Anaerobic breakdown takes place in the primary settlement chamber where the wastewater is introduced and the solids drop to the bottom becoming separated from the liquid. This is the first stage in improving the water quality.
Aerobic breakdown takes place in the aeration chamber where masses of naturally occurring bacteria inhabit specially designed filter media. These bacteria are sustained with air which is continuously supplied from a purpose built pump in the top section of the unit. As the liquid flows slowly through the filter media the bacteria feed
on the waste thus removing it from the liquid.
The liquid now flows from the aeration chamber into the final settlement chamber. Suspended sludge consisting of bacteria is carried with the liquid into this stage and settles to the bottom of the final settlement chamber where a continuous sludge return system pumps it back to Chamber 1. The
remaining treated liquid now meets the required standard to be safely passed out of the Tricel unit.
- EN 12566-3 European Certified which ensure compliance across the EU
- Easy to install
- Low maintenance costs
- Low running costs
- Easily de-sludged
- Quiet in operation
- Manhole risers available to suit varying site conditions
- Site assessments available to meet planning requirements
- Maintenance contracts available
- Underground installation allows minimal visual impact
The Tricel® Bio System was put through a rigorous 38-week test program by the certified laboratory
PIA GmbH-Testing Institute for Wastewater Technology in Aachen, Germany. As a result of having successfully
passed these tests the Tricel® Bio systems are now approved to the New European standard EN 12566-3
"Small wastewater treatment systems for up to 50PT - Part-3; Packaged and/or site assembled domestic
waste water treatment plants". Structural testing (leak test, crush test & durability test) was carried
out by PIA staff our headquarters in Killarney and the range of tanks up to P50 successfully passed all
of the required tests.
This together with the biological tests carried out in Aachen on the Tricel® system gives us the
confidence that our product is still the best in the business with a treatment efficiency of 95.7%
for BODS and 95.4% for S:S.
