Industrial applications of water filtration with glass
There are a surprising number of industries that rely heavily on water filtration as part of their manufacturing process.
Whether water is an integral part of the process (e.g. food and drink industry), or used for effluent treatment (e.g. heavy engineering), the loading on the filter is often extremely heavy. Impending EU legislation is also set to impose stringent new standards which traditional sand filter systems will be hard pressed to meet.
Initial trials with Active Filter Media (AFM) recycled glass filter media have been highly encouraging and point towards a cost effective solution for all types of industry.
Main benefits:
- Capable of withstanding severe loading conditions
- Improves overall reliability of filtration system
- Quick return on investment
Further resources:
- Case Study: Ford Motor Company Ltd - Water Filtration
(144 kb) - Case Study: RGFM Proves A Success for Yorkshire Water (785 kb)
- Case Study: Croda Chemicals (126 kb)
- Case Study: JE Hartley (655 kb)
- Case Study: Georgia Pacific acheives cleaner effluent using RGFM (568 kb)
- Final Report: Determining the Potential Uptake of Recycled Glass as a Filtration Media in Industrial Waste Processing (275 kb)
- Final Report: Full Scale Operational Trials using Recycled Glass in Two-Stage Filters and Reed Beds. (692 kb)
- Final Report: Full Scale Operational Trials Involving the use of Recycled Glass in Selected Markets (3043 kb)
- Final Report: Full ScaleTrials of Recycled Glass as Tertiary Filter Media for Wastewater Treatment (1024 kb)
- Processed container glass as water filtration media
