This equipment has been designed to study water filtration through sand filters. Tests on this unit provide operational data which may be scaled up to full size.
TRAINING PROGRAM:
• Pressure increase depending on filtration time
• Pressure drop profile through the filter bed
• Concentration profile through the filter bed
• Demonstration of backwashing
TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS:
• Framework of AISI 304 stainless steel with castors
• Filter column of clear methacrylate, d = 100 mm, h = 1350 mm, equipped with sampling valves and steel gauze mesh of bed support
• Centrifugal pump of AISI 304 stainless steel
• Variable area flowmeter
• 2 tanks of 350 litres
• Differential pressure gauge with 41 tubes
• 20 kg of fi ltering medium
Recommended accessory
• Turbidimeter
• Power supply: 230 Vca 50 Hz single-phase – 0,5 KVA (Other voltage and frequency on request)
