May 2005 Product Spotlight

Non-clog, solids handling pumps

The NS Series from A-C Pump boasts the broadest hydraulic coverage in the industry, with flows up to 180,000 gpm, heads up to 300 feet, sizes up to 54 inches and solids up to 13.25 inches. The product's features include mounting arrangement flexibility, dynamic seals (as well as a variety of mechanical seals like zero flush designs), non-clog impellers, discharge position flexibility and others.

A-C Pump (ITT Industries)
Seneca Falls, N.Y.
(315) 568-7122
www.acpump.com

Drying systems for plants large and small

K-S biosolids drying systems are capable of handling 4 to 1,000 wet tons of cake solids per day. The dryers can be designed to use either steam or thermal fluid with heat supplied from the combustion of natural gas, digester gas, landfill gas or fuel oil. Excess heat from combustion engines or turbines can also be used to heat thermal fluid.

Komline-Sanderson
Peapack, N.J.
(800) 225-5457
www.komline.com

Heavy-duty slurry pump

Flowserve has published a new brochure describing its Titan Slurry heavy-duty, dual-case lined pump. The horizontal, single stage, end-suction pump features a tangential discharge and was engineered to handle high concentrations of coarse, abrasive solids in suspension. It features a unique dual-case design that employs an innovative replaceable liner system to maximize wear resistance.

Flowserve Corp.
Irving, Texas
(972) 443-6500
www.flowserve.com

Composite collector chain

USFilter recently obtained ANSI/NSF Standard 61 certification for its HS730 Loop Chain composite collector chain for water treatment plants. The collector chain is attached to flights that move across the bottom of a rectangular tank, collecting settled solids. The Loop Chain is specifically designed for extra-long tanks that experience higher-than-normal loading.

USFilter Envirox - A Siemens Company
Warrendale, Pa.
(800) 525-0658
www.usfilter.com

Lagoon process for wastewater treatment

A new treatment process for wastewater nitrification in lagoons using the company's Moving Bed^® Biofilm Reactor (MBBR), the LagoonGuard™ provides a cost-effective means to upgrade a lagoon treatment system by retrofitting the existing lagoon. The basis of the MBBR process is the thousands of polyethylene carrier elements that provide a home for a vast, highly active bacteria culture.

AnoxKaldnes Inc.
Providence, R.I.
(401) 270-3898
www.anoxkaldnes.com

Biosolids processing on the go

Cemen Tech, Inc. has unveiled a fully mobile biosolids processing system. The new unit is trailer-mounted with a diesel engine providing power to the mixing and proportioning unit. It features a trailer-mounted low-profile silo that holds lime, kiln dust or ash. The system is capable of treating biosolids to either Class A or Class B standards at the push of a button.

Cemen Tech Inc.
Indianola, Iowa
(515) 961-7407, ext. 251
/www.cementech.com