Bead Filter

Bead filter system

Koi pond type bead filters

Bubble bead filter supplied with media and blower. Bead filter media also available separately.

Bead filters contain a light an buoyant media, so do not have the clogging and channelling problems that develop in sand filters.A combination of bead filters and foam fractionators is an efficient particle removal system. Ozone can be integrated into the foam fractionater to maintain top quality water.

bead filter with aeration
bead filter with aeration
bead filter internal design
bead filter internal design

The above bead filters come in two model sizes:

Technical Data on BBF-100

 

Operating Pressure   : 6 – 10 Pounds per square inch (Psi)

Maximum Pressure    : 1 Bar or 14, 7 Psi

Filter Construction     : Food grade polyethylene plastic

Pond Size                   : From 2 000 Litres up to 12 000 Litres

Surface Area of Media  : 400 square feet per cubic feet of Media

Maximum Flow Capacity  : 12 500 Litres per Hour

Recommended Pump Size  : .25 Kw up to .45 Kw

Dimensions OF Filter   : 1150 mm high x 390 mm in diameter

Media (Kilograms)   : 10 Kg to 30 Kg maximum

Media per Litre   : 10 Kg Media per 5 000 Litres water

Media (cubic feet)   : 1 cubic feet = 15 Kg = 7 600 Litres water

Filter Loading Capacity : 2 Kg Food per cubic foot of beads per day

Inlet Pipe    : 50 mm

Return Pipe    : 50 mm

Sludge Pipe    : 50 mm

All connections are 11/2” BSP size.

 

Technical Data on BBF-200

 

Operating Pressure   : 6 – 10 Pounds per square inch (Psi)

Maximum Pressure    : 1 Bar or 14, 7 Psi

Filter Construction     : Food grade polyethylene plastic

Pond Size                   : From 10 000 Litres up to 30 000 Litres

Surface Area of Media  : 400 square feet per cubic feet of Media

Maximum Flow Capacity  : 18 500 Litres per Hour

Recommended Pump Size  : .6 Kw up to .75 Kw

Dimensions OF Filter   : 1400 mm high x 480 mm in diameter

Media (Kilograms)   : 30 Kg to 60 Kg maximum

Media per Litre   : 10 Kg Media per 5 000 Litres water

Media (cubic feet)   : 1 cubic feet = 15 Kg = 7 600 Litres water

Filter Loading Capacity : 2 Kg Food per cubic foot of beads per day

Inlet Pipe    : 50 mm

Return Pipe    : 50 mm

Sludge Pipe    : 50 mm

All connections are 11/2” BSP size.
 
 

Solids filter, biofilter and UV as an integrated system

 
 
 
bead filter, biofilter and UV sterilizer
bead filter, biofilter and UV sterilizer
 
The bead filter is placed before the biofilter and UV system. Solids removal is an important step before biofiltration.
 
 

Other types of bead filter

bead filter
pressure bead filter
If higher pressure capacities are needed, we have the higher pressure bead filters.

Pressure bead filters are closed (pressure) vessels filled with plastic beads. These beads are very close together and form a layer through which the water is forced by a pump. As a result, the dirt particles stick in the beads. If the filters are used for some time, the biofilm (the sticky layer) around the beads becomes thicker, so that finer and finer dirt is caught. The beads also serve to an extent as a biofilter

Size#1 bag bead filter: ponds up to 20,000 liters, 1 bag media

Size#3 bag biofilter: ponds up to 30,000 liters, 1 bag media

Size#5 bag biofilter: ponds up to 50,000 liters, 2 bag media

 

  • The 2 Bag bubble bead is approximately 540 x 540 diameter with a close coupled multiport valve which keeps the foot print down however you still have the backwash pipe on one side using approximately 200mm.
  • The 3 bag bubble bead is approximately 620 x 620 diameter but the multiport makes it realistically 620 x 910 with the backwash pipe taking up some more space on one side.
  • 5 bag bead filter.
  • Blowers and filter media are included