Clarifiers, the inclined parallel plate design, manufactured by GEU are used as part of a wastewater treatment system for solids settling, are constructed of carbon steel with coal tar epoxy lining on the inside, and epoxy coating on the exterior. The internal plate pack is set at 60% for optimum settling and is constructed of a epoxy-coated steel shell with plastic plates.It is a water treatment process that features a rack of inclined metal plates, which cause flocculated material to precipitate from water that flows across the plates.
Inclined plate settlers or lamellaR clarifiers are primarily used in the water and wastewater treatment industries to separate solids from liquids in effluent streams. The clarifier is the third step in what is usually a four step process for water and wastewater treatment. In wastewater treatment the four main steps are collection and homogenization of effluent, pH adjustment, clarification, and sludge dewatering.
Conventional clarification equipment requires a much larger surface footprint in order to match the solids removal capacity of a lamella clarifierR. This is accomplished because the effective gravity settling area of the inclined plate design is proportional to the total surface area of the inclined plate rack. Loading rates normally used for the design of conventional settlers can be applied to the sizing of a Lamella clarifier/settler by substituting projected area for the surface settling area of a conventional clarifier.