CajunAire Brand
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The
Cajun Aire 500 single-family wastewater treatment plants is
an extended aeration activated sludge process. This type of
treatment depends primarily upon the use of air that is
introduced to the wastewater from your home. When air is
introduced it promotes the growth of aerobic organisms that
break down the organic solids in the wastewater, producing
inorganic and stable organic solids. This use of air is
called aeration.
The
aeration process provides dissolved oxygen, mixing of the
wastewater, and enough time for organisms or bacteria to
break down the organic solids.
The
Cajun Aire 500 Advanced aerates the wastewater in the
aeration chamber following the pretreatment unit. However
the Cajun Aire 500 Basic dose not have the pretreatment
unit and the sewerage is introduced directly into the
aeration chamber. In the aeration chamber the wastewater is
brown in color. This caused by the return of sludge from
the clarifier. As the water leaves the aeration chamber it
enters a quiet zone where no mixing occurs. The quiet zone
is referred to as the clarifier. In the clarifier the
solids separate from the liquid and settle to the bottom:
this matter is called sludge.
The
sludge contains dissolved oxygen and this oxygen activates
the bacteria it contains. This "activated sludge" is
returned to the aeration chamber to be remixed. The sludge
mixes with the incoming wastewater and this mixture of
returned sludge and wastewater is referred to as mixed
liquor.
This
mixed liquor flows back to the clarifier; solids separate
and return to the aeration chamber and so on and so forth.
Our
CajunAire products are:
CajunAire
Basic
CajunAire
Advanced