Lighthouse - Model PC -Plate Clarifier System
Settling area is the most important design factor in a clarification system. A Plate Clarifier contains a series of inclined parallel clarifier plates. The settling area of a Plate Calrifier is the total of the areas projected on the horizontal plane by the clarifier plates. The overlap of the pararell plates concentrates the effective settling area into a compact space resulting in substantial space savings over conventional circular clarifiers. Loading rates used in design of the PC™ Plate Clarifier are equivalent to those used for conventional clarification.
Plates are inclined at a 60 degree angle to ensure that solids do not adhere and block the plate open area. Plate spacing is 2"
- No Moving Parts
- Minimal Floor Space
- No Short Circuiting
- No Effect from Wind or Weather
- Low Maintenance Cost
- Low Installation Cost
- Low Capital Cost
Influent enters the plate clarifier through an inlet nozzle and discharges into a flow distribution zone located across the width of the clarifier. Flow is directed downward, under the parallel plates, then up through the spaces in between the plates. Clear supernatant is collected at the top of the plate area by an effluent launder, equipped with hydraulically designed orifices, to evenly collect the discharge from each plate area. Solids settle on the parallel plates and slide down the plates into a sludge collecting hopper where gravity thickening occurs.
- Flash Mixer & Flocculation Systems
- Chemical Feed Equipment
- Sludge Pump Out & Recycle Systems
- Sludge Thickening & Dewatering
- Polishing Filtration
- Pilot Demonstration Equipment
- Lab Testing
- Engineered Systems
- Field Service
GROUND & SURFACE
- Site Remediation
- Well Water
- Algae
- River/Pond Intake
- Lagoons
- Leachates
INDUSTRIAL
- Metal Finishing Wastewater
- Fiber Recovery
- Cooling Tower Blowdown
- Mining Processes
- Steel Mill and Foundry Waste
- Filter Backwash Waste Recovery
- Scrubber Underflow
- Fly Ash
- Chemical Waste Precipitation
- Waste Minimization
- By-Product Recovery
- Textiles
- Food and Beverage
- Pulp and Paper
- Oil Refineries
- Water Reuse
MUNICIPAL
- Potable Water Treatment
- Phosphorus Removal
- Water Reuse
- BOD Removal
