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Katalox-Light®
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Katalox-Light® is a new brand of revolutionary advanced filtration
media completely developed in Germany. It‘s composition
simply makes it outstanding against the contemporary filter
media available in water treatment industries, like sand, BIRM,
Greensand Plus, Manganese Greensand etc. Katalox-Light® is
manufactured in Germany.
Katalox-Light® is engineered with unique MnO2 coating technique
on ZEOSORB®, providing it light weight, higher filtration surface,
more service life and more reliable performance (filtration down to
3 μm) than any other existing granular filter media.
Katalox-Light® is being used in numerous system for residential,
commercial, industrial and municipal applications worldwide, for
High level filtration, color and odor removal, Iron, Manganese,
Hydrogen sulfide removal, efficient reduction of Arsenic, Zinc,
Copper, Lead, Radium, Uranium and other radionuclides and
heavy metals.
Advanced use - High concentration coating of MnO2 on the
Katalox-Light® surface (10%) is the biggest advantage compared
to any similar product available in the market. This makes the
oxidation and co-precipitation of contaminants much more
effective. For removal of very high concentration of contaminant
it‘s recommended to use H2O2 as an oxidizer, which provides
accelerated catalytic oxidation on the surface of the media.
Conventional oxidizing agents like chlorine or potassium
permanganate also could be used if required.
Katalox-Light® can be used for Arsenic, Radium, Uranium
removal but in these cases there is requirement of Iron in the
water. Katalox-Light® system is designed with special iron dosing
technology which has many advantages over Adsorbent media used
for Heavy Metal removal.
Recommended Operating Conditions
Inlet Water pH ........................................................................5.8 – 10.5
Freeboard........................................................................................ 40%
Minimal Bed Depth.............................................................. 29.5 inches
Optimal Bed Depth..................................................................47 inches
Service Flow ....................................................................4 – 8 gpm/ ft2
Backwash Velocity** ....................................................10 – 12 gpm/ ft2
Backwash Time** ..........................................................10 – 15 minutes
Rinse Time** .....................................................................2 – 3 minutes
** Note: Starred parameters could be more or less in some
cases depending on inlet parameters.
Physical Chemical Properties
Appearance ..........................................................Granular black beads
Odor ...............................................................................................None
Mesh Size ....................................................................................14 x 30
Uniformity Coefficient ...................................................................≤ 1.75
Bulk Density ........................................................................... 66 lb / ft3
Moisture Content .................................................... < 0.5 % as shipped
Filtration ................................................................................ < 3 micron
Loading Capacity
for Fe2+ alone ..................................................... 85000 mg/ft3 (aprx)
for Mn2+ alone .....................................................42500 mg/ft3 (aprx)
for H2S alone ....................................................... 14000 mg/ft3 (aprx)
Katalox-Light® is Certified to NSF/ANSI-61
standard for drinking water applications and
has met the ANSI/NSF 372
Katalox-Light® - Manufacturer's Stated Removal Rates
Iron .................................................................................... up to 30ppm
Hydrogen Sulfide ...............................................................up to 10ppm
Manganese......................................................................... up to 15ppm
Katalox-Light® (for Hydrogen Sulfide, Iron and Manganese reduction)
Pallet quantity - 40 bags per pallet
KATALOX
1 Cubic Foot Bag (66 lbs)
KATALOX-50-BOX
1/2 Cubic Foot Box
KATALOX-100-BOX
1 Cubic Foot Box
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