Flocell

Simple to maintain and operate

• Labour to run & maintain the system is approx. 30 minutes every 1-2 weeks
  
  
• Low operator time - typical cleaning times are only 30 minutes once per week
  
  
• Sludge can go directly into the sludge holding tank or returned to head of work 

• Open cell media reduces hydraulic loss and minimises pump size
  
  
• No hydraulic load, clogging or downtime
  
  
• No chemical cleans – not affected by polymers or chemicals
  
  
• No parts, consumables or lubricants within the filter system​
  
  
• Requires little or no periodic servicing
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P removal capability still requires chemical dosing to precipitate out the phosphorus as suspended solids.

No COSHH chemicals

• No supplemental dosing required to achieve 0.5mg/l Total P
  
  
• Significantly reduces iron outlet risk if ferric is dosed
  
  
• No chemical cleans

Installation and commissioning

• No concrete needed for installation only a flat base
  
  
• Site commissioning and switched-on within an hour of delivery
  
  
• Onsite operator training to run the system in less than half-an-hour

Design and manufacture

• System design life is 20 years and over 10 years for the media
  
  
• Containers sizes up to to 40ft - linking in a series
  
  
• Skid mounted option available
  
  
• ​Each filter is designed to take 5 liters per second
  
  
• Modular off site build 
  
  
• Pump or gravity-fed options
  
  
• Open cell media manufactured from 100% virgin HDPE
  
  
• Standardised approach to design

Open-cell media

The patented Flocell XFM open-cell media has been designed to efficiently reduce water turbidity and retain particulate without increasing the pressure within the filter or reducing the flow.

The open cell media traps and settles the solids. Once the media reaches maximum capacity, the trapped solids do not get displaced and therefore do not get into the environment. 

• Biofilm enhances Mechanical Filtration efficiency
  
  
• Designed to trap particles down to 1 micron
  
  
• Low hydraulic retention time (HRT)
  
  
• Biofilm enhances Mechanical Filtration efficiency
  
  
• Ability to manage a wide variety of load scenarios
  
  
• Significant Reductions in:
  • TSS        
  • Phosphate
  • Iron
  • BOD

Training

WCS Environmental Engineering offers full commissioning and training to customers with annual service contracts

Flocell XFM Modular Filtration System use air to clean rather than a traditional backwash cycle.

Cleaning with air using the low-energy blower package agitates the media pack and removes contained solids during the short cleaning cycle.

Air reduces energy use, it substantially reduces the amount of water that is lost, whilst at the same time producing a highly concentrated and manageable effluent stream that infrequently needs to be removed or returned to the head of works to co-settle with incoming effluent.

Only the single volume of the filter is discharged when cleaning and with prolonged periods of operation possible due to high retention capacity the water and power savings are significant.  

The open cell media has been specifically engineered to optimise the mechanical filtration performance of the Flocell filtration system.

Independently tested 

Flocell filtration system patented open cell media has been independently tested by the IFTS (Institut de la Filtration et des Technique Séparatives) in France and Cranfield University to offer vastly superior performance in terms of retention capacity, retention efficiency, energy consumption and power use.