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solids contact unit [2 records]

Record 1 2012-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Equipment and Tools (Water Supply)
  • Water Treatment (Water Supply)
CONT

In particular, the increase in the contact mass increases the probability that collisions will take place inside the reactor resulting in a more efficient flocculation. The solids contact units, which create or convey a larger mass of sludge into the flocculation area, utilize this principle.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et outillage (Alimentation en eau)
  • Traitement des eaux
CONT

En particulier, l'augmentation de la masse de contact entraîne un accroissement de la probabilité des chocs au sein du réacteur, d'où une floculation plus efficace. Les appareils à contact de boue, créant ou apportant dans la zone de floculation une masse de boue plus importante, utilisent ce principe.

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Water Treatment (Water Supply)
CONT

A solids contact unit combines the coagulation, flocculation, and sedimentation basin in one unit. These units are also called uplow clarifiers or sludge-blanket clarifiers. The solids contact unit is used primarily in the lime-soda ash process to settle out the floc formed during water softening. Flow is usually in an upward direction through a sludge blanket or slurry of flocculated suspended solids.

CONT

... the solids contact unit (SCU) of the Surface Water Treatment Plant in the City of North Battleford, as monitored by the "percent settling", was found to be functioning at a sub-optimal level after maintenance on 20 March, 2001.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement des eaux
OBS

Équivalents confirmés par une traductrice à la Société Degrémont, France.

Spanish

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