Repeat Customer for Industrial Water Softener in Pennsylvania

After over 15 years of operation, one of Res-Kem's customers needed to replace their water softener systems and contacted us for help.

Dual 30" diameter Skid-Mounted Water Softener

Water treatment application:	Softener for boiler feed water
Savings and/or ROI the customer wants to achieve:	Replacing old system
Operating conditions:	24/7 operation, boiler make up
System configuration:	Dual alternating
Materials of construction:	30" diamter Steel tanks, skid mounted, Cast Iron Aquamatic valves Schedule 40 Black Iron Interconnecting Pipe
Threaded or welded:	Threaded
Type of valves and actuators:	Aquamatic V42 Series Cast Iron
Control philosophy:	Metered, Aquamatic controller

Additional Information:
Industrial Water Softener bulletin
Need system sizing help
Complete Res-Kem commercial and industrial water softener product line overview

Water Treatment Ecommerce Site Open For Business

Our new E-commerce Web Site for water treatment, http://reskem.ecolab.com is ready to accept orders for many of the replacement parts you need for your industrial water treatment system!  As a Guest user, you will have access to all of the parts at list price.  You can become a Registered User by contacting Res-Kem. In future posts, I will explain the Salesforce App we use called CloudCraze to make the storefront work!

Front Page of Ecommerce Site

One of the advanced features on our site are our "Interactive Drawings" for  the Pentair Fleck 2750, 2850, 2850S, 2900, 3150, 3900, 5600, 9000, 9100, and 9500 valves. You select the correct part clicking on the drawing and then putting it into your cart.  Pentair Fleck valves are very complex and the drawings make it easier to select the correct parts.

Interactive Drawing for Pentair Fleck 2750 Valve

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• All Pentair Fleck Valves & Parts
• All Aquamatic Controllers, Valve Nests, Valves & Parts
• Over 200 Cartridge Filters from multiple manufacturers
• Sample Coolers
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Coming soon, we will be adding:

• UV Bulbs, Sleeves and other replacement parts
• Filter Housings
• More Filter Manufacturers
• Filter Media
• Ion Exchange Resins
• Softeners, Carbon Filters, Multi-media Filters and Sand Filters up to 48" in diameter
• ...and more

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Condensate Polisher Shipped to Michigan

A condensate polisher for a district heating plant in Michigan was shipped last week. 


Dual Skid-Mounted Condensate Polisher for District Heating Plant in Michigan

Customer:	Utility District Heating
Water treatment application:	Condensate Polisher to scavenge trace hardness and iron
Expected savings:	Loss prevention keeping heat transfer surfaces clean and reliable for years of trouble free operation
System configuration:	Dual Parallel. On-Board Controller has a relay to indicate start and stop of regeneration process on each polisher vessel. The plants in house DCS system then ramps down the flow rate to each condensate polisher based upon regeneration schedule and times
Materials of construction:	Pressure vessels are 304 stainless steel with 125 psig ASME code stamped All face piping is welded and flanged Schedule 40 SS 304ss welded to B31.1 standards
Valve and actuators type	All automated valves are Bray valve Lug style for 150 ANSI flanges. Actuators are Bray pneumatic.
Control philosophy:	The utility didn’t want to reinvent a control scheme within their DCS, so the off the shelf controllers are being used locally to control both units. System parameters like individual tank flow and regeneration status are outputted to the plants DCS system.

For Additional Information:
Condensate polisher bulletin
Rental condensate polisher bulletin
Condensate polisher portfolio page
Boiler feed water checklist

Water Softener Shipped to Luxury Hotel in Delaware

Water softener for a new luxury hotel in Wilmington, Delaware was shipped from our Res-Kem Aston facility.  This system treats all the incoming Wilmington city water for the entire hotel including bathrooms, restaurant, etc.  With the special piping configuration, dual flowmeters and special Pentair NXT controller, the system operates in alternating, parallel or demand modes with simple programming changes.
 

