Floating Baffle Systems
Floating baffles help facilitate surface control of floating materials
- Increase retention time: Floating baffles boost lagoon residence time to improve efficiency
- Reduce TSS: Larger active area lowers Total Suspended Solids and improves water quality
- Support compliance: Assists industry with state and federal discharge and treatment regulations
- Control flow patterns: Eliminate short-circuiting by creating side-to-side or other flow paths
- Easily repositioned: Baffles can be relocated within lagoons as needs or conditions change
- Tunable windows: Flow-thru windows can be added, relocated or modified for any flow variation
- Durable construction: Flexible thermoplastic coated reinforced fabrics with dielectrically sealed enclosures
- Stable & strong: Flotation logs, chain ballast, and optional tension cables help control flow and eliminate arcing
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Floating Baffle Systems Features
Floating Baffles are flow control devices which increase the retention time in water treatment lagoons. Increased retention time creates a larger active area improving efficiency and reducing the Total Suspended Solids (TSS).
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Design
- Flexible coated fabrics: Thermoplastic coated (not laminated) reinforced materials
- Sealed enclosures: Dielectrically sealed housings for flotation logs, chain ballast, and optional cable tension members
- Strength options: Tension cable(s) can be included to provide added strength and eliminate arcing
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PERFORMANCE
- Increased retention time: Creates a larger active area to reduce TSS and improve water quality
- Flow control: Helps control flow and circulation and eliminate dead zones
- Short-circuiting prevention: Side-to-side or designed flow patterns stop channeling
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INSTALLATION & OPERATION
- Relocatable layout: Baffles can be easily moved within a lagoon as needs or conditions change
- Adjustable windows: Flow-thru windows can be added, relocated, or modified for any flow variation
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APPLICATIONS
- Wastewater lagoons: Municipal WWTP and Industrial WWTP
- Process ponds: Oxidation ponds, cooling water, clear wells, clarifying
- Other uses: Sludge composting and reservoirs
WHY FLOATING BAFFLES MATTER
Increasing lagoon retention time and directing flow is the fastest path to lower TSS and better water quality. These relocatable baffles give you the control to meet discharge requirements and improve treatment performance.
Floating Baffles: Function, Design & Applications
Floating Baffles are flow control devices which increase the retention time in water treatment lagoons. Increased retention time creates a larger active area improving efficiency and reducing the Total Suspended Solids (TSS). This improves overall water quality and assists in industry compliance with state and federal regulations for discharge and treatment of industrial wastewater.
In addition to increased retention time you also can eliminate short-circuiting or channeling when creating side-to-side or flow patterns using floating baffles. Baffles can be easily relocated within a lagoon as needs or conditions change. Flow-thru windows can be added, relocated or modified for any flow variation, helping control flow and circulation, eliminate dead zones, and improve efficiency.
Baffles can be easily relocated within a lagoon as needed or conditions change. Flow-thru windows can be added, relocated or modified for any flow variation, helping control flow and circulation, eliminate dead zones, and improve efficiency. Floating baffles are manufactured from a variety of flexible thermoplastic coated (not laminated) reinforced fabrics. The fabrics are dielectrically sealed to form enclosures for the flotation logs, chain ballast and optional cable tension members. These items are connected with the floatation logs at the surface and the chain at the lagoon bottom. Tension cable(s) are sometimes included in our floating baffles to provide added strength and eliminate arcing.
Custom-manufactured floating baffles offer an easy, flexible, economical way to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of lagoons. Floating baffles help facilitate surface control of floating materials in cooling ponds, settling basins or oxidation ponds.
Baffle Flow Patterns:
- Municipal WWTP
- Oxidation Ponds
- Cooling Water
- Sludge Composting
- Industrial WWTP
- Reservoirs
- Clear Wells
- Clarifying