The Air Jammer® aerator is a unique device for injecting atmospheric oxygen into wastewater. The Air Jammer® utilizes micron-size bubble diffusion along with hydraulic shear within a pressurized aeration chamber to produce a well mixed, highly oxygenated and conditioned liquid. Wastewater, the primary target, is pumped through the Air Jammer’s® high velocity nozzle at a hydraulic pressure of 20 psi. The resulting implosion and dramatic expansion thereafter shears the waste stream’s organic solids to macroscopic size and releases the embedded grease and gas bubbles trapped within the solids. The waste stream is then thoroughly mixed under pressure with aspirated air utilizing micron-size bubbles to produce an exceptional oxygen transfer to the liquid, resulting in a dramatically improved environment for biological activity and thus a more rapid degradation of wastewater contaminants.

Oxygen transfer rates as a percentage of these numbers will vary depending upon altitude,
temperature and the amount of oxygen in the liquid being treated.

* Flow rates other than these noted will work, but will change other operating paramaters.

The Air Jammer® is virtually maintenance free and exremely durable. It has no moving parts and is constructed from an aluminum alloy with specific portions made from PVC and polyurethane.

How circulation increases oxygen transfer:

1) Oxygen depletion normally occurs at the bottom of the water. By deep circulating and bringing the oxygen depleted water from the bottom to the surface, the normal oxygen transfer can take place. If the circulation pattern is deep enough, the oxygen-rich water is drawn back down to the bottom where it is most needed.

2) EPA manuals for waste pond operation show that through pond circulation the oxygen producing zone can be drawn down from a typical 6 - 18 inches to about 4 feet, thereby increasing direct oxygen production by over 2.5 times.

3) Typical surface scum and algae matting stops wave action and blocks photosynthesis. Circulation reduces surface encrustation and matting, thereby increasing oxygen transfer.

1) The Air Jammer® has an excellent oxygen transfer to water/wastewater. As water is pumped through the Air Jammer unit, at specified rates and pressure, a vacuum is created at the air induction ports on each side of the unit. The vacuum created is equal to approximately twice the atmospheric pressure that water and people are subjected to, 28 PSI. This pressure forces the atmospheric oxygen into the water. Once this occurs the oxygen can only be removed from the water by biological uptake from the waste stream or boiling of the water. As wastewater is pumped through the unit, organics that are in the waste stream are sheared into macroscopic size and thoroughly mixed with the oxygenated water. This shearing of organics into smaller particles allows bacteria to digest them easier.

2) The oxygen transfer stated above for Air Jammer® units is equal to: