How many yards per hour can the Total Clean System Dewater?
A flow rate of 3000 gpm of a 20% by weight sand slurry would produce 171 tons per hour. The limiting factor here is what the dredge is pumping. It has been our experience that the dredging operations are not capable of maintaining a 20% solids slurry, but if they could the Total Clean will handle it up to 3000 gpm. The Total Clean obviously cannot remove more than what is pumped to it. Flow rates in excess of 3000 gpm tend to push lighter solids through the system so that they bypass the Hydrocyclones. This is due to the fact that we cannot build the Total Clean tank bigger than what can be hauled down the road. For flow rates greater than 3000 gpm multiple Total Cleans can be used in parallel to alleviate this problem.
