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PORTO WATER INNOVATION WEEK was a great success.

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PORTO WATER INNOVATION WEEK was a great success and TecnoConverting Portugal took part in it, bringing along their water treatment equipment. Mais de mil participantes na Porto Water Innovation...

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08 Mar, 17

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Lamellar Modules: Maintenance Manual

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How to clean lamellar modules in order to improve their performance? This manual answers all questions to help you preserve your equipment. Author: David Barquet, CEO of TecnoConverting Water...

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05 Mar, 17

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What is the corrected Hazen velocity or corrected upward velocity?

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A while ago, a client asked me a very interesting question: did we take the corrected Hazen velocity or corrected upward velocity into account when calculating the properties of...

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19 Feb, 17

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What is lamellar resilience?

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In ecology, the term “resilience” refers to the ability of the environment to absorb disturbances without seeing its structure and functionality characteristics significantly altered, and to recover its original...

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16 Dec, 16

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Considerations to bear in mind when covering a lamella clarifier.

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In some facilities, lamella clarifiers need to be covered. This is usually done for aesthetic or practical reasons: they are covered not to be seen or to avoid bad...

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24 Nov, 16

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Does the scraper of a treatment plant have to work continuously?

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Once, visiting a plant equipped with scrapers, we realized that these were not operating continuously and that the owners decided to stop them every once and a while. When...

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06 Oct, 16

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What is NTU?

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NTU stands for Nephelometric Turbidity unit, i.e. the unit used to measure the turbidity of a fluid or the presence of suspended particles in water. The higher the concentration...

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14 Sep, 16

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The importance of the torque switches on scrapers installations

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In scrapers installations for sludge removal, both circular and rectangular, it´s very important to incorporate a torque switch to protect the equipment from damage and downtime. The torque switch...

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08 Aug, 16

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