Brochure

Why Choose a Trapzilla
®
Grease Interceptor?
Commercial kitchens need grease interceptors to remove grease
from their wastewater streams. Without them, grease can build
up in plumbing and sewers. That jeopardizes normal kitchen
operations, creates health and safety problems, and can lead to
costly nes.
Trapzilla
®
Grease Interceptors have several advantages over
other systems.
High Capacity
Trapzilla interceptors use most of their interior volume to store
grease while other interceptors can only be filled to 25%. Our
smallest model can hold more than 160 pounds of grease and
our innovative TZ-1826 can hold as much as a conventional
1,000-gallon interceptor.
High Efficiency
Even as they fill to capacity, Trapzilla interceptors continue to
remove grease from wastewater. Other interceptors become
dramatically less efficient.
Compact Size
Trapzilla’s innovative design enables it to store more grease in a
small volume. Trapzilla Grease Interceptors can be installed in
spaces other grease traps don’t fit.
Flexible Installation Options
Trapzilla can be installed in the ground, on the floor of a
basement, or even between floors of a building. Its lightweight,
compact design allows it to be maneuvered into position with
minimal labor.
Durability
Trapzilla Grease Interceptors are made of durable, corrosion-
resistant polyethylene, giving them a long life. All Trapzilla
Grease Interceptors come with a limited lifetime warranty.
Cost Efficiency
Because of its installation flexibility, Trapzilla Grease Interceptors
often have lower total cost of ownership than other interceptors.
This minimizes the cost of complying with wastewater
pretreatment regulations.
Trapzilla
®
Models:
Durable, failure-resistant unibody design.
The main tank including the inlet and outlet are constructed of a single piece of rotationally molded polyethylene. Inlet and
Outlet piping is secured using a patented interior radial compression ring. Some interceptors use PVC piping attached via
glue or clips to a storage tank, creating the risk of failure at those attachment points during routine servicing. Trapzilla’s
unibody design is stronger and more durable.
Horizontal baes that boost eciency.
The interior horizontal bae keeps turbulence inside the Trapzilla models below the trapped grease. That helps keeps
separation eciency high (above 99%) even as it lls with trapped grease. Previously separated grease is retained in the
upper chamber and is not subject to the eects of emulsied ows or hydrolysis which pulls grease out of traditional
passive interceptors.
Sloped bottoms reduce buildup.
In many at-bottomed, square interceptors, grease is literally trapped in the bottom corners and builds up. This lowers the
eciency of those units and reduces the amount of grease they can collect between pumpings. Trapzilla’s sloped bottom
prevents that build-up and helps keep eciency in the unit high — allowing it to hold a higher percentage of its volume
in grease between pumpings.
TZ-400
TZ-600
TZ-1826-ECA
TZ-160
Traditional concrete interceptors are usually pumped out after only 25% of their volume is full, or they won’t keep fats
and oils out of sewers. Trapzilla systems are designed to hold a majority of their volume in grease before they must be
pumped out.
The TZ-1826, for example, is designed to hold 91% of its volume in grease.
After 41 hours of testing to the ASME Standard, with 1,826 pounds of retained grease, the TZ-1826’s accumulated eciency
was still 99.2% – even at 100 gallon per minute test conditions. This allows the TZ-1826 to hold nearly a ton of fat, oil and
grease in a volume of 274 gallons – one-fourth the size of a 1,000-gallon concrete interceptor with a similar grease capacity.
The TZ-1826 also holds almost 70% more grease than any other hydromechanical interceptor of comparable size.
Efficiency that lasts.
BEST IN CLASS SEPARATION & RETENTION EFFICIENCY
On Drop 92, the Trapzilla retained a total of 1,826 lbs. In comparison, the like-sized alternative
failed after drop 58 with just 1,106 lbs retained
(Tested to ASME A112.14.3)
See the test in action at www.thermaco.com/about-trapzilla/bigtz
100%
19.9
158.5
297.8
437.3
576.8
716.3
1,134.4
1,273.5
1,412.5
1,550.7
1,689.0
1,826.7
90%
80%
Drop 58
70%
60%
50%
GREASE
RETAINED (LBS.)
LIKE-SIZED ALTERNATIVE
TZ-1826
INCREMENTAL SEPARATION EFFICIENCY
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© 2016 • Thermaco, Inc
[e-mail] / www.trapzilla.com / 1-800-633-4204
© 2016 • Thermaco, Inc