Collection: Media Reactors

Reactor versus media bag

A bag of carbon in a sump depends on whatever current happens to reach it, and water will route around a packed bag rather than through it. A reactor settles the question: flow goes in one end and out the other, so everything passing the pump passes the media. Changing an exhausted charge is a quick job at the reactor rather than a hunt through the sump.

What this category holds

• Canister reactor bodies across a spread of volumes for carbon and GFO.
• Modular systems pairing one dock with interchangeable bodies.
• Biopellet reactors in an in-sump (INT) format.
• Packages supplied with a matched feed pump.
• Service parts: o-rings, foam disks, extension kits, media adaptors.

Flow and sizing

Granular media such as carbon and GFO is normally run slow, with the bed barely lifting, because hard tumbling grinds granules down into fines. Biopellets are the reverse and want the bed turning over as a whole. Take body volume from system volume and from the dose the media calls for, and fit a valve on the feed line so the rate can be trimmed after installation.