Aqua-Aerobic Cloth Media Filters - ARWADH

Aqua-Aerobic Cloth Media Filters
featuring OptiFiber®® Media
AquaDisk®...Aqua MiniDisk®...AquaDiamond®

Cloth Media Leader Partnering for Solutions

For 30 years, A product of our commitment to developing the best solutions for the needs of our
Aqua-Aerobic Systems, Inc. customers is the unique media utilized in Aqua-Aerobic Systems’ family of cloth media
has maintained its leadership filtration products. These media have been carefully engineered for quality, durability
position in solid/liquid separation and performance to provide several process and mechanical advantages compared to
for the purification of water and alternative filtration media. Our cloth media has been adapted to a variety of mechanical
wastewater by offering granular configurations to maximize performance and value. A variety of cloth media are available
media filters, with the past 20 years to provide customized solid/liquid separation solutions for a broad range of municipal and
dedicated to cloth media filtration. industrial applications.

Our success is justified by our Advantages
reliable designs, application
expertise, quality manufacturing • Unique cloth media • Small footprint • Reuse quality effluent
and ongoing research and • Low backwash rate • Low head requirements • New plants or retrofits
development. We pledge to • No downtime for • Less maintenance than • Lowest life-cycle cost
continue to partner with our sand filters
customers, providing solutions backwashing
with innovative and proven
technologies. Applications Phosphorus Removal

Municipal Reuse/Recycle

• 29.8 MGD Avg. Daily Flow • 1.5 MGD Avg. Daily Flow
• AquaDisk® filters handle flows in excess of • AquaDisk® filter’s small footprint and ability

design while maintaining effluent quality. to expand without adding equipment are
advantages with limited land space.
Traveling Bridge Filter Retrofits
Deep Bed Filter Retrofits

• 72 MGD Avg. Daily Flow • 25 MGD Avg. Daily Flow
• AquaDiamond® filter retrofitted into existing • AquaDisk® filter retrofitted into existing 16’

16’ sand filter bed doubled the sand filter’s deep bed filter eliminating the need for
maximum design hydraulic capacity. construction of new basins.
• 3 MGD Avg. Daily Flow
Industrial Reuse • AquaDisk® filter’s effluent is reused at a
nearby power plant as cooling tower
supply water.

OptiFiber ®® Cloth Media TThhee Key Component
Cloth Media
Cloth Media Operation

Natural State

Microscopic view of pile media. Normal Operation

Microscopic view of OptiFiber® cloth filtration media is used exclusively in 3-5 mm
needlefelt media. Aqua-Aerobic Systems’ filtration products. The unique Active Filter Depth
cloth media is carefully engineered to provide optimum When wetted and mounted in a vertical
performance under a variety of conditions. OptiFiber configuration, densely packed fibers
cloth filtration media offers customized performance overlay one another, creating depth for
characteristics for your specific application. the efficient removal and storage of
solids.
Ongoing
Commitment Normal Operation

Aqua-Aerobic Systems’ proactive experience with research and development results Solids retained on and within the cloth
in cloth media filtration products that virtually meet any tertiary requirements. We are form an additional filter layer which
dedicated to obtaining extensive knowledge on media, textile construction, durability, and provides enhanced filtration.
impact on performance by working directly with textile manufacturers and independent
testing laboratories. Our research efforts include continued development through Backwash
partnerships with universities who test our products for durability and performance. Our
commitment to research and development and piloting programs provides our customers During backwash, filtrate is drawn back
with a variety of media and configuration options to suit individual application needs. through the cloth. The suction causes the
pile fibers to revert back to a natural state.
Evolution of Aqua’s Cloth Media Technology

First AquaDisk® Introduction to Launched Prototyping
Filter Installation Pile Cloth Media AquaDiamond® New Cloth

Filter Media

Introduction Launched Aqua First Pile Cloth First
to Needlefelt MiniDisk® Filter Media Installation AquaDiamond®
Cloth Media Filter Installation

1991 1992 1998 2001 2002 2003 2004 Ongoing

Continuous Testing

Cloth Media Configurations

AquaDisk® Operation AquaDisk®® Filter

Inlet wastewater enters, completely Aqua-Aerobic was first in the market, in 1991, to offer a cloth media disk configuration as
submerging cloth media. By gravity, an alternative to conventional granular media filtration technologies. A history of exceptional
liquid passes through media. As solids operating experience and durability continues to make AquaDisk® the disk filter of choice.
accumulate on and within the media, a
mat is formed and the liquid level in the 3 AquaDisk® Filters
tank increases. The filtered liquid enters with stairs and
the internal portion of the disk and is walkway access.
discharged through the center shaft.

