%0 Journal Article %T Emprego de bomba multif¨¢sica como unidade geradora de microbolhas de ar em sistema de flota£¿£¿o aplicado ao pr¨¦-tratamento de efluente t¨ºxtil %A Pioltine %A Andre %A Reali %A Marco Antonio Penalva %J Engenharia Sanitaria e Ambiental %D 2011 %I Brazilian Association of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering %R 10.1590/S1413-41522011000200010 %X this paper presents the results of a research carried out that aims to evaluate the performance of a multiphase pump (mixture of air and water) applied to replace the saturator chamber in a flotation system located in a textile industry. in the pilot unit (hydraulic surface loading equal to 128.6 ¡À 10 m.d-1), it was verified that the best results in terms of removal efficiency of turbidity and apparent color (efficiency removal over 95%) were obtained for the essays performed with recirculation ratio equal to 30% and air supply of 13%. %K flotation %K multiphase pump %K treatment of textile effluent. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1413-41522011000200010&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en