Res-Kem New Britain and Hurricane Sandy

Res-Kem New Britain will be pulling our Connecticut delivery drivers off of the road. The State of Connecticut is putting a truck ban into effect by 11:00 AM today for limited access highways.  At 1:00 PM, all CT state highways will be closed for all non-emergency personnel.  We will be closing the New Britain office at 12:00pm today.  We anticipate being open tomorrow.  As power permits, we are working remotely from our homes. You may leave a message on at 800-358-1983 or send an email to sales@reskem.com. We will respond as soon as possible.

For our DI exchange customers, we prepared for Hurricane Sandy by working additional shifts over the weekend. When we are allowed to be safely on the roads, we will resume deliveries. Thank you for your patience.

Res-Kem Aston and Hurricane Sandy

Due to the arrival of Hurricane Sandy, the Aston, PA office of Res-Kem will be closed on October 29.  We anticipate reopening on October 30. You are welcome to leave a message at 800-323-1983 or email us at sales@reskem.com.

Rental Condensate Polishers Now Available

Skid-Mounted, Rental Sodium Cycle Condensate Polishers are available for deployment with preconfigured systems in single, double, triple and quadruple module deisgns to treat condensate return for reuse as boiler feedwater. All wetted parts for Res-Kem Condensate Polishers are 316 stainless steel. Single units are rated for flows up to 210 gpm. Use multiple modules in parallel to treat flows up to 840 gpm. 

Res-Kem is offering a rental option because companies who want to immediately begin to saving money recovering waste heat, reducing water usage, and reducing water chemical usage may not have sufficient capital.

Res-Kem CPR-2 Rental Condensate Polisher
Designed to Treat up to 420 gpm

STANDARD FEATURES:

•Skid Mounted Units With Flows up to 840 gpm
•All 316L Stainless Steel Wetted Parts
•Welded Components Media Blasted and Passivated
•ASME Code Stainless Steel Vessel Designed for 100 psig
•Factory Assembled Schedule 40 316 Stainless Flanged and ASME Section IX Welded Valve Nest
•Stainless Hub and Wedge Wire Screened Lateral Underdrain
•NEMA 4XFG Electrical Enclosure
•Differential Pressure Switch
•Flow Sensor
•Automatic Fast Rinse and Backwash Flow Controller
•Separate Cold Water Connection for Regeneration Cycles
•High capacity, High Crosslinked Macroporous Cation Resin
•Stainless Steel Resin Trap
•Water Sample Cooler
•Manual Isolation Valves and Bypass Piping

INCLUDED SERVICES:
•Monthly site service visit to insure proper operation
•Yearly resin cleaning to maximize system efficiency
•Resin replacement every three years included

ADVANTAGES:
•Quick ROI by Reclaiming Waste Heat and Increasing Cycles
•Cold Water Regeneration Saves Heated Water
•Standard Designs Reduce Cost and Delivery Time
•Passivated Flanged and Welded Piping for Corrosion Resistance
•High Strength Resin Selected for Long Life

OPTIONS:
•Pressure Relief Valve
•Allen Bradley PLC

For Additional Information:
Rental condensate polisher bulletin
Technical help sizing and selecting a condensate polisher
Entire Res-Kem Condensate Polisher Product Line

Arc Flash Training Held at Res-Kem

Arc flash training, an OSHA required session to help identify the risks around working with electrical and signal wires, was given to twenty people with our organization.  It helps the technicians fully understand the risks, and how to determine if there is any stored energy before starting work.

Injuries that can result from an arc flash:

• Burns
• Respiratory system damage
• Hearing damage
• Skin penetration from flying debris
• Eye and face injuries

We covered the risks with performing the work, Lock-Out Tag-Out (LOTO,) testing methods and Personal Protection Equipment (PPE). The twenty people trained included plant and field personnel that have not yet completed this certification class, including field service technicians, in-house assembly personnel, and field sales engineers.

What is an arc flash?

According to Wikipedia:

"An arc flash is an electric arc supplied with sufficient electrical energy to cause substantial damage, fire or injury. ...  Arc flash temperatures can reach or exceed 35,000 °F or approx 20,000 °C at the arc terminals. The massive energy released in the fault rapidly vaporizes the metal conductors involved, blasting molten metal and expanding plasma outward with extreme force. A typical arc flash incident can be inconsequential but could conceivably easily produce a more severe explosion ... .  The result of the violent event can cause destruction of equipment involved, fire, and injury not only to the worker but also to nearby people."

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.

Second Condensate Polishing System Shipping to a North Carolina University

Res-Kem is shipping the second of two condensate polishing systems to a leading private university in North Carolina next week.  This is the second of two systems sold to this same university in the past year and a half.  This system treats 400 gpm of dirty condensate.

Res-Kem's Dual 54 inch Sodium Cycle Cycle Condensate Polishers

To improve the ROI, through energy savings, this system is designed with a separate source of cold water for backwash, brine draw and slow rinse.

