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Pumps + Get AlertsThe patented Foambuster from Vaughan uses a glass-lined ductile iron nozzle combined with a stainless steel splashplate located below the nozzle to deflect the nozzle discharge and create a broad spray of sludge, which wets and breaks up foam forming on the surface of the digester. Digester sludge is pumped through the Foambuster by a chopper pump, and when used in conjunction with a tank mixing system, which produces a rotational mixing pattern in the tank, only one spray nozzle will be required for effective foam control.
The Foambuster nozzle, mounted above liquid level, may be mounted near the tank periphery and aimed radially inward towards the tank center. Alternatively, the spray nozzle/deflector may be mounted at or near the tank center and aimed radially outward at the tank outer wall. As the tank contents rotate beneath the spray nozzle, any foam present will be suppressed by the evenly dispersed spray pattern from the Foambuster.
When used without a Vaughan Rotamix mixing system, multiple Foambusters may be evenly distributed around the roof or on the walls of the tank to provide surface foam suppression. The velocity of the fluid flow from the nozzle controls the size of the spray pattern, and one style spray deflector will be suitable for all flow rates.
For more information, visit www.chopperpumps.com/products/specialty-products#Foambuster