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Description
The
Turboflotor 1.000
consists of the following parts:
the original skimmer (foam cup and top cover, reaction-pipe, air injection nozzle),
the post-switched trickling filter module inclusive entrance chamber, a trickling
chamber
(lying underneath) with trickle plate which is filled with
Bactoballs
and
a venturi pump inclusive
Needle wheel
.
Fig. 1: Turboflotor 1000
Protein skimming is a way of physical water treatment. It uses a phenomenon known
from our daily experience: the adsorption of surface active substances to air water
layers. If we give a drop of oil on a water surface, it will form a thin film with a
thickness of only one molecule. Surface active compounds like proteins behave in
the same way. The
Turboflotor 1000
with its air bubbles creates a huge water
surface, where the waste substances can attach to.
These air bubbles are pushed into the reacton pipe, in a way, that they have a long
retention time in the counter current. Enriched with organic substances, they rise to
the top and form a strong foam, that is dehydrated and pushed into the collection
cup. With this method, organic waste can be removed from the aquarium water -
before they are integrated into the biological waste treatment cycle.
1.
lid
2.
foam cup
3.
Reaktion pipe
4.
outlet
5.
trickle plate
6.
Bactoballs
7.
water outlet
8.
venturi pump
9.
air injection nozzle
