Filters

Purpose

Automatic cleaning of fluids from mechanical impurities larger than 5 microns.

Applications

Treated fluids: drinking and industrial water, water-oil emulsions, domestic and industrial wastewater, storm water, acid and alkali solutions, oils, petroleum products, etc.
Solid insoluble impurities are removed: sand, clay, rust, metal dust, organic matter suspensions, etc.
Main application areas: housing and utilities, heat and power, food, nuclear, chemical, petrochemical industries.

How it works

As with other mechanical filters, in FMC...A filters, fluid is cleaned by passing through a mesh filter element, and dirt particles are trapped by mesh.
In FMC ... a filters, the filter element is made entirely of stainless steel.
A special feature of the design of FMC...A filters is the system of regeneration of the clogged filter element. Its operation is based on the use of built-in hydroacoustic emitters, which are switched on simultaneously with washing liquid backwash. At the same time, the quality of regeneration of filter elements is even higher than in a standard ultrasonic bath.
The use of acoustic emitters allows us to use instead of "normal" smooth filter elements – corrugated ones, having a 5 ... 10 times larger filtration area and, accordingly, a higher dirt capacity.

Advantages

Significantly higher dirt capacity of FMC…A filters provides the following advantages over their analogues:
- reduced dimensions and weight,
- lower cost,
- reduced washing water consumption by 10 ... 100 times.

FMC ... A filters are easy to operate and can operate in the most extreme conditions.
High mechanical strength of filter elements and acoustic emitters, as well as the absence of moving mechanical parts (except for valves), ensure high reliability of FMC...A filters during its life cycle.

Range of main technical parameters

The diameters of the connecting pipes - from 25 mm to 2000 mm.
Maximal flow of individual filter (water) - up to 30,000 cub.m/h.
The working pressure of liquids - up to 300 bar.
Operating temperature of fluid - up to 400 C.

Examples of practical applications

1. A copper-sulfur plant. Operating time - from 2012 year till nowadays.

Workspace
 Filtered fluid water for heat exchangers
 The impurity  concentration, mg/l 20
 Flow rate of pure fluid,  m3/hour 400
 Filter fineness, mkm 150
 Fluid supply  Continuous 
Hardware Parameters
 Filtration area, cm2 160 000
 Dn, mm 250
 Working / maximum pressure,  MPa 0,6/0,8
 Fluid temperature, °C up to +40
 Type of flushing fluid  Inlet water 

2. A Carbon production plant. Operating time - from 2014 year till nowadays.

Workspace
 Filtered fluid colloidal solution of nanoparticles
 The impurity  concentration, mg/l 35
 Flow rate of pure  fluid, m3/hour 5
 Filter fineness, mkm 5
 Fluid supply  Periodic 
Hardware Parameters
 Filtration area, cm2 10 000
  Dn, mm 25
 Working / maximum pressure,  MPa 0,6/0,8
 Fluid temperature, °C up to +50
 Type of flushing fluid  External, water 

3. Lithium production plant. Operating time - from 2016 year till nowadays.

Workspace
 Filtered fluid Aqueous LiOH solution
 The impurity  concentration, mg/l 160
 Flow rate of pure fluid,  m3/hour 15
 Filter fineness, mkm 40 и 5
 Fluid supply  Continuous 
Hardware Parameters
 Filtration area, cm2 30 000 х 2
 Dn, mm 50
 Working / maximum  pressure, MPa 0,6/0,8
 Fluid temperature, °C from +60 up to +100
 Type of flushing fluid  External, water 

4. Soda production plant. Operating time - from 2017 year till nowadays.

Workspace
 Filtered fluid Aqueous soda solution
 The impurity  concentration, mg/l 100
 Flow rate of pure fluid,  m3/hour 300
 Filter fineness, mkm 50, 100, 200, 400
 Fluid supply  Continuous 
Hardware Parameters
 Filtration area, cm2 100 000 х 4
 Dn, mm 50
 Working / maximum  pressure, MPa 0,6/0,8
 Fluid temperature, °C from +80 up to +125
 Type of flushing fluid  Exterior, water, steam 

5. Milk production plant. Operating time - from 2018 year till nowadays.

Workspace
 Filtered fluid water
 The impurity concentration, mg/l 30
 Flow rate of pure fluid, m3/hour 15
 Filter fineness, mkm 25
 Fluid supply  Continuous 
Hardware Parameters
 Filtration area, cm2 20 000 х 2
 Dn, mm 50
 Working / maximum pressure,  MPa 0,6/0,8
 Fluid temperature, °C up to +40
 Type of flushing fluid  Outlet water