The document outlines the advantages of using innovative aeration technologies from SSI, highlighting their patent-pending PTFE-coated membrane diffusers that significantly outperform traditional EPDM membranes in terms of fouling resistance and longevity. It discusses the cost benefits of reduced maintenance and replacement cycles, as well as testimonials from satisfied customers. SSI's commitment to research and development is emphasized, alongside their technological expertise in designing complete aeration systems.

1. Presented by:
Innovative Aeration
Tom Frankel
Systems,
Systems since 1995
Director
*Reduce Fouling
*Reduce Maintenance
*Reduce Cleaning Frequency
*Reduce Replacement Cycle
*Reduce Permit Violations
*Reduce Cost
*Best Warranty, Guaranteed
Let’s get started….
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2. DID YOU KNOW….?
90% of failures of a membrane diffused aeration
system are caused by failed membranes?
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3. DID YOU KNOW….?
In most cases, the cost of replacing membranes in a tank
is higher than the cost of those membranes, when you
consider hidden costs?
STEADILY DECLINING
LABOR & CLEANING OUT OF SERVICE PERFORMANCE = ENERGY $$
= NO INCOME!!
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4. DID YOU KNOW….?
EPDM is a very durable material, but it is
susceptible to fouling, which may include
permanent swelling, shrinking, or crust?
Calcium Calcium
Carbonate Sulfate Dairy Products Animal Fat
(lime) (gypsum)
Petroleum Alcohol Vegetable Oils
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5. DID YOU KNOW….?
Plastic gas cans are made of polyethylene, which
is not recommended for gasoline or diesel
service.
Lab bottles that store aggressive solvents are
also made of polyethylene which is not
polyethylene,
recommended for those solvents.
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6. DID YOU KNOW….?
The first PTFE coated frying pan was
developed in France by TEFAL in 1954?
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7. DID YOU KNOW….?
SSI has patents and patents pending on PTFE
coated membrane diffusers, and on fluorinated
membrane diffusers.
Those diffusers have a track record in service
since late 2004, and have outlasted plain EPDM
membranes in aggressive applications by a
10:1 margin
margin.
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8. DID YOU KNOW….?
Test
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2009 proves that SSI’s patent-pending
surface fluorination reduces plasticizer
loss in an aggressive hot acetone
solution compared to standard EPDM
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membranes by 25%.
Phoenix 91st Ave is retrofitting 2 basins
in
i 2009 with fEPDM f
ith from SSI
SSI.
New
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Old O de
Older Fossil
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Not with fEPDM!!!

9. DID YOU KNOW….?
In your contract with SSI, you are in the unique position
to negotiate extended warranties with SSI, because of
our technology.
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10. DID YOU KNOW….?
Not all EPDM is created equal SSI uses Compression
equal.
Molding and 700% elongation material. Most competitors
are using injection molding and 500% elongation material,
to save cost.
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11. SOME SSI FACES, ON SITE, AT WORK, AND WORLDWIDE
FOR OVER 14 YEARS:
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12. EXPERIENCE:
BNR
SBR
MBR
UASB
CONVENTIONAL
EXTENDED AERATION
FIXED FILM
TECHNOLOGY SKILL SET:
ACAD2007 2D + 3D
BIOWIN SIMULATION
INVENTOR 3D
MATHCAD 13
FLASH ANIMATION
PROPRIETARY SOFTWARE
JOBSITE EXPERIENCE

13. REFERENCES:
TURNKEY SUPPLY
BLOWER ROOM DESIGN
PIPING LAYOUTS
MULTISTAGE BLOWERS
ROOTS TYPE BLOWERS
CALCULATIONS:
SOTE
HEADLOSS
BUYOANCY LOADING
BUBBLE ASCENT VELOCITY
HEAT TRANSFER
DO PROFILE ANALYSIS
MINIMUM MIXING
LIFE CYCLE COST