150 gpm Continuous Water Softener System with
Carbon Steel Face Piping and Interconnecting Headers

Enduser	Water softener for a new luxury hotel in Wilmington, Delaware to treat all the incoming water for the entire building sold to through a local engineering firm
General water treatment application	Two large 48”X60” water softeners for removal of water hardness and iron.
Operating conditions	150 gpm continuous operation
System configuration	Dual ASME-Code 48” X 60” alternating softener tanks each with a separate Seametrics flowmeter 40 cu ft of 8% crosslinked softener resin per vessel 50” X 60” polypropylene brine tank
Materials of construction	Skid mounted Internally and externally epoxy coated, carbon steel pressure vessels Schedule 40 welded /flanged face piping
Type of valves and actuators	Cast iron, Series 42 Pentair Aquamatic diaphragm valves
System Control	Each softener has an Pentair Aquamatic NXT stager/controller Special piping, dual flowmeters and special controller allows for alternating, parallel or demand operation with simple programming changes
Special Features	System was skid mounted to allow for lifting of unit to the top floor of the building during construction

Additional Information:

Industrial water softener brochure

Commercial water softener brochure

Dual Tank Commercial water softener brochure

I need help sizing a water softener

Carbon and Multi-Media Filters Shipped to Eastern Pennsylvania Power Plant

Res-Kem shipped a multi-media filter and a carbon filter as pretreatment to an RO system.  Previously, this coal-fired power plant purchased a softener from Res-Kem. Also, we supply DI service vessels for post-RO polishing. 

Multi-Media Filter and Carbon Filter with Media Ready for Shipment

The general system arrangement is:

Well => Multi-Media Filter => Activated Carbon Filter => Softener => RO => Storage Tank => Service DI => To Use

What the company does	Coal fired electric generation plant
Water treatment application	Backwashable Multi-media filter Backwashable Activated carbon filter This water enters a previously provided Res-Kem softener which pretreats the water before entering the RO system
Operating conditions, e.g. flow, temp, continuous, etc.	The systems treat the plant’s well water. Inlet temperature approximately 55 F Flow rate 40 gpm
System configuration, e.g. # of tanks, standby units, etc.	Single, 48” ASME code 100 psig, tank multi-media filter Single, 48” ASME code 100 psig, activated carbon filter
Materials of construction of tanks, piping, valves, frame, media, etc.	Threaded carbon steel face piping PVC hub and laterals Res-Karb CS1240 activated carbon
Type of valves and actuators	Cast iron, Series 42, Aquamatic diaphragm valves
Control philosophy	Time clock backwashed multi-media filter using Aquamatic NXT stager/controller Time clock backwashed activated carbon filter Aquamatic NXT stager/controller

For Additional Information:
Multi-Media Filter Brochure
Activated Carbon Filter Brochure
Industrial Water Softener Brochure
For help specifying a system

Condensate Polishing System Shipped to University in Rhode Island

A condensate polisher was shipped last week to a university in Rhode island to treat their steam condensate to save energy, reduce water usage and reduce water treatment chemical usage.

Res-Kem Dual Tank Condensate Polishers Designed to Treat a Maximum of 300 gpm

What is the Res-Kem water treatment application?	Sodium cycle condensate polishing to remove iron and hardness
What are the operating conditions?	Flow: Maximum of 150 gpm/vessel Pressure: 30-100 psi Temperature: Maximum of 200F Continuous
What is the system configuration?	Dual tank, parallel operation 30” in diameter tanks
What ion exchange resin was used?	15 cubic feet of Purolite C-150 highly cross-linked macroporous cation exchange resin in each tank
Materials of construction?	304 SS ASME code with a 100 psig design pressure 304 SS Hub and Lateral Galvanized Schedule 40 Flanged and Threaded Face Piping
Type of Valves?	AquaMatic High Temperature diaphragm valves

Additional Information:
Listing of Condensate Polishers Built by Res-Kem
Online Catalog of Res-Kem Condensate Polishing Equipment
Condensate Polisher Technical Bulletin
Condensate Polisher Application Checklist 
Purolite C-150 Technical Bulletin
For Technical Help From a Res-Kem Sales and Application Engineer

Industrial Water Softener Shipped to Repeat Food Flavorings Customer in New Jersey

Res-Kem recently shipped a second 84 inch industrial water softener to the same food flavorings plant in southern New Jersey. The water treated by the water softener is used to make steam to sterilize the raw plant material prior to extraction and to extract the flavoring. The softener is the replacement to a second existing tank which has failed after 40 years of service.

