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Colorite hired an independent testing company to conduct numerous performance tests on our aeration tube in various environments (fresh water/salt water). All tests we conducted by GSEE, Incorporated. GSEE Inc. is a nationally recognized engineering firm. They are recognized as having the best testing facility in the United States for aeration products. Not only did they test our product, they tested a sample paddle wheel, which is the most popular aeration device on the market today. We believe you will find the results very compelling. As a brief overview, our tubing performed extremely well in all areas. However two of the most important numbers are the SOTR number and the SAE Wire number. The ability of an aeration device (here Colorite’s AeroTube™ or a paddle wheel) to transfer oxygen to water is expressed as the standard oxygen rate (SOTR) and the standard aerator efficiency (SAE) number. Normally SAE is expressed as pounds of oxygen per kilowatt-hour. Basically, SAE Wire is the electrical efficiency of the aeration device. In our fresh water test results listed, the AeroTube™ SAE Wire number exceeds the paddle wheel’s SAE Wire number by 2.6 times. Colorite’s AeroTube™ aeration tubing performed even better in the salt water test. Salt water has a higher density than fresh water. As a result, you can see how the AeroTube’s™ SAE Wire number steadily increases in the seven salt water tests as the salt content in the water rises (from 5,000mg to 35,000 mg). It starts at 6.71 (avg) at 5,000 mg/L NaCl and then reaches 12.44 (avg) at 35,000 mg/L NaCl. When you compare the paddle wheel and the AeroTube™ results head to head (35,000 mg/L NaCl tests), Colorite’s AeroTube™ exceeds the paddle wheel by 4.2 times. Why does our aeration tubing outperform the paddle wheel? Because all of the energy used to deliver the (air)oxygen that goes through our tubing goes directly into the water. However, the old-fashioned paddle wheel wastes energy by throwing water into the air to pick up its oxygen. Or put another way, “we put air in the water, not water in the air”. For more results, please download any of these tests PDF files listed below. Colorite Freshwater Test 1 (735KB PDF) Colorite Saltwater Test 5,000 mg/L NaCl (126KB PDF)
Colorite Saltwater Test 10,000 mg/L NaCl (126KB PDF)
Colorite Saltwater Test 15,000 mg/L NaCl (126KB PDF)
Colorite Saltwater Test 20,000 mg/L NaCl (126KB PDF)
Colorite Saltwater Test 25,000 mg/L NaCl (126KB PDF)
Colorite Saltwater Test 30,000 mg/L NaCl (126KB PDF)
Colorite Saltwater Test 35,000 mg/L NaCl (126KB PDF) Paddle Wheel Freshwater Test 1 (1.09 MB PDF)
Paddle Wheel Saltwater Test 1.9% NaCl (1.08 MB PDF)
Paddle Wheel Saltwater Test 35,000 mg/L NaCl (26KB PDF) Colorite vs Off-shore competitors (66KB PDF)
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