At a predetermined level or time, solids Features • Available in painted steel, stainless steel or
are backwashed from the surface by concrete tanks
liquid suction from both sides of each • Up to 12 vertically oriented disks per unit
disk. The disks are cleaned in multiples • Gravity flow operation • Steel tank package units minimize field
of two (unless a single disk is utilized). • Average hydraulic capacity from 0.25 to installation requirements
Disks rotate slowly, allowing each
segment to be cleaned. Filtration is 3.0 MGD per unit • Fully automatic, PLC based control system
not interrupted and backwash water is
directed to the headworks. Overflow Weir AquaDisk® Components Drive Motor
During the filtration process heavier Influent Weir Effluent Weir
solids are allowed to settle to the bottom Disk
of the filter tank. These solids are then
pumped on an intermittent basis back to Influent Valve
the headworks, digester or other solids
collection area of the treatment plant.

Backwash
Assembly

Solids Backwash Solids Collection Backwash/Solids Pump
Backwash Waste Valve Valve Maniforld

Cloth Media Configurations

AquaDiamond®® Filter AquaDiamond® Operation

The AquaDiamond® filter is a unique combination of two time-proven technologies; The cloth media is completely submerged
traveling bridge and cloth media filtration. The result is two to three times the flow during filtration. Solids are deposited on
capacity of a traveling bridge filter with an equivalent footprint, making it ideal for new the outside of the cloth as the influent
plants or sand filter retrofits. wastewater flows through. The filtered
effluent is collected inside the diamond
Overview of an AquaDiamond® lateral and flows by gravity, to discharge.
Filter retrofitted into a 16’ wide The filtration process requires no moving
sand filter cell (left). parts. Increased headloss due to the
deposited solids automatically initiates
periodic backwashing.

AquaDiamond® Filter backwash
assembly and laterals (right).

Features During backwash, a pump provides suction
to the vacuum heads, allowing solids to be
• Up to 8 vertically oriented, diamond- • Enhanced drive and tracking systems vacuumed from the cloth as the platform
shaped cloth media laterals per unit for better guidance and traction traverses the length of the diamond
laterals. The platform operates only during
• Gravity flow operation • Fully automatic, PLC based control backwashing and solids collection.
system Because of the vertical orientation of
• Variable speed drive platform and the media, some solids will settle to the
backwash pump for immediate response • Available in concrete tanks basin floor during normal operation.
to solids excursions Small suction headers provide a means
for collecting and discharging the settled
Drive and Tracking System solids. The solids collection process
utilizes the backwash pump for suction.
The AquaDiamond filter’s
advanced tracking system
consists of one stainless steel
guide angle, two main drive
wheels, and two pairs of guide
wheels to avoid misalignment.
Drive and guide wheels are
made of hard, wear resistant
rubber.

Guide Wheels Guide Angle Drive Wheel

Cloth Media Configurations

Aqua MiniDisk® Operation Aqua MiniDisk®® Filter

Inlet wastewater enters, completely The Aqua MiniDisk® filter provides the solution for smaller flows. It is based on the same
submerging cloth media. By gravity, operating strategies as its larger counterpart, the AquaDisk®, but with smaller diameter disks.
liquid passes through the media. As
solids accumulate on and within the (2) 6-disk Aqua MiniDisk® Filters in steel tanks
media, a mat is formed and the liquid with stairs and walkway access (below).
level in the tank increases. The filtered
liquid enters the internal portion of Internal view of a 4-disk Aqua MiniDisk® Filter in
the disk and is discharged through a painted steel tank (above).
the center shaft.
Features • Gravity flow operation
At a predetermined level or time,
solids are backwashed from the • Up to 6 vertically oriented disks per unit • Steel tank packaged units minimize field
surface by liquid suction from both installation requirements
sides of each disk. The disks are • Average hydraulic capacity from 50,000 to
cleaned in multiples of two (unless 300,000 GPD • Fully automatic, PLC based control system
a single disk is utilized). Disks rotate
slowly, allowing each segment to be • Available in painted steel or stainless steel
cleaned. Filtration is not interrupted tanks
and backwash water is directed to the
headworks.

During the filtration process heavier
solids are allowed to settle to the
bottom of the filter tank. These solids
are then pumped on an intermittent
basis back to the headworks, digester
or other solids collection area of the
treatment plant.

Technology Comparison

Of course, performance is not the only factor in choosing the right filter technology.
Life-cycle cost plays an equally important role in the decision making process. Several
other key factors should also be considered during the evaluation process.