14. CURRENT RESEARCH
Ultra Fine Bubble Membranes under Development
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15. PTFE MEMBRANES – Failure Mode? Not Yet
We observe that a biofilm layer does form on PTFE
Membranes, though it takes a long time to form, and when it
Does,
Does even in aggressive environments, it can be removed
environments
With a fingertip. The scale does not affect performance and
Does not enter the slits. See below…
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16. Why PTFE??? – Don’t let this happen to you!
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17. PTFE FINE BUBBLE DIFFUSER MEMBRANES
SSI’s PTFE ( Polytetrafluoroetyhylene) layered EPDM disc
and tube diffuser membranes combine the reliability of EPDM
with outstanding anti fouling resistance of PTFE
PTFE.
Benefits of PTFE layer are:
• Resistance to fouling and calcium scaling
• Extended life
• Reduces cleaning 6-10 times compared to EPDM
• Outstanding chemical resistance
• Outstanding resistance to fats oils and greases
fats,
• Outstanding resistance to hydrocarbons, fuels,
and solvents
“PTFE IS THE BEST THING TO HAPPEN TO
FINE BUBBLE AERATION SYSTEMS”
Dave Redmon, Eng.
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18. SSI IS A TECHNOLOGY COMPANY
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19. SSI COMPRESSION MOLDS MOST MEMBRANES
•SSI’s EPDM compound is specially formulated for wastewater
applications providing:
•Even specific gravity, thickness, and tear resistance
gravity thickness
• Greater resistance to elongation and tearing
(multidirectional tear resistance)
• Resistant to material property changes.
• High modulus for elasticity.
• Proper taper to reduce unit stress.
• High oxygen transfer efficiency.
• Extended service life
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20. COMPOUND DEVELOPMENT
Same slit pattern, different compounds =
pattern
different bubble size & distribution
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21. DISC MANUFACTURE
TESTING MEMBRANE
STRENGTH
DIFFUSER ASSEMBLY
MEASURING BREAK
FINE BUBBLES
PRESSURE
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22. PATENTED QUICK CONNECT SADDLE MOUNTING
SYSTEM FOR 9” AND 12” DISCS
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23. DISC CONNECTIONS
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24. SNAPPY SADDLE™
• Each diffuser has a single seal on top of the headers
and can be installed by 1 person rapidly
•Quick connection – low headloss – high SOTE –
compression molded tube membranes
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25. COARSE BUBBLE DIFFUSERS
The plastic SSI Coarse Cap and Stainless Wide Band
types are the most common coarse bubble diffusers.
These are often used in digesters, sludge holding
tanks, and equalization basins.
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26. SSI PLASTIC PIPE
FABRICATION
(Poughkeepsie, NY)
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27. SSI SS PIPE FABRICATION
(Cincinnati, OH)
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28. WEB (.NET)+ LOCAL CALCULATION SOFTWARE
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29. WEB (.NET) BASED DRAFTING SOFTWARE
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30. WEB (.NET) BASED DRAFTING SOFTWARE
Typical Results
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31. BIOWIN SIMULATION CAPABILITY
Main Effluen
Anoxic 1 Aeration 1 Anoxic 2 Aeration 3
Influent0
Primary Sludge
P i Sl d
WAS
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32. INDEPENDENT NON-STEADY STATE TESTING
Determination of SOTE of SSI SSI Diffusers per ASCE
ATC, SA Barcelona Spain
Redmon Engineering, Milwaukee, USA
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33. INDEPENDENT NON-STEADY STATE TESTING
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34. COMPETITIVE RESULTS
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35. INDEPENDENT STEADY STATE TESTING
Determination of α in a Virginia, USA BNR
Redmon Engineering, Milwaukee, USA
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36. NEW VS. OLD SSI MEMBRANE PERFORMANCE
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37. SSI PLASTIC PARTS SUPPLIER QC MONITORING & PROTOCOL
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38. SSI MEMBRANE SUPPLIER QC MONITORING & PROTOCOL
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39. LARGE PROJECT – MIL 105E TEST PROTOCOL
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40. IN-HOUSE TESTING & REPORTS
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41. IN-HOUSE TESTING & REPORTS
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42. IN-HOUSE TESTING & REPORTS
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43. SUPPORTS
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44. EXPANSION JOINTS
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45. REPLACEMENT MEMBRANES
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46. SYSTEMS
“We are extremely pleased with our latest purchase from you.
Our wasted biomass is now kept fresh and free from release of NH3
and Ortho-P during storage.
We will be looking at replacing all membranes in the Ford Road
Aeration Basins in 2007
2007.
I would like to get a price from you soon.
Have a happy holidays!
5/11/2009 Jason Tincu, Xenia WWTP Supervisor” 46

