15
Air Pump Requirements for Backwashing
The Charge Chamber capac
i�es
for
PolyGeyser
®
Bead Filter Model
s H
PPG
have a
fi
xed
each
volume of air to charge the chamber. Once thi
s
volume i
s
met, the trigger
will fi
re and
the fil
ter will backw
as
h.
In
s
elec
�
ng an appropriate air pump for the
s
y
s
tem, the air
fl
ow capacity (
s
c
�
or lpm) required to e
ff
ect
backw
as
he
s a
t the de
sire
d interval
s
and air delivery pr
essure
mu
s
t be taken into con
si
dera
�
on. If the
fi
lte
r is
operated with a water circula
�
on pump, the air delivery pr
essure
mu
s
t exceed that of the water
pump to prevent
accidental flooding of the air pump, which
may present an electrical hazar d
.
Add
i�
onally, a check valve
shoul
d be in
stal
led in the air line to prevent
fl
ooding of the air pump in the
event of a power outage and to protect the air pump in c
ase
of exce
ssi
ve p
ressu
re development in the
fi
lter.
We recommend
usi
ng an air pump capable of producing the mo
s
t frequent back
wash i
nterv
als
that may
be required. The
fl
ow rate can then be regulated by in
stall
ing an air
fl
ow meter, with a built-in regu
la�
ng
valve. AST o
ffers
an air
fl
ow meter kit
s
which include
s an
Acrylic Air Flowmeter, a Labcock Valve, a
P
ressu
re Gauge, a Nylon Spacer and
Fas
t
eners
, Barb Fi
�
ng
s
and other PVC Fi
�
ng
s
.
This is s
trongly
recommended for air pump
s
that do not have built-in air adju
s
tment on them. Adju
s�n
g the air
fl
ow
directly impac
ts
the frequency of the filter backw
as
h.
Selec
�
on of proper backwa
sh
air pump
s is
of
less
concern when opera
�
ng in the airli
�
mode,
since
the
s
y
st
em operate
s
at a very low head (36-48” / 92-120 TD
H
). Several commercially available air pump
s
are capable of delivering the required volume and mee
�
ng the pr
essure
demand
s f
or
a si
ngle unit.
H
owever, the
s
elec
�
on of air pump
s is
ul
�
mately dependent on the
s
elec
�
on of water pump
s.
Backwash Frequency
Figure A p
res
ent
s
the rela
�
on
sh
ip between air delivery to the charge chamber and backw
as
h frequency
for the va
rious HH
PG mode
ls
. The
s
e air
fl
ow rat
es
are
list
ed in cfm at the pre
ssu
re of delivery
as
they
would appear on a rotameter connected to the model. Ai
r is
comp
ressi
ble. The volume of air required
to ini
�
ate a back
wash i
n an
H
PP
G is fi
xed by
its
d
esi
gn, but, the exact back
wash i
nterval produced can
be in
fl
uenced by
pressu
re pa
�erns
on the hull. If the hull
pressu
re
ris
e
s sig
ni
fi
cantly during the
fi
ltra
�
on
interval, then the actual backw
as
h interval will longer (by a few minute
s)
than the table ind
icates.