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Borrisoleigh Waste Water Treatment Works, Borrisoleigh, County Tipperary
Customer: South Tipperary County Council
System type: 1-off SKE GRT 200
System description: Grit Trap
Removal standard: 95% of grit 0.2mm and larger
System operation: Rotating paddle and air blower to elevate grit
Installed: 2008
Flow rate: Maximum supported 120 l/s
APPLICATION DESCRIPTION
This waste water works is situated outside the Tipperary town of Borrisoleigh. The screened effluent enters the upper chamber via a tangential inlet. A rotating paddle creates a vortex effect, and all grit, sand and small stones fall to the sump in the base of the unit. Air is blown through a pipe to the base of the airlift system. As the air rises through the central discharge pipe, it carries grit laden liquid to a grit classifier for dewatering and discharge to a skip.
The system uses an air blower and a particular design of electro valves to ‘liquefy’ the grit and raise it through the hollow concentric shaft in the centre of the system. This is a simple and effective system, and it can be mounted, as in this case, in a cast concrete tank in the ground, or alternatively it can be used above ground in a fabricated metal tank.
