Technical Data On The Bubble Bead Filter (BBF)
Bubble Bead
Filters boasts a non-corrosive food grade polyethylene plastic construction
with no mechanical parts to service except the blower unit. These filters are
designed for pressurized applications operating with swimming pool pumps
providing high volumes of flow. However with the BBF you require a pump size
down from operating a swimming pool sand filter, resulting in a cost saving on
electricity.
The BBF in
essence operate like an upside-down swimming pool sand filter, but instead of
using sand, plastic beads are used. The plastic beads are floating at the top
to form a packed bed of floating media.
The BBF is
compact and easy to install, supply exceptional solids removal as well as
biological filtration. The filter is easy to maintain with a simple backwash
procedure and low water loss during the backwash procedure. Backwash procedure
will vary among individual applications and seasons.
Bubble Bead
Filters are available in two sizes suitable for pond volumes of 2 000 litre up
to 30 000 litre.
These pond
filters have the ability to accomplish excellent mechanical filtration, will
clean solids 15 microns and smaller, while simultaneously offering good
biological filtration in a single unit. The BBF requires far less space than
alternative biological filters, in other words the footprint of the filter is
very small making the filter very popular for the Townhouse set-up. These
filters utilize a paced bed media to strain solid waste as well as provide
massive surface area for nitrifying bacteria. However to combine the BBF with a
Bio Booster for extra biological filtration will most defiantly guarantee better
water quality. The Ultraviolet light units are often placed after the BBF to
provide for disease control. The addition of UV lights/sterilizers to pond
treatment systems will also effectively control algae blooms during the summer
season.
Technical Data
on BBF-100
Operating
Pressure : 6 – 10 Pounds per square inch (Psi)
Maximum Pressure
: 1 Bar or 14, 7 Psi
Filter
Construction : Food grade polyethylene plastic
Pond Size
: From 2 000 Litres up to 12 000 Litres
Surface Area of
Media : 400 square feet per cubic feet of Media
Maximum Flow
Capacity : 12 500 Litres per Hour
Recommended Pump
Size : .25 Kw up to .45 Kw
Dimensions OF
Filter : 1150 mm high x 390 mm in diameter
Media
(Kilograms) : 10 Kg to 30 Kg maximum
Media per Litre
: 10 Kg Media per 5 000 Litres water
Media (cubic
feet) : 1 cubic feet = 15 Kg = 7 600 Litres water
Filter Loading
Capacity : 2 Kg Food per cubic foot of beads per day
Inlet Pipe
: 50 mm
Return Pipe
: 50 mm
Sludge Pipe
: 50 mm
All connections
are 11/2” BSP size.
Technical Data
on BBF-200 Operating
Pressure : 6 – 10 Pounds per square inch (Psi) Maximum Pressure
: 1 Bar or 14, 7 Psi Filter
Construction : Food grade polyethylene plastic Pond Size
: From 10 000 Litres up to 30 000 Litres Surface Area of
Media : 400 square feet per cubic feet of Media Maximum Flow
Capacity : 18 500 Litres per Hour Recommended Pump
Size : .6 Kw up to .75 Kw Dimensions OF
Filter : 1400 mm high x 480 mm in diameter Media (Kilograms)
: 30 Kg to 60 Kg maximum Media per Litre
: 10 Kg Media per 5 000 Litres water Media (cubic
feet) : 1 cubic feet = 15 Kg = 7 600 Litres water Filter Loading
Capacity : 2 Kg Food per cubic foot of beads per day Inlet Pipe
: 50 mm Return Pipe
: 50 mm Sludge Pipe
: 50 mm All connections
are 11/2” BSP size.