Second 84"Water Softener prior to Shipment to Food and Flavorings Plant

Emptying and Removal of Old System:
Before the system was shipped, our service team coordinated their work with the company's mechanical contractor to remove the resin and gravel from the existing, corroded system. Our service team brought our trailer mounted diesel vacuum system to remove the media and prepare for disposal by the customer. After we were finished, the old system was cut apart for scrapping by the contractor.

Vacuum Trailer used to Remove Ion Exchange Resin
and Gravel from Existing Water Softener

New System:

The new system is an 84" diameter steel vessel and is finished in an epoxy coated interior and exterior. The customer asked us to change our normal blue color to red.  We hope to provide the white tank next fiscal year (do you see the theme??)  We also were asked to change the face piping to Schedule 10 304 stainless steel. As before, the valves are Bray valves with Bray air-to-air actuators. The system is controlled by an Aquamatic 962 controller. At this point, regeneration will be initiated manually when production will allow. To handle the existing uneven floor, four jack legs were provided.

System Operating Parameters:

Since most of the steam ends up in the plant matter and the extracted flavor ingredient, very little steam condensate is returned. This make the makeup flow very large. Each of the three softeners operate at 200 gpm and 80 psig. Because to the system's age, corrosion of the tanks and piping have become a maintenance nightmare.

Iron and Manganese Removal Filter Shipped to Westchester County HQ

Res-Kem recently shipped a 52 gpm dual tank greensand filter to a Westchester County New York corporate headquarters campus.  This filter uses greensand to remove dissolved and precipitated iron and manganese from the water coming from the local public water system.

Dual 36" Greensand Filters with
Bray 31 Valves and Bray Series 93 Pneumatic Actuators

Water Problem:

At a Westchester County corporate headquarters campus, about 4 to 5 times a year, our customer experiences water quality and quantity problems. The campus receives its water from a local public water supplier. High levels of iron and manganese are present within the public water distribution system, and peak flow events such as hydrant flushing or firefighting activities have caused brown water to be drawn into their water system. What exacerbates the problem is the campus is at the end of the water distribution system without looping.

Therefore, iron and manganese laden sediment accumulates the piping and is drawn into the campus drinking water system. Res-Kem designed and constructed a filtration system to remove iron and manganese from the drinking water, as well as a storage tank. The volume of the tank is 150,000 gallons which provides two days of storage in the event of a water emergency with the water supply.


System Solution:

Inlet Iron and Manganese:	Average Inlet Iron 0.22 mg/l Average Inlet Manganese 0.11 mg/ml
Flow Operating Conditions:	Typical: 52 gpm typical
System Configuration:	Dual Parallel 36" diameter ASME Code, carbon steel tanks Epoxy Lined, NSF 61 certified Schedule 80 PVC face piping Differential Pressure Switch initiated backwash Greensand Plus filtration media
Control Valves:	Bray Series 31 valves with Bray Series 93 actuators
System Operation:	Differential Pressure Switch initiates backwash cycle
Added Features:	Domestic water booster pumping system brings filtered water backwash to system Sodium Hypochlorite (NaOCL) serves as the chemical oxidant for the removal of iron and manganese in the filtration system. The NaOCL will be injected immediately upstream on the system influent piping header. Chemical dose will flow paced based from the signal from the filtration systems influent flow meter.

For Additional Information:
Technical bulletin on Res-Kem's Greensand/Greensand Plus filters
Online catalog for Greensand Filter Systems
Technical bulletin on Greensand Plus filtration media for iron and manganese removal

400 gpm Multi-Media Filters Shipped to Brewery in Pennsylvania

Res-Kem shipped a dual alternating multi-media to a brewery in northeastern Pennsylvania.  The each multi-media vessel has a design flow rate of 400 gpm and a peak flow rate of 510 gpm.  The system filters all the municipal water entering the plant for all applications including brewing.   



Dual 84" Diameter Multi-Media Filters

Design Features:

• Two 84" diameter ASME code vessels rated at 100 psig.  The internal coating is an FDA epoxy
• Aquamatic diaphragm are used
• External piping is Schedule 80 black iron pipe
• Each filter is controlled using an Aquamatic 948 controller which backwashes on a time basis

Closeup of Multi-Media Filter Before Shipment

For additonal information:

Res-Kem's Multi-Media Filter System Bulletin
Res-Kem's Complete Media Filtration Product Line
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