Mobile Dewatering Units
Containerised and skid-mounted dewatering packages combining centrifuge, polymer make-up and cake handling for rapid on-site deployment.
A mobile dewatering unit is a complete sludge-to-cake package in one container — decanter centrifuge, polymer make-up and dosing skid, feed pump, controls, and cake discharge, ready to be craned in and running on the same shift. Ideal for drilling waste campaigns, industrial upsets and municipal peak-load projects.
Paragon configures dewatering units around the actual sludge — thin activated sludge, oily slop, drilling fines, mining tailings — with the right centrifuge sizing, polymer chemistry and cake handling.
How it works
- 1Sludge is drawn from a holding tank by a positive-displacement feed pump and dosed with polymer in-line via a static mixer.
- 2Flocculated feed enters a decanter centrifuge where high G-force separates dewatered cake from clarified centrate.
- 3Cake discharges into a skip, screw conveyor or trailer; centrate returns to the plant inlet or is discharged per permit.
- 4The polymer make-up skid prepares fresh polymer solution on demand, correctly aged and dosed for the current sludge condition.
Typical specifications
Specifications indicative — actual configuration sized against your specific process.
Typical applications
- Drilling waste dewatering on remote pads
- Industrial WwTW peak-load and upset support
- Municipal biosolids emergency treatment
- Lagoon and pit clean-out projects
- Aquaculture and food-industry sludge management
Selection factors
Size against actual sludge, not nameplate
Vendor throughput assumes ideal feed. Real municipal WAS at 0.6% DS behaves nothing like industrial sludge at 4% DS. Insist on a jar test or pilot trial before committing to package size.
Polymer make-up is half the performance
Under-aged polymer, wrong concentration or wrong chemistry can halve cake dryness on the same centrifuge. Include a properly sized and ventilated make-up skid — not a bucket-and-mixer improvisation.
Cake handling matters at 3 AM
The cake has to go somewhere. Plan skip changeouts, conveyor lengths and haulage cycles before mobilisation. A dewatering unit that has to stop every hour to swap skips will never make its throughput target.
“The single biggest lever on a mobile dewatering unit is polymer conditioning. Same centrifuge, right polymer at right dose, cake dryness can jump five percentage points overnight.”
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Why Choose Paragon
30+ years of field experience
Our engineers have specified, commissioned and troubleshot equipment on projects across Europe, Africa, the Middle East and the Americas.
Independent technical advice
We are not tied to a single manufacturer — recommendations are driven by fit for your process, not by margin.
Global sourcing network
Trusted OEM and specialist aftermarket suppliers, with dual-sourced wear parts to protect you from lead-time risk.
Delivered ready to work
Inspection, testing, commissioning and technical support included — not left as an afterthought.
Responsive engineering support
One working-day response on technical enquiries, and hands-on troubleshooting when you need it.
Long-term client relationships
Most of our work comes from clients we've supported through multiple projects and equipment life cycles.
Need help specifying a mobile dewatering units?
Share your flow rate, feed characteristics and site constraints — our engineers will come back with a concrete configuration and budget within one working day.
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