47. SYSTEMS
“After evaluation, EA decided to proceed with
SSI's 12-inch diameter fine bubble diffusers. Due to the size and
efficiencies of the SSI diffuser,
the number of diffusers required for the project is significantly less
than the other Manufacturers. We highly recommend SSI and we
would like to work with them again on our next project.”
5/11/2009 Chuck Place, P.G., EA Engineering Inc. 47

48. SYSTEMS
“SSI designs complete aeration systems including
calculations of SOTE, temperature, with drawings and all
complimentary information for aerobic reactors. Their
technical help is the best in the business. “
Marcelo Mascheroni Lay, Sanitary Engineer, Ecoplan Uruguay
(former SanitaireTM
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49. SYSTEMS
“In 2003 our company El Concorde purchased 6000 sets AFT1000
diffuser from SSI to be used on a wastewater treatment project in Iraq
under the Program Oil for Food with the UN. I evaluated a number of
American and European companies and finally selected SSI due to a
robust product and good communication.”
Ghassan Ayyubi – El Concorde Ltd, Jordan
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50. SYSTEMS
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51. SYSTEMS
“We have had the Stamford disc diffusers installed in
our two 450,000 gallon sludge holding basins for nearly
five years and we have never had a problem with them.
We also see adequate mixing and desired performance.
The basins are inspected periodically and we have not
had to
h d t replace any of th modules to d t ”
l f the d l t date.”
Jerry Basham - Chief Operator North WWTP,
Henderson Water Utility, Henderson, KY
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52. SYSTEMS
“I called Pierre Filion today. He is just back from vacation. He
said that he checked his aeration system this morning and
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everything seems OK. The bubbles are still nice, so he does not
expect problems for sometimes. The Teflon membranes were
installed Dec. 04. One month earlier, he had installed (other
brand) EPDM membranes in the other reactor (Nov. 1) and the
bubble size is not so good and he is expecting problems soon.”
Gaetan Desjardins, Premier Tech Environment – QC, Canada
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53. SYSTEMS
“We came across the SSI diffusers and first tried them in the summer
of 2005. It was probably the best decision we have made in our
wastewater treatment plant since it started processing water. Not
only can we afford to replace the old diffusers, the new SSI seem to be
more durable than the old ones and don't require as much
maintenance. We also see that they do not plug up or scale up as bad
as the old diffusers. Our current blowers could not be happier as well
as myself. We have been thoroughly satisfied with the SSI diffusers
from DGJ Gongol and Associates and would recommend these
diffusers to everyone. Thank you for such a good and reliable product.
You have definitely made life easier for all of us
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54. SYSTEMS
“We hereby confirm that TEFLON
membranes have been working since
beginning of February without clogging
problems. Before we had to clean the
(NoponTM) EPDM membranes every 3-4
weeks!”
Ringkøbing Renseanlæg, Denmark
Gunnar Larsen
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55. SYSTEMS
“The diffusers AFD-350 are working very well in Podolsk. At
present we are installation some diffusers in Protvino and
Redkino. We have received ≈ 2 thousand pieces in
Solnechnogorsk. “
Robert Agronanonik, BIFAR, Russia
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56. SYSTEMS
“Pumpteknik have delivered 800 pcs of SSI membranes to Flygt
SanitaireTM 9” discs. Today we see a much better oxygen transfer
as before surely caused by the better materiel and perforation. We
can warmly recommend this product!”
- Nilks Bak Andersen, Teknisk Chef, A/S Saeby Fiske-Industri
Denmark
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57. SYSTEMS
“We’ve have had very good luck with the membranes we purchased
from your company last year.”
-Richard Rader, Sara Lee Bakery, Traverse, MI USA
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58. SYSTEMS
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59. SYSTEMS
“Al Salam Alaikum,
Reference to your letter dated 13/1/1426 H. requesting our
opinion about the Air diffusers supplied by SSI to our projects.
We would like to advise you that these diffusers have been
approved b
d based on th i quality product and we did not notice
d their lit d t d t ti
any technical problems.”
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60. SYSTEMS
“SSI has been a pleasure to work with before,
during and after the sale and installation.
They hopped through hoops to meet tight delivery
schedules and they stayed in touch to
insure the installed-system integrity was as
promised and expected. Its nice to know
that there are firms out there that deliver quality
product, in a timely manner and
recognize that there is more to a successful project
than just the bottom line... their
line
service was exemplary.”
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61. SYSTEMS
“Thank you for your excellent support at such short notice for the
successful completion of the above project using SSI Disc Diffuser
System. I am pleased to inform you that
the client is very happy especially now that their power
consumption has been greatly reduced and is now consuming about
30% of its original cost.The plant is now meeting all the necessary
standards as required by the department of
Environment. “
-Debbie Chee, Tekno Suling SDN Bhd (former NoponTM customer)
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62. SYSTEMS
“I have also been in contact with the Supervising Engineer for the owner
of our Activated Sludge WWTP in the Dominican Republic. He confirms
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that the aeration system continues to perform admirably - a claim he
admits he cannot make for many of the other water purification
systems. These reports confirm my confidence in the design,
engineering and product support which I have come to rely on from SSI.
The professional abilities of you and your staff help to relieve of the
technical
t h i l concerns I fi d t b so t i l t d
find to be typical today with many of our
ith f
systems suppliers.”
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63. SYSTEMS
“We certify that we have bought along the last five (now 10)
years, fine bubble disc diffusers and tubular diffusers from
SSI, which have been installed in more than 30 of our
Wastewater t
W t t treatment plants projects we h
t t l t j t have manufactured
f t d
within this time in different countries.
In most of these projects we have received not only the sales
assistance but also technical support in the designing when it
was required. All the projects we have installed the 9", 12"
and tubular SSI diffusers operate successfully complying the
parameters they were designed for, will no operational and
quality problems in diffusers and membranes”
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Andres Silva, Proton USA Corp., Miami, FL USA

