COOLTubes - Tube Settler System

Sedimentation (solid-liquid separation) is one of the most important stages in the field of waster water treatment
for removal of suspended and colloidal matters.

In conventional water and wastewater clarification systems the suspended solids and colloidal matters are
removed by gravity settling in a clarifier after coagulation and flocculation. The hydraulic loading in conventional
clarifier is about 20 m3/m2/day to 36 m3/m2/day. This results in a very high plan surface or foot print area. The depth
of conventional clarifier is about 2.5 to 4.0 meters and the detention time is in the range of 2 to 4 hours. Thus a lot
of time is required in conventional clarifier to settle flocs/ settleable solids. To collect these solids from the bottom,
large mechanical scrappers are required which make the clarification system very costly.

An efficient sedimentation system increases the settling capacity while maintaining smaller system size. High
rate sedimentation is now being adopted in various modern water and wastewater treatment plants. The term
high rate settlers refer to shallow gravitational settling devices with detention periods of the order of 10 30
minutes. The efficiency of high rate settlers is also more than that of
conventional clarifiers.

COOLTubes tube settler media not only provide a large settling

surface area within the specified volume but also reduce the vertical
distance a particle must travel before agglomeration.

Tube settler systems form an efficient shallow basin tubular structure

inclined at 60 degrees. The resultant tubes (possible in various
shapes such as hexagonal chevron, boomerang chevron, square,
circular) provide greater surface area and particle settling depth that
is much lesser than conventional settling systems. In tube settler
settling system, each tube acts as separate shallow basin clarifier, which is able to improve the efficiency several
times as composed to conventional clarifier.

The unidirectional flow in the tubes eliminates any possibilities of mixing currents. COOLDECK provides its
experience in building support systems for tube settler assemblies. The chevron shape section and the
trapezoidal shaped assembly have been proven to be the most effective configurations in settling systems. The
shape and assembly also provide for easy access for maintenance.

The very large area provided by COOLTubes

reduces the tank size to a fraction resulting in
significant savings in the construction costs.
With the availability of land becoming a big
constraint in big cities and the premium on the
land costs, it is becoming imperative for water
supply authorities to opt for the Tube Settlers.
Upgrading the existing overloaded tanks is
another very cost-effective application of
COOLTubes since it can easily be adapted to
any shape of tank.

121, Andheri Ind. Premises,

Off Veera Desai Rd., Andheri (W),
Mumbai - 400 053, India.
Tel: +91 22 6725 1401-04 • Fax: +91 22 2673 1820

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 Applications areas for COOLTubes Tube Settler Systems include
 Primary settling in wastewater treatment plants (suspended and flocculated solids)
 Secondary (biological solids) settling in wastewater treatment plants
 Solid-liquid separation in potable and industrial process water treatment plants,
 Anaerobic digesters (restrict loss of solids)
 Ash handling units in thermal power plants
 Process industry (material recovery from wash/storm water)
 Oil-water separation

Model: TS60
Plan Settling Area: 12 m2/m3 (at 60 slope)
Cross Sectional Area:74 x 84.5mm
Hydraulic Radius:1.28 cm

TS60 is uniquely designed to give one of the highest surface

areas in the current genre of tube settlers. In addition the inherent
shape of the modules gives an efficient mechanism for the sludge to
flow downwards.

Model: TS120
Plan Settling Area: 11 m2/m3 (at 60 slope)
Cross Sectional Area:120 x 44 mm
Hydraulic Radius:1.5 cm
TS120 gives a wide cross section area per tube. Even
though it provides a slightly lower surface area than TS60, the
profile has advantages when it comes to tube blockage or
support constraints.

General Specifications

Shape of Tube Chevron Unequal Hexagonal/ Boomerang

Fitting of Tube Easy to fit with a tongue and groove arrangement

Thickness 1.0mm (+/- 0.1mm)

Maximum Continuous Working Temperature 55 C

Storage Media must be stored in a covered place

with adequate ventilation

* Removal of suspended solids depends on character of water/waste water,

proportion of settleable Solids, concentration of solids, temperature and
other factors.
* COOLDECK Aqua Solutions Pvt. Ltd. maintains the policy of continuous
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Off Veera Desai Rd., Andheri (W), without notice
Mumbai - 400 053, India.
Tel: +91 22 6725 1401-04 • Fax: +91 22 2673 1820

Works: Survey No. 57/2 (18) & 57/3 (15A), Kunta Rd., Bhenslore, Village Dunetha,
Nani Daman, Daman - 396210 (U.T) • e-mail: cooldeck@vsnl.com • www.cooldeckin.com