumulate on the cloth filter media, the flow through the media becomes restricted and the level of liquid in the tank rises. The backwash process is triggered when the level reaches a pre-determined point or after a set time period. The outside-to-inside flow ensures that solids stay trapped within the basin. The vacuum head rotates across the surface of the disc, removing captured solids from the media. The vacuum head rotates clockwise 360 degrees and then returns counter-clockwise in sequence for efficient media cleaning.
How will FlowTex save money for me and the community?
The FlowTex patented design incorporates a fixed disc with a rotating suction head that never touches the cloth media, thus extending the life of the media. Each disc is made up of two independently operated segments that can easily be replaced without taking the entire filter off-line. And because there is no need to drain the tank when replacing cartridges, water treatment facilities save time and money.
In addition, each disc is monitored separately, so effluent performance is easily verified and segments requiring service are easily identified. This means that the Entex FlowTex Disc filter produces cost-effective, high quality effluent with low O&M costs. Combined with Entex Technologies’ Integrated Fixed-film Activated Sludge (IFAS) and Submerged Fixed Film (SSF) systems, you have a complete biological nutrient removal system that meets very stringent and often costly total nitrogen (TN) limits.
Best of all, FlowTex filters can be retrofitted to existing concrete basins or sold as complete stand-alone filtration units.
About Entex Technologies Inc.
Entex Technologies is a leader in advanced biological wastewater technologies, designing and supplying custom engineered systems that increase concentrations of beneficial microbiology for treating wastewater. Entex’s Integrated Biofilm Systems improve the capacity and performance of municipal and industrial wastewater facilities at half the cost or less than traditional approaches. Entex is unique in offering both fixed and moving media systems (BioWeb and BioPortz) for Integrated Fixed-film Activated Sludge (IFAS) and Submerged Fixed-film (SFF and MBBR) processes.
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