GEM® System Overview
The GEM System ensures unrivalled removal efficacy for Total Suspended Solids (TSS), Fats, Oils, Grease (FOG), and the Suspended Components of Biological Oxygen Demand and Chemical Oxygen Demand (BOD/COD).
This patented LSGM (Liquid Solid Gas Mixing) technology utilises specialised cartridges to generate energy and achieve complete air mixing throughout the entire waste stream. By efficiently separating solids from liquids, it effectively prevents their entry into the skimmer tank, ensuring optimal performance. The LSGM’s use hydrocyclone / centrifugal energy to provide extremely high energy mixing of wastewater, oxygen and polymers. 100% aeration/oxygenation generates 1,000 times more NANO bubbles. The tank is only used for skimming solids and therefore can be very small.
The GEM footprint is 30 – 90% smaller than a conventional DAF’s footprint for the same throughput.
GEM® System Advantages
- Better contaminant removal rates than DAF systems.
- Adaptability – the GEM System adjusts to higher flow rates and higher contaminant levels without equipment changes.
- Less chemicals – uses 20%-80% less chemicals than DAF systems.
- Smaller Footprint – uses less space than other flotation and flocculation systems.
- Drier Sludge – the technology of using long chain polymers produces drier sludge (8 to 13% drier and over 20% after decanting.)
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Applications
Real-world examples
High Efficiency DAF Technology for Chicken Processor
A chicken processing facility was facing serious wastewater treatment challenges at its Perth site. Its undersized and underperforming system was no longer sustainable, causing a health & safety hazard and an odorous working environment. The poor performance of the wastewater system was affecting production capacity and site restrictions limited space for a new plant. The customer engaged MAK Water in an extended consultation process, looking for improved flotation and flocculation technology. Clean Water Technology’s (Gas Energy Mixing) GEM® system is an innovative and patented approach to wastewater treatment. This superior flocculation and floatation system delivers results significantly better than conventional Dissolved Air Floatation (DAF) and alternative wastewater treatment technologies. The GEM-DAF System removes higher levels of contaminants than conventional DAF systems, using less chemicals, while generating significantly drier sludge. A GEM-DAF System footprint can be over 50% smaller than a typical DAF of similar capacity. The GEM System uses unique hydro-cyclone technology in the Liquid, Solid, Gas Mixing Heads (LSGM) In these heads, chemistry is injected, and air is dissolved into 100% of the wastewater stream while creating a vortex. The random flocculation and flotation process of a DAF system becomes a managed process in the GEM System resulting in the removal of more contaminants and drier sludge.
Perth, Western Australia
Water Clarification
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