The ISO-DISC disk filter is a continuous filtration system that uses fixed filter disks and a linear backwash system to provide uniform cleaning across the entire filter media area. Key advantages include its ability to isolate and monitor individual disks, having no rotating parts or seals, utilizing all of the filter area, and providing outside-in filtration. It is a compact system suitable for wastewater treatment plants, with performance capable of removing solids down to 10 microns.
2. • Any Disk Can Be
Isolated&Monitored
Individually
• No Rotating
Parts or Seals
• Linear Backwash
Mechanism Provides
Uniform Media
Cleaning
• Square and Rectangular
Disks with 100% Active
Filtration Area
• Extremely Small
Footprint to
Flow Ratio
• Ultra-Low Reject Rates
• Easily Expanded
• Continuous Filtration
During Backwash &
Filter Maintenance
• 100% Media Life
• No Hoist or Crane
Required
• Optimized Design for
Phosphorus Removal
Applications
INTRODUCING
ISO-DISC™ GENERATION II
BETTER FILTRATION
LOWER OPERATING COSTS
TIGHTER FOOTPRINT
The ISO-DISC™ Disk Filter is a continuous
operating system that utilizes a fixed
filter disk and a linear backwash system
which provides a uniform backwash
flux across 100% of the available media
area. Controlled by a PLC or relay logic
control panel; all internal or submerged
components are corrosion resistant
stainless steel or non-metallic materials.
The fixed-disk design permits removal
of each individual disk while the filter
remains in operation. The filter disks
remain fixed while the linear backwash
manifold moves in a vertical motion
removing solids from both sides of the
filter cloth. At the beginning of the timed
backwash cycle, which is initiated by
headloss across the filter, electronically
actuated valves segregate the backwash
manifolds and clean the filter disks in a
predetermined sequence. This insures
complete cleaning of the filter cloth while
minimizing the rate at which backwash
water is returned to the treatment facility.
The double-sided cleaning manifold
allows for tight disk spacing making the
ISO-DISC™ Disk Filter the most compact
filter available. This feature makes this
system very attractive for large flow
wastewater treatment plants, small
package plants and ideal for retrofit
applications such as traveling bridge
filters and moving bed media filters.
Performance of the ISO-DISC™ Disk Filter
is second to none. The cloth is capable
of solids capture down to 10 micron
without having to build up a filter mat
and does not require any run-in time.
The multi-layer cloth is supplied as two
specific dimensioned sheets for each
disk that can be replaced and re-installed
in a matter of minutes, all while the
filter continues to function without
interruption.
State-of-the-Art Design Includes Latest Operation Features
Tertiary Filtration
Water Reuse
Process Streams
Surface Water Treatment
Municipal & Industrial Applications:
The ISO-DISC™ Disk Filter can be installed into
concrete structures (supplied by others), or factory
supplied stainless steel, carbon steel or FRP tanks.
The ISO-DISC™ Disk Filter has a distinct advantage
incorporated into its design that allows filtrate
sampling from each disk individually. This also
allows for removal of an individual disk from the
system without filter shutdown. The ISO-DISC™
Disk Filter eliminates submerged rotating seals and
mechanisms; ensuring filtrate quality; guaranteeing
no cross-connection between influent and filtrate;
and reduced maintenance costs.
Effluent
ISO-DISC™ Filtration
Cloth in Place
Backwash
Manifold
ISO-DISC™ Disk Filter Internals
Backwash Pumps
Backwash Piping
Influent
Effluent
Underdrain
Linear Backwash
Manifold
Effluent
Trough
Backwash Mechanism Drive Unit
* Patent Pending
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Filter Plate Cassette Isometric
with (3) filter plate construction
Gear drive motor
Screwjack
Screwjack gear
Backflush manifold
304SS frame
Backflush shoe
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ISO-DISCTM Advantages
• Outside In Filtration
• Cloth = depth filtration vs. screens
• Completely submerged filter media
• Any filter plate can be isolated & monitored individually
• No Rotating parts/mechanical seals below the water surface
• Bi-Directional Linear backwash mechanism provides uniform media cleaning
• Offered with square or rectangular filter plate configuration (unique in industry)
• Easy fit into existing basins
• Nominal cloth media area is equal to the effective filtration area
• Small footprint to flow ratio
• Ultra-Low Reject Rate (1 - 3%) in TSS removal applications
• Low Driving Force Requirements: 12” (30-cm) of water column
• Easily Expandable to Increase Filtration Capacity
• Continuous Filtration During Backwash & Filter Maintenance
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Expected Performance of the ISO-DISC
• The ISO-DISC Cloth Media Filter can typically produce a tertiary plant
effluent with the following quality:
– Total Suspended Solids, TSS: < 5 mg/L
– Biochemical Oxygen Demand, BOD5: < 5 mg/L
– Total Phosphorus, TP: < 0.1 mg/L*
– Effluent Turbidity: < 2 NTU
*with chemical pretreatment and also depending of the influent TP concentration
of the secondary effluent
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Cloth disk filter
Benefits vs. competitors
• Simple, robust design
• Completely submerged disks use all area all the time
• No rotating underwater seals
• Disk area = 100% active filtration area
• Outside à In filtration
• Cloth media = depth filtration vs. screens
• Linear backwash mechanism provides uniform media cleaning
• Continuous filtration during backwash or maintenance
• Each disk can be isolated and monitored individually
• Square or rectangular disks easily fit into existing basins
• Low driving force requirement (30cm water column)
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Iso-Disc key features
1. Linear backwash system
– Clean entire surface
– Uniform cleaning – No tip speed such as with rotating systems
– Lower backwash flows = lower operating costs due to less pumping
2. Isolate the disks
– 100% use of the cloth life
– Monitor turbidity and throughput
– Potential for significantly reduced redundancy for lower capital and op costs
3. Compact
– Use 100% of filter area not just the lower area such as screen type
– Lower capital costs including installation
4. Outside to In Filtration
– Easier access
– Easier maintenance
5. No rotating underwater seals
– Low maintenance