Dissolved Air Flotation (DAF) is a highly effective wastewater treatment technology used when settlement alone would not address some parameters the client has a consent to discharge limit on. Such as Fat, Oil and Grease which would naturally float. In turn, this would also address COD/BOD.
The aim of a DAF system is to get micro-bubbles trapped into the flocs generated during flocculation to raise their buoyancy making the flocs float at the surface.
The micro-bubbles are generated by surpressed (or compressed) air, mixed with clean water (also referred as “white water”) and injected into the raw flocculated effluent feed.
A scraper skims the surface of the floated effluent to collect the sludge which can then be dewatered on a filter press, screw press or centrifuge.
The rapidly settling particles, collected at the bottom of the DAF unit, can also transferred to the sludge dewatering station.
The clarified water is extracted from the DAF to be directed to the next process step or straight to discharge if the discharge limits allow us to.
DAF can typically be used as a preliminary physico-chemical treatment or as a final separation after an aerobic digestion.
Working in partnership with KWI, who has over 60 years experience installing DAF systems, we can provide you with a full turnkey solution to your effluent plant.
DAF technology is widely used across food and beverage manufacturing, dairy processing, meat processing, chemical production, paper mills, recycling facilities and many other industries where conventional settlement alone cannot achieve discharge consent requirements.
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