
ORIVAL, INC. • 213 S. Van Brunt St. • Englewood, NJ 07631 • (201) 568-3311
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SECTION 2 - OPERATING PRINCIPLES
A. Normal Flow Pattern - Clean Screen
The raw water enters the filter’s inlet and passes through a cylindrical PVC coarse
screen with a series of 9 mm diameter holes. This is the first stage of filtration. This
prevents passage of any large particles that may damage the fine screen or prevent the
dirt collector assembly from moving.
The water then enters the second stage of filtration, where the fine screen is located.
This cylindrical screen consists of woven stainless steel wire mesh secured and
supported by the inner surface of a perforated PVC cylinder. As the water passes
through this screen from the inside out, suspended solids are trapped and accumulate,
creating a "cake" of dirt on the inner surface of the screen. This cake produces a finer
filtration than the screen itself, increasing the filter’s particle removal capability.
The build-up of cake also creates an increasing pressure differential across the screen.
The DPS senses this differential pressure, and its normally open and common contacts
are closed once the factory preset differential pressure is reached. The Controller
monitors this contact closure and the Controller initiates an automatic rinse cycle based
on high DP.
B. Rinse Cycle Flow Pattern
When the Controller senses DPS contact closure it energizes the coil of a 2-way,
normally closed Solenoid Valve. The energized Solenoid Valve relieves pressurized
water from the control stage of the two-stage pressure manifold that in turn vents the
upper chamber of a 2’’ diaphragm rinse valve causing the valve to open. On filters with
two or three rinse valves, all valves open. Also, pressure on the piston head of the
hydraulic piston (if so equipped) is vented to drain. This venting initiates the rinsing
cycle.
As the rinse valve(s) open, the pressure in the hydraulic motor chamber is reduced to
near atmospheric pressure. As a result, water begins flowing through the dirt collector
nozzles, along the dirt collector tube, out the hydraulic motor and to the drain through
the open rinse valve(s). The pressure differential created at the nozzles provides a spot
backwashing effect, drawing a portion of the water back through the screen and
removing the accumulated solids. The water passing through the dirt collector assembly
is ejected out of the holes in the hydraulic motor, imparting a rotational movement to the
dirt collector assembly. In addition, on the models equipped with a hydraulic piston, the
dirt collector assembly begins to move longitudinally, allowing the nozzles to sweep the
entire screen area in a helical fashion. Those models not equipped with a hydraulic
piston have a dirt collector assembly designed to sweep the entire screen area without
the need for longitudinal motion.