HYDROGEN SULFIDE, PHOSPHATE, COOPER, CHROMIUM,

SELENIUM & ARSENIC REMOVAL MEDIA

FILTERSORB HSR

Granular Ferric Hydroxide

Based Removal Media

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FILTERSORB
Hydrogen Sulde, Arsenic and Phosphates Removal in Drinking Water

Introduction
Hydrogen sulde is a colorless gas with an offensive stench
and is said to smell like rotten eggs. The gas can be detected
at a level of 2 parts per billion. It is very erosive in a wet
state and become Sox when it is oxidized.
Physical Properties of H2S
Hydrogen sulde has a structure similar to that of water.
This is where the similarity ends, however. Sulfur is not
nearly as electronegative as oxygen so that hydrogen sulde
is not nearly as polar as water. Because of this, comparatively weak intermolecular forces exist for H2S and the melting
and boiling points are much lower than they are in water.
Hydrogen sulde and water boil at - 60.7 C and +100.0 C,
respectively.

General Information Filtersorb HSR

Using a patented process, ferric hydroxide can now be produced in a granular form. Various bead
diameters can be made by combination of crushing and sieving procedures. This gives access to a great
variety of new applications of ferric (III) hydroxide.
The Filter media, containing iron hydroxide Fe(OH)3 has an amorphous structure. The ferric ions
content in the ltering media is about 40% by weigh.
Because of its chemical activity, ferric (III) hydroxide is quite appropriate to bind arsenate, phosphate or
sulde ions in aqueous media. Due to internal high pH of media it has an additional effect of the reaction with H2S and can reach oxidation capacity up to 20% by its dry weight.
Operation Principles
Arsenic and Phosphate removal
In a rst step arsenate or phosphate ions in aqueous solutions were adsorptively bounded to the
surface of Filtersorb HSR. Second step is a chemical conversion to stable ferric arsenate or ferric phosphate to the surface of Filtersorb HSR.
Fe(OH)3 + H3PO4 > FePO4 + 3 H2O

Fe(OH)3 + H3AsO4 > FeAsO4 + 3 H2O

Hydrogen Sulde removal

Sulde ions formed from hydrogen sulde in water are removed in a similar way under precipitation of
hardly soluble ferric sulde.
2 Fe(OH)3 + 3 H2S > Fe2S3 + 6 H2O

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Hydrogen Sulde, Arsenic and Phosphates Removal in Drinking Water

Filtersorb HSR
Chemical formula and composition: Amorphous Fe(OH)3
Mineralogical composition: Up to 40% of Ferric Ions from its weight

Physico-Mechanical properties:
Bulk weight

640 kg/m3
2

Free board down ow

50-75%

Bed depth up ow

50-100%

Specic surface

270 m /g

Free board up ow

10-50%

Colour

dark brown

Service ow rate

10-20 m/h

Mesh size

0,5-2,0 mm, 2,0-4,0 mm

Back wash ow rate

25-30 m/h
4+

Total adsorbtion capacity as P

Total adsorption capacity as As

5+

15 g/kg
12 g/kg

Operation condition and exchange capacity:

Oxidation capacity as H2S

up to 20% of its dry weight

Bed depth down ow

pH

5-9

450-850 mm

Application:
Water treatment: Filtersorb HSR media is applicable in a
wide range of water treatment processes, from large-scale
municipal systems to small-scale residential treatment units.
Regardless of the system size, there are operational design
parameters that must be considered to ensure effective,
trouble free performance of the Filtersorb HSR media.
Groundwater or surface water is simply pumped in down
ow mode through a single or multiple xed bed pressure
vessel containing the Filtersorb HSR media, but it can be
also successfully used in up ow ltration. In down ow
ltration is recommended to use oxygen dosing for better
oxidation. It is also being used in systems to remove Chromium, Cooper, Selenium.
The multiple pressure vessel design is either assembled in
Parallel Flow or Series ow. Flow to each vessel is measured
and totalized to record the volume of water treated. Pressure
differential through each vessel is also monitored.

Periodic backwashing is typically performed at start-up and

after each pressure drop of 0,5-1,0 Bar thereafter depending
on usage and water quality.
Elimination of Arsenic from drinking water
Binding of Phosphates from rivers and lakes
Oxydation of Hydrogen Sulde in water
Treatment of contaminated ground water
Filter beds for the separation of phosphates
compounds in wet lands
Reactive barriers for the connement of
contamination in depositions
Binding of nutritive substances in aquarium or
garden pond treatment

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Filtersorb SP3 (Polymer-carbonate) modern scale prevention technology based on decarbonization effect
Watch Carbonsorb (bituminous Carbon) to remove free
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Filtersorb HSR (Iron Hydro-oxide) to remove Hydrogen Sulde, Arsenic, Phosphor and other heavy metals from water

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to remove Iron, Manganese and Hydrogen sulde

Watch Liquid Softener scale prevention technology and

softening with dosing of Tri-Sodium salts

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