Cloth Media Performance

Documented Testing Service Capabilities
& Operating Data
Application and Engineering - Aqua-
The exceptional performance of Aqua-Aerobic Systems’ cloth media filtration Aerobic has process, mechanical and
technology has been fully documented through years of testing and gathering of electrical engineers on staff.
operating data from full-scale installations. The table below resulted from independent Laboratory Testing - Aqua-Aerobic can
testing and summarizes the performance of both our needlefelt and pile cloth media in evaluate a sample of your wastewater
comparison to other, more conventional wastewater filtration technologies. It shows and provide you with an analysis.
that Aqua-Aerobic Systems’ unique cloth media produces consistently lower effluent Piloting - Pilot filter units are available
turbidity values over a wider range of influent turbidities than the other technologies to evaluate effluent results for any
tested. This high standard of performance has been demonstrated on all of the cloth application.
media mechanical configurations offered by Aqua-Aerobic Systems. Aftermarket - Aqua-Aerobic offers parts
sales and numerous service programs
This chart indicates the comparison of effluent versus influent turbidity for cloth media including: SpareCare®, 24/7 Customer
filtration at 14.7 m/hr and various filters at 9.8 m/hr. Service, Cloth Media Replacement and
Rental and Lease options.
Deep-bed, continuous backwash upflow mono-medium filters Operator Training - Aqua-Aerobic
Shallow depth, automatic backwash mono, dual and multi-medium downward offers installation supervision and
flow filters training to help you understand how
Deep-bed, mono-medium downward and/or upward filters your equipment/system operates and
Shallow-depth, mono-medium filters preventative maintenance that keeps
Shallow-depth, dual medium filters your equipment operating efficiently.
Cloth Media Disk Filter (needlefelt media) Technical Seminars - Aqua-Aerobic
Cloth Media Disk Filter (pile media) provides a one-day Process and Product
Data prepared by: University of California - Davis, Report No. 2001-1. Application Seminar with Cloth Media
Evaluation of the Aqua-Aerobic Systems’ Cloth Media Disk Filter (CMDF) for Wastewater Filtration as a main topic.
Recycling Applications in California (April 2001).
Operator Training on AquaDisk® Filter
cloth media replacement.

Aqua-Jet®® Aqua EnduraTube®® AquaMB Process®® AAqquuaaAABBFF®®

SSuurrffaaccee MMeecchhaanniiccaall AAeerraattoorr FFiinnee BBuubbbbllee TTuubbee DDiiffffuusseerr MMuullttiippllee BBaarrrriieerr MMeemmbbrraannee SSyysstteemm AAuuttoommaattiicc BBaacckkwwaasshh FFiilltteerr

Aqua-Jet II®® Aqua CB-24®® Aqua-Aerobic®® MBR TThheerrmmooFFlloo®®

CCoonnttaaiinneedd FFllooww AAeerraattoorr CCooaarrssee BBuubbbbllee DDiiffffuusseerr MMeemmbbrraannee BBiioorreeaaccttoorr SSyysstteemm SSuurrffaaccee SSpprraayy CCoooolleerr

AquaDDM®® AquaSBR®® AquaDisk®® IInntteelllliiPPrroo®®

DDiirreecctt--DDrriivvee MMiixxeerr SSeeqquueenncciinngg BBaattcchh RReeaaccttoorr CCllootthh MMeeddiiaa FFiilltteerr wwiitthh OOppttiiFFiibbeerr®® Media MMoonniittoorriinngg aanndd CCoonnttrrooll SSyysstteemm

Aqua MixAir ®® Aqua MSBR®® Aqua MiniDisk®®

AAeerraattiioonn SSyysstteemm MMooddiiffiieedd SSeeqquueenncciinngg BBaattcchh RReeaaccttoorr CCllootthh MMeeddiiaa FFiilltteerr wwiitthh OOppttiiFFiibbeerr®® MMeeddiiaa

Aqua EnduraDisc®® AquaPASS®® AquaDiamond®®

FFiinnee BBuubbbbllee DDiisscc DDiiffffuusseerr PPhhaasseedd AAccttiivvaatteedd SSlluuddggee SSyysstteemm CCllootthh MMeeddiiaa FFiilltteerr wwiitthh OOppttiiFFiibbeerr®® Media

6306 N. Alpine Rd.
Loves Park, IL 61111-7655
p 815.654.2501 f 815.654.2508
solutions@aqua-aerobic.com
www.aqua-aerobic.com

The information contained herein relative to data, dimensions and recommendations as to size, power and assembly are for
purpose of estimation only. These values should not be assumed to be universally applicable to specific design problems.
Particular designs, installations and plants may call for specific requirements. Consult Aqua-Aerobic Systems, Inc. for exact

recommendations or specific needs. Patents Apply.

©Copyright 2010 Bulletin #600J 6/10