What is the Res-Kem water treatment application?	Sodium cycle condensate polishing to remove iron and hardness
What are the operating conditions?	Flow: 400 gpm Pressure: 30-100 psi Temperature: 200F Continuous
What is the system configuration?	Dual tank, parallel operation 54” in diameter tanks
What ion exchange resin was used?	47 cubic feet of Purolite C-150 highly cross-linked macroporous cation exchange resin in each tank
Materials of construction?	316 SS ASME code with a 150 psig design pressure 316 SS Hub and Lateral 316 SS Subsurface Wash Distributor 316 SS Schedule 40 Welded face piping
Type of Valves and Actuators?	Bray McCannalok Series 41 with Series 93 pneumatic actuators with manual override
Special Features?	Subsurface wash Cold water used for separate source backwash, brine draw and slow rinse Condensate fast rinse 316 Stainless resin traps after each system

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

Amazing Craftsmanship of Condensate Polisher from Res-Kem

I need to acknowledge the excellent, American craftsmanship which goes into our condensate polishers!  It may be the engineer in me, because this is an amazing piece of work!  My kudos go to:

• Tony, our Lead Design Engineer who had to design the vessel, the vessel penetrations, pad flanges, internal clips and its internals with amazing accuracy (and I am certain a few sleepless nights!). 
• Shane, our Lead Assembly Person who had to go into this vessel and assemble Tony's creation, piece by piece day after day. 

This attention to detail is particularly admirable when it is likely no one will see ever see these distributors, header and laterals again! 

As we know, the things you cannot see separate the highest quality product from others.     



Condensate Polisher Internal Components in 316 L Stainless Steel from Res-Kem



 You are looking from the top of this photo to the bottom:

• Inlet distributor
• Brine Distributor
• Sub-surface was distributor
• Hub and Lateral underdrain

You have too realize everything you see takes place in a 54 inch diameter tank that is approximately 84 inches tall!  Shane had to squeeze through a 14 inch x 18 inch elliptical manway and Bill, who assisted Shane, had to give each piece to Shane through the same manway!

For more information:
Technical bulletin on Res-Kem's Condensate Polishers
Res-Kem's Condensate Polisher Portfolio Page of Recent Equipment
Checklist to Properly Size Your Condensate Polisher
If you need technical help

Growing DI Exchange Business Means Additional DI Tanks Needed

As the number of customers continues to increase for our deionized water exchange service, Res-Kem General Water continues to heavily invest in new DI (deionization) tanks and mixed bed ion exchange resin.  We just received our first of three shipments of our all stainless steel DI12 and DI30 tanks.  Res-Kem continues to have the largest fleet of stainless steel deionization exchange tanks on the East Coast.  

All Stainless Steel Service DI Tanks Received at Res-Kem for Growing DI Exchange Business

These exchange tanks and resin are used to produce high purity to ultrapure water for many industries including power, cogeneration, beverages, electronics, semiconductors, universities, corporate research campuses, pharmaceuticals, and manufacturers of most any type where high purity water is used in the product or touches the product.

Locations Served:
Res-Kem will use these primarily for customers in our southern region which includes New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, DC, Virginia and North Carolina out of our Aston, PA and Colonial Heights, VA locations.

Also, we have a large fleet of DI tanks serving our northern region New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine out of our New Britain, CT and Avon, MA locations.

For More Information:On Res-Kem General Water's DI Exchange Service
Technical and/or sales questions

Genetic Research Facility Will Reap the Benefits of Installing All Stainless-Steel Condensate Polisher

Kevin Preising shares how a large genetic research facility in New England will realize the benefits of a new Res-Kem single vessel Condensate Polisher. The unit will reduce the amount of iron deposits the facility was experiencing in their boiler tubes, which prolongs the life of the tubes and provides significant long-term fuel savings.
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For Additional Information:

For help sizing a system contact Kevin Preising
Condensate Polisher Checklist - Web Page
Condensate Polisher Checklist - Printable Version
CP Product Bulletin
View our CP System Portfolio

Greensand Filters Shipped to Western PA Water Plant

A western Pennsylvania, small private water utility, recently received four greensand filters to replace the filters that were failing.  Unable to get the original manufacturer to provide new, duplicate units, our customer found our website. 



Four New Greensand Filters and Greensand Media Ready for Shipment to Water Utility



Because of State regulations, the systems and their operation needed to be as close to the original as possible, otherwise new permits would be required.  Since Greensand is in very, very short supply, the media was changed to Greensand Plus from the same manufacturer.  Sodium hypochlorite is used to continuously oxidize dissolved iron in the water coming into the filters.  Also, these filters are very unique because they are much shorter than we normally manufacture.  Our normal tank straightside is 60".  These tanks are 36" straightside.  

Three of Four Existing Manual Greensand Filters Showing Tank Corrosion

What does the company do? Public water

What is the Res-Kem water treatment application? Green sand filter to removed dissolved iron


What are the savings and/or ROI the customer wants to achieve? Not applicable.  The customer is replacing old existing system with identical system


What are the operating conditions, e.g. flow, temp, continuous, etc.? 60 gpm, Well Water Intermittent Flow

What is the system configuration, e.g. # of tanks, standby units, etc.? Four greensand filters in parallel operation


Materials of construction of tanks, piping, valves, frame, etc.? ASME Code Steel Tanks, 6’ Diameter X 36” Shell straight-side , PVC glued with manual ball valves


Type of valves and actuators? Manual ball valves


Control philosophy? Backwash as required based upon differential pressure

Special Features? Short fat tanks, required to fit tight area

For Additional Information:
Greensand Filter Technical Bulletin
Greensand Plus Technical Data
For help sizing a new filter
For help repairing or rebedding a Greensand Filter