Jellyfish Filter System Operations & Functions - Contech Jellyfish Owner's Manual

Chapter 2
2.0 – Jellyfish Filter System Operations and Functions
The Jellyfish Filter is an engineered stormwater quality treatment technology that removes a high level and wide variety
of stormwater pollutants. Each Jellyfish Filter cartridge consists of eleven membrane - encased filter elements ("filtration
tentacles") attached to a cartridge head plate. The filtration tentacles provide a large filtration surface area, resulting in high
flow and high pollutant removal capacity.
The Jellyfish Filter functions are depicted in Figure 1 below.
FIGURE 1
Influent Pipe
Jellyfish Filter cartridges are backwashed after each peak storm event, which removes accumulated sediment from the
membranes. This backwash process extends the service life of the cartridges and increases the time between maintenance
events.
For additional details on the operation and pollutant capabilities of the Jellyfish Filter please refer to additional details on our
website at www.ContechES.com.
Jellyfish Filter Treatment Functions
Membrane Filtration
Section View with Maintenance Access Wall (MAW) Cutaway
Floatables
Collection
Particles Settling
Effluent Pipe
Filtered Water
Particles FIltered
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