Particles Removal in Freshwater Protein Skimmers

Particles Removal in Freshwater Protein Skimmers

Freshwater Farms, specifically salmon farmers, requested MAT to develop a Freshwater Protein Skimmer able to perform in fresh and brackish water conditions and installed in salmon pre-smolt stage tanks.

Our equipment is designed from scratch and delivers the best quality of protein removal from any other equivalent foam fractionator in the market. Better water quality results to more fish and feed in the same pool. The protein skimmer can perform as an add-on to the existing filtration setup.

By adding a protein skimmer to the hatchery filtration RAS, the farm aims for 20% or more enhancement of water quality and significant improvement in biomass capacity per tank, by better mechanical filtration and higher oxygen levels. The protein skimmer / fractionator produces fine and thick constant air bubbles in order to generate sufficient skimming. It is designed to be installed in pre-smolt stage freshwater tanks. This is the stage that farms seek to optimize water parameters to achieve maximum salmon growth.

Holly spent testing different venturi injectors on skimmer bodies while feeding tank water with special venturi pumps to obtain the needed pressure, velocity, flow and achieve high levels of air infusion into the water cyclone within the skimmer body. After many trials and FEA studies our fresh water protein skimming is now achieving equal, if not better to salt water viscous results. The new freshwater protein skimmer has an upgraded body, high efficiency protein cap collector, higher head pump, new specially designed Venturi and optionally, we offer foam level automated controllers. The new automation is a must have addition for those farms that seek to operate under controlled fresh water conditions.