摘要 |
A baffle system for use in a clarifier tank having a tank bottom, a periphery an d a substantially vertical peripheral wall bounding the interior of the tank is fo rmed by a plurality of individual and cooperatively-engageable baffles mounted on the peripheral tan k wall. Each baffle includes a panel member that downwardly slopes from the peripheral tank w all toward the interior of the tank and the tank bottom and terminates at a lower ledge dispose d in spaced relation above the tank bottom. A first lateral end of the panel member unitaril y carries an end bracket securable to the peripheral wall for supporting the panel member in a ca ntilevered fashion. The plural baffles are disposed in end-to-end relation about the periph eral tank wall such that the second lateral end of the panel member of each baffle is secured t o the end bracket of the next-adjacent baffle whereby each end bracket supports the panel members of each set of two immediately-adjacent baffles on the peripheral wall. The resulting baffle sy stem provides a smoothly continuous, inwardly and downwardly sloping surface along which solid s precipitated from the liquid-solid suspension contained in the clarifier tank are gravitation ally-directed to the tank bottom. |