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Lantern Energy - Lantern Water Clarification Systems
Lantern Energy specializes in water clarification systems employing inclined plate clarifiers (IPCs) and solids contact clarifier units (SCUs). These systems are effective for removing suspended solids from water via gravity settling, flocculation, and coagulation. Their compact design allows them to occupy only one-fifth of the space of traditional clarifiers by stacking multiple plates, optimizing the entire surface area for settling. The design also minimizes hydraulic short-circuiting and reduces installation costs. Additionally, the lack of moving parts significantly cuts down on annual maintenance expenses. The company's clarifiers are versatile and vary in design, including both rectangular configurations and circular basins with sludge thickening rakes. Efficiency depends on flow rate, type of solids, and concentration. Lantern's systems have been instrumental in various industrial applications, such as brine recycling in rare earth mining, enhancing efficiency in chlor-alkali plants, and optimizing water softening in oil refineries.
Inclined plate clarifiers (IPCs) and solids contact clarifier units (SCUs) are often utilized in a wide variety of applications for the removal of suspended solids from water by gravity settling (sedimentation), flocculation, and various methods of coagulation. By neutralizing the suspended solids, the finer particles, often colloidal in nature, come together to effectively create solids large enough to settle out. Clarifiers come in many shapes and sizes; from simple rectangular configurations to circular settling basins with sludge thickening rakes and blanket level controls, and the removal efficiency (GPM/sq ft.) depends on flow rate, type of solids, and solids concentration.
Lantern IPCs and SCUs are highly efficient, compact units. By stacking several plates together and using the entire surface for settling, our clarifiers require 1/5th of the space most other clarifiers occupy. In addition to saving floor space, LANTERN clarifiers minimize hydraulic short-circuiting and lower overall installation costs, and because they have no moving parts, annual maintenance costs are also reduced.
- Advantages:
Suitable for high TSS removal
Can primarily be used for ZLD or near-ZLD applications
SCUs can be utilized for high-flow application - Disadvantages:
Larger footprint
Prone to system upsets
High chemical cost
Difficult to control variations in flow