Mixing

MIXING

Lagoons, Activated Sludge, Flow retention basins, SBR's and digesters. Jet, floating, wall mount, bottom fixed and bridge mounted. Mechanical mixing technologies still have a solid place and application in the water/wastewater industry. WE can help find the best technology for your application. WE feature technologies to achieve all ends. Please look specifically at the Hyperbolic Mixer by Aquatubo and the Pulsair Megabubble mixing system. These technologies were identified by USEPA as innovative green technologies. With the Aquaturbo unit available as both mix and mix/aeration units, air flow can be controlled independent of mixing action and for very low horsepower.

Pulsair Systems Inc - Mega-bubble Liquid Mixing Systems

The NSF certified Pulsair system is a perfect solution to your mixing needs. The "non-aerating" air bubble is perfect for everything from water storage tank mixing to anoxic mix tanks. The benefits are much lower costs for both capital and operation, no moving parts within the process liquid and very effective low energy mixing. The system is up to 95% more energy efficient than mechanical mixers, suitable for any tank size and can uniformly mix 100% of tanks contents at any fluid level

Pulsair's technology is a "pulsed air technology" process which is the sequential release of compressed air or gas at the bottom of a tank, vessel or basin for the purpose of creating circulation and mixing. Measured amounts of high pressure air or gas are "pulsed" under flat round discs called accumulator plates installed on the tank bottom.

This sudden release of air shocks the liquid, setting molecules in motion. As the air "squeezes out" between the plate and tank floor, it sweeps out the heavier liquids and solids. The air then accumulates above the plate into very large, single oval shaped bubble. The bubble rises to the surface, a vacuum is created that pulls the heavier bottom liquids and solids up with it. As the bubble rises it also pushes the liquid above it up and out towards the tank perimeter. The liquid moves toward the sides of the tank and travels down the tank wall to the bottom. With no moving parts and minimal maintenance, pulsed air technology significantly reduces the need for maintenance and the associated costs and downtime.

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How the Pulsair system works

Description of Operation

Fluidyne Jet Mix/Aeration

Fluidyne Jet Mix/Aeration provides an economical and effective approach to mixing fluids. Jet mixing employs a special dual nozzle assembly with entrainment ports. Tank liquid is pumped through a liquid line and then through the inner nozzle. High velocity is created by the inner nozzle forming a jet plume. This jet plume pulls tank liquid through the entrainment port and then discharges the liquid through the outer nozzle. Transfer of the high velocity stream to the surrounding liquid entrains additional flow increasing the pumping rate by as much as ten times the pumping capacity.

There are no moving parts within the jet mixing nozzle with several nozzles typically installed along a header system or radially around a central mounted cluster. Several different nozzle sizes are available depending on the particular application and type of mixing energy desired.

Fluidyne mixing systems are custom designed and sized based on the level of mixing required including solids suspension, stirring, blending, tank turnover or flash mixing. Depending on the makeup of the water, components can include special corrosion-resistant or chemical-resistant materials as needed.

Each jet nozzle entrains a large volume of liquid, using a small amount of pumped fluid. This innovative system produces extremely high mixing rates and strong movement using very little energy. Due to their flexibility, jet mixing systems can be used in many different tank geometries and depths including very shallow or deep tanks.
It’s simple, cost less and is easier to maintain than other traditional methods,particularly those employing rotating devices.

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Jet Mix Benefits

Aquaturbo Systems, Inc.

MIX-GS Low-speed Bottom Mixer - Exceptional mixing performance in both low and high solids concentration. Easily converted to an AER-GS, independent aerator and mixer, if required. Intensive, low-energy, 360-degree mixing pattern and totally non-clogging impeller. Available as submerged drive or surface drive with extended shaft.

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MIX-SL Fixed or Floating Directional Mixer - Multi-purpose, multi-directional, submerged mixer ideal for general mixing and flow generation; adaptable to any basin configuration. Helical impeller providing intensive, directional sub-surface mixing pattern with negligible surface disturbance and low power to volume.

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MIX AS Floating downdraft mixer
Open, two-bladed helical impeller providing intensive radial, sub-surface mixing pattern with minimal surface disturbance and extremely low power to volume performance