GE P&W Emulsion Breakers - KlarAid Coagulants - Manual

Fact Sheet
KlarAid* Coagulants
Highly Charged Inorganic, Organic and Custom Blended
Coagulants for Clarification of Industrial Water and Wastewater
• Easy to feed and ready to use solutions
• Wide range of molecular weights, chemistries
and charges densities
• Promotes superior water clarity in difficult to
treat water and wastewater
• Highly efficient emulsion breakers for oil-in-
water emulsions
Description and Use
KlarAid products are ready to use water-soluble
coagulants, ranging from polymeric inorganic and
organic coagulants to blended formulations and
single container product blends. They are designed
to function in a variety of industrial water and
wastewater treatment applications including use as
a primary coagulant for removal of colloidal turbidi-
ty and color for raw water clarification, as a demul-
sifier to facilitate liquid solids separation in
dissolved gas flotation units used for primary
wastewater treatment, and settling and filter aids
used separately or in conjunction with organic floc-
culants.
Products and Services Offered
The KlarAid product line encompasses a compre-
hensive portfolio of chemistries ranging from am-
photeric tannins and starches to relatively low to
high cationic charge densities. The wide portfolio of
products allows GE to provide products for a wide
variety of raw and wastewater applications. These
products are provided as part of a comprehensive
treatment program by highly technical field per-
sonnel who evaluate each customer’s specific ap-
plication needs and treatment objectives, before
selecting the appropriate product for that situation.
On-site testing is performed to ensure that the op-
timum overall solution for the customer is chosen
based upon the customer’s objectives.
Application and Treatment
Proper application and treatment levels depend on
many factors and coagulant applications are spe-
cifically designed for each application and for each
individual facility’s needs. KlarAid products can be
applied neat (undiluted) as received or diluted to a
convenient strength and may be fed by a pump or
by gravity flow to a point where there is good mix-
ing. Storage, Handling and Safety instructions are
provided with every product in the form of written
recommendations and detailed MSDS.
Solution Benefits
GE’s KlarAid products, used together with an in-
depth system audit, and engineered application
and operational recommendations, will provide one
or more of the following benefits:
• Cost-effective clarification and flotation oper-
ations for superior effluent quality
• GE’s technical expertise in improving opera-
tion of process unit
• GE’s assistance in monitoring performance of
process unit
• Increases the capture efficiency of individual
unit processes
• Reduces loadings on downstream treatment
processes
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