APOLLO DISC-KLEEN FILTER OPERATIONS, MAINTENANCE AND TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE
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The discs are stacked on the spine. The discs are color-coded by mesh
size and are selected according to water filtration requirements. The spine
assembly has a spring compression unit and an internal piston which are
used to alternately compress and release the discs during filtering and
backflushing cycles.
FILTRATION MODE:
During the filtration process the discs are tightly compressed together by
the spring, forcing the water to flow through the grooves and traps the
debris.
BACKFLUSH MODE:
During backflush, the discs are separated by the releasing the inlet
hydraulic pressure. Multi-jet nozzles provide peripheral spray on the
loosened discs, causing them to spin, and release the retained solids,
which are flushed out through the drain.
WATER QUALITY
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Good Water Quality:
Municipal water supply
or well water from a clean aquifer with no
sand, iron or manganese.
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Average Water Quality:
Wells with small
amounts of sand (< 2 ppm) or clean surface
water which includes lakes, ponds,
reservoirs and canals.
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Poor Water Quality:
Well water from a poor
quality aquifer (> 2 ppm) or surface water
in hot climates with increased biological
growth and no chemical treatment which
includes lakes, ponds, reservoirs and
canals.
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Very Poor Water Quality:
Well water with
greater than 10 ppm of sand including
rivers, muddy canals, lakes and ponds with
severe run off deposits and raw municipal
wastewater.
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Greater than 3 ppm Sand or Silt:
May
require a pre-filter such as a hydrocyclone.
Backflush
Water Inlet
Water flows from
outside to inside.
Water sprayed from
the inside to the outside.
To Drain
FILTRATION MODE
BACKFLUSH MODE
Outlet
Inlet
WATER QUALITY & MAXIMUM FLOW RATES
FILTER OPERATION
SPINES PER FILTER
FILTER SIZE
4 UNIT ANGLE
3 UNIT TWIN
3-1 UNIT TWIN
4 UNIT TWIN
5 UNIT TWIN
6 UNIT TWIN
7 UNIT TWIN
8 UNIT TWIN
# OF SPINES
4
6
4
8
10
12
14
16
MAX. FLOW RATE (GPM)
WATER
QUALITY
GOOD
AVERAGE
POOR
VERY POOR
80 MESH
FLOW PER SPINE
198
183
156
132
120 MESH
183
171
144
117
140 MESH
171
156
132
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Calculating Maximum Flow Rate (GPM) per Filter Unit:
Take the total # of Spines based on the filter size and multiple
that number by the Flow Per Spine based on the Water Quality
and Mesh.
