Sometimes, the best way to dispose of certain types of wastewater is to get it up in the air and evaporate it. Let’s start with the basics on what makes a good wastewater evaporation process work:

• The amount of surface area you make from each gallon of water matters. The smaller the droplets the more surface area you get out of the water. The more surface area, the faster the evaporation. The smaller the droplets, also the slower they fall back to earth. More time suspended means more time to evaporate.
• The amount of air you can mix with the water matters. Great air mixing is CRITICAL! You can only evaporate enough water to saturate the air. No matter how fine the drops or how high you spray them, if the air saturates with humidity, you’re done evaporating. A high volume airflow that is highly turbulent to mix with and entrain surrounding air will increase your evaporation rates.
• How many gallons per minute you can move matters. If you have 20 million gallons of water to evaporate, what good is an evaporator that can do one or 2 gallons per minute? The array at right is shown attomizing approximately 64 gallons per minute. later improvements allowed it to reach over 80 GPM

Advantages:

• Highly resistant to wear and clogging.
• Can spray mud and suspended particulates
• Resistant to salts, lime, and dissolved solids
• encrusted parts can be cleaned and reused

Typical atomizer configuration: For raw atomizing and air power, with the most rugged durability, our PT100 Air-assisted and guarded, hydraulic drive atomizers (shown at left) are generally indicated. With a maximum airflow of 10,000 CFM (300 cmm) of highly turbulent air, and a maximum water capacity of 6 gallons per minute, each atomizer is capable of spraying over 8500 gallons (33,000 liters) per day.

An array of PT100 atomizers can make quick work of your wastewater. A 1 million gallon pond (1 acre, 3’ deep) could be evaporated in as little as 1 month with a 4 atomizer array, or 2 weeks with 8 atomizers.