BRZ™ FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT
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ChemSorb®
Sorbent Powder
is an advanced,
surface water
turbidity and
silt sorption
and
flocculation
product
developed for
municipal
drinking water
plants and
industrial
pumping
stations. stations.
Auger or slurry
fed, product
doses of
2-3lb/1000 gal
of surface water
is used (higher
turbidity
water requires
higher doses).
The sorbed/flocculated
solids are
granular
(1.2-1.4 Sp.
Gravity,
w/water = 1.00);
readily settle;
and easily
dewaters.
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Drinking
water-Alum &
polymer
flocculation
chemistry
replacement.
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Turbidity, silt,
algae
(bio-particle) &
TOCs removal
from surface
water.
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Enhances
clarification
performance;
decreases filter
bed solids
loading.
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Mineral:
Natural
zeolite
primarily
clinoptilolite
(see
specification
sheet)
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Size:
-40 mesh (fine powder)
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Color:
Pale green color (dark green when wet)
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Hydrophilic:
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Weight:
55 pounds
per cubic
foot
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GRAS:
Classified “GRAS” (generally regarded as safe) under 21 CFR
Part
182.2729 and
40 CFR Part
180.1001
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NSF:
NSF/ANSI
standard 60
listed for
drinking
water
treatment
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Surface
Area:
Surface area 24.9m2/gram
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Availability:
Sold as
“ChemSorb®
Sorbent
Powder” by
Filter Flow
Technology,
Inc. and Bear
River
Zeolite
www.filterflowtech.com
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BETTER
SOLID/LIQUID
SEPARATION THAN
ALUM AND POLYMER. The specific gravity of the alum/polymer floccules is 1.03 and
this results in
many “pin flocs”
that do not
settle. The
specific gravity
of the BRZ/iron
compound system
is 1.4 and this
results in a
clean
solid/liquid
separation and
interface giving
better clarity.
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BRZ SYSTEM
REAGENT NOT
BULKY.
The alum/polymer
reagent is bulky
and hard to handle compared
to the BRZ
system.
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SPENT BRZ
REAGENT CAN BE
LAND APPLIED.
The spent
alum/polymer
reagent must
be taken to a
licensed land
fill.
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LOWER COST WITH
BRZ.
Although the
reagent cost of
the BRZ systems
is about 10%
higher than the
alum/polymer
system the
overall cost is
much less due to
easier dewatering and
the lower solids
management cost.
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BETTER REMOVAL
OF HEAVY METALS,
CERTAIN
HYDROCARBONS,
CHLORAMINES,
AND AMMONIUM.
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