64. SSI vs Nopon TM
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65. Dear Tom.
The plant has 3 parallel tanks with first 2,100 pcs Nopon TM 215 then later 2,100 Nopon TM on top of them. The
costumer has had problems with leak between the old and new one. Nopon TM have changed the system
several times so the plant decided to use AFD 350 with saddl for pipe ø90. They are very surprised the SSI’s disc is as
efficient as seen on the Graph from 06-11-2004. Visual you can see by photos
921 that Nopon TM in one place have pop up and photo 923 at sidewall you see no bubbles. On photo 924 you
have a beautiful view of AFD 350’s efficiency and on photo 922 you can see the overwhelming amount of bubbles.
After having installed 700 pcs AFD 350, we shall deliver 700 more this year and 700 next year.
Dan Christensen
Pumpteknik ApS
Hans Rostgårdsvej 4
DK-3050 Humlebæk
Tlf.:
Tlf : 0045 49 16 16 76 - Fax: 49 16 16 96
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66. The following graph depicts the performance of two tanks
in Denmark. Tank 1 has Nopon TM 300 size diffusers. In Tank 2, SSI
replaced the Nopon TM membranes with SSI 12” retrofit membranes.
The two tanks ran side by side. Notice how the valve to the air supply in
the SSI tank is mostly closed, and the valve to the air supply in the
y , pp y
Nopon TM tank is mostly open, yet the DO is higher in the SSI tank, in
spite of receiving much less air.
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67. Ad1)
Hi Tom.
Here the first result of changing from Nopon TM 215 to AFD 350/PTFE. Saving ca 16%. But we have to adjust the plant
concerning the pressure, so I’ll be back. I would like to end about 25%.
Med venlig hilsen/With best regards
Pumpteknik ApS/SSI North Europe
Dan Christensen
www.pumpteknik.dk
www pumpteknik dk
Tlf.: ++45 49161676, Fax.: ++45 49161696
Mobil: ++45 31655158 - e-mail mobil: nokia@pumpteknik.dk
Skype member: Pumpteknik
Procent Elforbrug
Totalt Elforbrug til beluft ud af Elforbrug total beluftning pr. m3
elforbrug beluftning total Indløbsflow pr. m3 vand vand
kWh(beluftning)/m
kwh kWh % m3 kWh(total)/m3 3
maj-07 49958,00 12238,00 24% 201744,00 0,25 0,060661036
jan-08 66713,00 12719,00 19% 232016,00 0,29 0,054819495
feb-08 58877,00 11429,00 19% 224598,00 0,26 0,050886473
Besparelse 16%
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68. ARS TANK
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71. THANK YOU.
WE LOOK FORWARD
TO WORKING WITH YOU.
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