Alpine Pure Pyrolox Benefits:
Remove iron, sulfur, and manganese with one filter!
Rust stain, rotten egg smells and all kinds of smelly water are history with this filtration system.
Completely Chemical Free operation. No hazardous materials to work with.
Remove contaminants, odors, tastes, and turbidity from your water. Add a chemical feeder and remove tannins, iron bacteria and other organic contaminants.
A naturally mined ore, Pyrolox® is a
mineral form of manganese dioxide
which has been used in water treatment
for more than 75 years. Pyrolox is a
granular filtration media for hydrogen
sulfide, iron and manganese reduction.
Pyrolox functions as a catalyst, but itself
remains relatively unchanged.
Pyrolox works on a principle whereby
the hydrogen sulfide, iron and
manganese are oxidized and trapped on
the media while simple backwashing
cleans the bed. No chemical regeneration
is required, nothing is imparted into the
drinking water and Pyrolox has a high
capacity for low contaminant concentrations.
Pyrolox can be used in conjunction with
aeration, chlorination, ozone or other
pretreatment methods for difficult
applications. Chlorine or other oxidants
accelerate the catalytic reaction.
Because of its heavy weight, it is very
important that Pyrolox filters are
backwashed properly to insure adequate
bed expansion and continued service
ADVANTAGES
• Effective reduction of iron, sulfur
and manganese
• Durable material with long service
life and low annual attrition of bed
• No chemical regeneration required
only periodic backwashing
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
• Color: black
•Bulk Density: 125 lbs./cu. ft.
• Mesh Size: 8 x 20
• Effective Size: 0.51 mm
•Uniform Coefficient: 1.7
• Specific Gravity: 3.8
CONDITIONS FOR OPERATION
• pH: 6.5-9.0
• Bed depth: application dependent
• Backwash flow rate: 25-30 gpm per
sq. ft.
• Backwash expansion: 15-30% of
bed depth
• Service flow rate: 5 gpm/ sq. ft.
• Freeboard: 40% of bed depth (min.)
