MikroForme Flotation
Traditional flotation is too fast and too turbulent. MikroForme® utilizes 5-micron micro-bubbles to create a high-density "lifting blanket" that increases gas contact time by 100x. Whether you are transferring ozone or lifting solids, MikroForme® delivers the surface area and stability required for a cleaner, more efficient result.
By minimizing the size and maximizing the number of gas bubbles, MikroForme’s micro-bubbles rise up through water very slowly, adhere but do not destroy fragile flocculated particles, and maximize buoyant separation of solids. At moderate dosage of a coagulant and a flocculent, a slowly rising blanket of tiny gas bubbles gives excellent removal of contaminants such as oils and suspended solids from water.
MikroForme offers unrivalled solids separation efficiencies that out-perform conventional dissolved air flotation (DAF) systems for better water quality and lower chemical use. MikroForme is simple, compact, and virtually trouble free because micro-bubbles are created using a static device and only one moving part, the pump. Without the need for media, small orifices or bubble diffusers, MikroForme runs without fouling and can be sized to operate at any capacity.
In contrast, conventional dissolved air flotation (DAF) systems produce relatively large bubbles that rise rapidly, creating turbulence, destroying fragile flocculated particles, and impairing solids separation efficiency. Higher dosages of chemical coagulants and flocculants may partially compensate for conventional DAF’s shortcomings, but at higher on-going costs for chemicals and solid waste disposal.
- Excellent separation of coagulated/flocculated contaminants
- Simple because the only moving part is a pump
- Minimal maintenance, no fouling
- Compact skid mounted system
- Reduced chemical inputs and waste by-products
- Any scale
- Lower capital and operating costs than dissolved air flotation (DAF) systems using compressors and saturators
- Alternative gasses to air can be used in bubble creation, depending on the requirements.
- Separation of coagulated/flocculated solids from wastewater
- Thickening of sludge from wastewater treatment and drinking water clarification
