ZEOSORB® has been introduced to the process purification of drinking water and wastewater due to its large specific surface area and the selective adsorption of substances, such as ammonia, dissolved organic matter and many other cations. Moreover, ZEOSORB® has advantageous hydraulic properties, that is – the filtration capacity of large quantities of water.
Compared with other adsorbents, ZEOSORB® is more stable, has better filter features, accessible and relatively cheaper. Based on numerous studies, it can be concluded that ZEOSORB® has great potential as effective adsorbent in numerous processes of purification of drinking water and wastewater, such as water softening, the removal of ammonia (from municipal wastewater, wastewater from livestock farms, the barn manure, water from ponds and swimming pools), the removal of nitrogen, the removal of dissolved organic matter and colour, the removal of heavy metals (from natural water, acid mine water, industrial wastewater), the removal of radioactive substances from wastewater, desalination seawater and many others.
ZEOSORB® is a high purity natural Aluminosilicate micro crystalline mineral. It is available in particle size of 0.5 – 1.0 mm (18×35 Mesh) or 1.5 – 2.5 mm (8×14 Mesh). The bulk weight is about 820 kg/m3.
ZEOSORB® made by Watch® Water has high porosity and high specific surface and it is resistant to abrasion. ZEOSORB® performs as polyfunctional sorbent in the wastewater treatment process and it binds a number of harmful components. However, it does not possess the ability of anions adsorption due to negative charge of its aluminosilicate network. Superficial modification of ZEOSORB® by means of organic modifiers, allows partial neutralization of negative charge of external surface of ZEOSORB® media.
All drinking water standards for microorganism pathogens, and turbidity can be most easily met using a natural, relatively low-cost material, such as ZEOSORB® rather than “sand” which is chiefly quartz grains.
· High purity Aluminosilicate
· Natural mineral
· Large Surface Area > 270 m2/g
· High Porosity 24 – 32%
· Lighter than Sand, 820 kg/m3
· Reduction of turbidity down to 3 micron
· Higher filtration capacity:
– Fewer Backwash cycles
– Less Backwash water
· Low media replacement frequency, > 10 years
· High Service Flow 15 – 35 m/h, up to 50 m/h
· Cation exchange capacity: 1,7 – 1,9 mg/g
· Single media filtration
· Broad variety of applications:
– Drinking Water Filtration
– RO Pre-Treatment
– Pool & Spa
– Seawater
– Waste Water Treatment
– Well & Surface Water
– Industrial Processes
– Cooling Tower makeup
– Oil/Water separation