Case Studies & Downloads
SAF® vs DAF Results
Report, as written by SEH, for Austin, MN.
SAF® Helps Fieldale Farms Overcome Wastewater Treatment Challenges
A New Pretreatment Technology
Case Study: Suspended Air® Flotation
by Simmons Foods
Texas A&M University Bio-Digesters
Graton, CA Case Study
SAF® was brought in to achieve results that were otherwise impossible at a Graton, CA water treatment facility.
Anaerobic and Aerobic Solids Thickening: Case Study
SAF® Pilot Trailer: Digested sludge, sludge thickening case study.
SAF® Flow Diagrams
Flow diagrams show how SAF® fits into your treatment plan. We have diagrams for industrial and municipal configurations.
SAF® vs. DAF - Brewery Edition
See how SAF® performs vs. DAF in a standard brewery configuration.
TPO Magazine Article
Heron is featured in TPO Magazine.
SAF® | Metcalf & Eddy
Read about Suspended Air® Flotation and why it is possible to treat a higher capacity, more efficiently, and with less operating cost.
TPO Magazine: Suspended Air® for Algae Control
Suspended Air® Flotation for Algae Control
Applying Aphron Technology
Innovation in air flotation leads to solid alternative to a legacy process. by G. Tchobaoglous, H. Leverenz & Dan Zeller
Thickening Activated Sludge with SAF®
Suspended Air® Flotation (SAF®) efficiently thickens activated sludge, reducing disposal volumes and improving biosolids management.
Heron Innovators, Inc., established 1998
The innovation behind Suspended Air® Flotation (SAF®) was invented by the late Dr. Felix Sebba in 1975. Since then, the engineering and science team at Heron Innovators has advanced this technology establishing flotation without dissolved air® as the next level in liquid/solid separation for water and wastewater treatment and solids thickening.
Since Heron Innovators is located in California's agricultural Central Valley, Suspended Air® Flotation (SAF®)'s first installations were in the food processing industry. Installations have expanded to other industries across the U.S., Mexico, and Canada. The SAF® process is applied anywhere physical/chemical separation via flotation is a viable solution to water quality. SAF® advances previous traditional process systems (i.e. dissolved air flotation, DAF, induced air flotation, IAF, Induced Gas Flotation, IGF, enhanced clarification, cavitation air flotation, CAF, and other micro-bubble generators) through flotation without dissolved air®.
