200gpm Condensate Polisher for Major Chemical Company

Res-Kem will be shipping a 200 gpm condensate polisher for a large chemical company later this week.

Using our standard all stainless steel condensate polisher design, the system was customized to meet the customer's specific requirements. The tanks are ASME code tanks with a design pressure of 125 psig. All piping is welded stainless steel face piping and headers. Bray butterfly valves with Emerson Field Q Pneumatic actuators was customer specified. The controls will be provided by the customer.

Water Treatment Service Center Opened in Virginia

Res-Kem now has a service center in Colonial Heights, Virginia! Located just south of Richmond, we can now send out service DI bottles within a 150 minute driving radius. We service an area east to the Virginia Beach, north to Washington, DC, west to Lynchburg, and south to Greenville, North Carolina.

Also, we can perform break/fix, installation and repair services with the parts stored in the service center's warehouse. We can remove/repair/refill all sizes of media filter, ion exchange systems, and softeners.

Res-Kem General Water regenerates and delivers large and small deionized (DI) water tank systems. The flow rate through individual banks of deionized water tanks ranges from 1 gpm to 150 gpm. The DI tanks range in size from 0.25 cubic feet to 30 cubic feet.

Pentair Residential Filtration Raising Prices

Pentair announced last month they will be raising prices on all of their products on January 1, 2011. The percentage increase varies depending upon the product group or groups you purchase. Unfortunately, we will have to pass on these increases. Since we will be taking an end-of-year inventory, we need to ship by December 22, 2010 to hold the current price. Please look at your inventories of:

• Fleck valves and parts
• Autotrol valves and parts
• Aquamatic valves and parts
• Structural Tanks

and plan accordingly.

Aquamatic Valve Page Added

A separate web page, http://www.reskem.com/pages/aquamatic-valve-controls.php, was added to the Res-Kem website dedicated to AquaMatic diaphragm valves, AquaMatic Stagers and Controllers. So the page is easier to find, Res-Kem also improved the navigation of our website.

On the web page we have AquaMatic ordering guides, technical drawings of these Diaphragm valves and the Stager/Controls. The stager/controls are used to operate indutrial water softeners, multi-media filters, sand filters, carbon filters, etc. We also videos explaining how to determine what valve you have and how to repair them are posted.

Condensate Polisher ROI Presentation

Reuse It – Don’t Lose It! The Economics of Condensate Polishing was presented at the GlobalSpec Industrial Processing virtual tradeshow on August 25, 2010. It is a rather long presentation so we posted in two pieces on YouTube.

Abstract of Presentation:
In today's environment of economic pressure and high energy costs, engineers are constantly asked to do more with less. A condensate polisher helps meet this challenge. Condensate polishers:

• Save energy by reclaiming heat normally sent to drain
• Save water by reducing boiler blow down
• Reduce water treatment chemical usage

This presentation will use real world examples to show how condensate polishing reduces fuel consumption and minimizes water side fouling in medium- and low-pressure steam plants typical of the food, beverage, and chemical process industries.

Economics of Condensate Polishers - Part 1


Economics of Condensate Polishers - Part 2

Downloadable Industrial Water Treatment Catalog

Download Res-Kem’s catalog (The file is very large, 1.49 Mb, so please be patient) of industrial ultrapure water systems, softeners, condensate polishers, dealkalizers, media filters, deionizers, RO, and resin traps. These standard designs are customizable reducing cost and delivery times while matching your plant equipment standards and water quality requirements. Res-Kem’s manual to fully automatic systems can be purchased or rented.

New Water Treatment Technology from Stanford University

In the article High Speed Water Sterilization Using One-Dimensional Nanostructures, silver nanoparticles and carbon nanotubes were used to make a cotton fabric which kills bacteria by applying a low voltage across this conductive material.

The research was completed at Stanford University.

The electrical current that helps do the killing is only a few milliamps at 20volts. The power can be supplied by a small solar panel or a couple 12-volt car batteries. The electrical current can also be generated from a stationary bicycle or by a hand-cranked device.

The full paper can be purchased from the American Chemical Society

Presentation on Condensate Polisher ROI

As I alerted in a previous post, Kevin Preising of Res-Kem gave a webcast entitled "Reuse It or Lose It - The Economics of Condensate Polishing". This excellent webcast was given at the GlobalSpec Industrial Processing virtual trade show on August 25 showing how a condensate polisher can pay for itself in 9.6 months! You sve energy and water treatment chemicals.

You can see this presentation any time, day or night through GlobalSpec.

If you are not currently a GlobalSpec subscriber, you will need to register. It is painless and IT'S FREE.

Fleck and Aquamatic Valve Service Training

On July 27-28, fifteen of Res-Kem's service supervisors and technicians attended a training program on servicing Fleck valves and Aquamatic valves. These people represented the Eastern Service Region and cover areas from Maine to Florida as far west as Pittsburgh.

From this training program, Res-Kem now has additional coverage for softener and filter install, start-up and repair throughout the Eastern Region.

We were fortunate to again have Dave Smith from Pentair to lead the education on the features, maintenance, and repair of Pentair Fleck light industrial and commercial valves. Dave gave a hands-on trouble-shooting and repair training program on Fleck valves. He had the Pentair Fleck 2850 and Fleck 9100 valves on hand so each person could tear down and rebuild each of the valves.


Bob Hader, Service Manager of Res-Kem, led the program to identify, disassemble, and repair common cast iron Aquamatic V42 series, plastic Aquamatic K530 series & plastic K520 series Aquamatic valves. These valves are the most frequently found valves on water
You are welcome to view our YouTube videos on identifying which valve you have, how to use the ordering guides, selecting the correct valve/parts, and how to repair/replace these valves. You can also access the videos through our website.

Michael Urbans gave a demonstration of a dual tank softener in Res-Kem's wet test area. Our service technicians were able to diagnose a 10 year old problem sofetner valve returned from a customer.

If you ever have questions about Fleck or Aquamatic valves, please feel free to contact our expert Mike Polito at 610-358-0717. If you have an Aquamatic. Fleck or Autotrol valve at your plant and need a replacement or replacement parts, please take photos and send them to mpolito@reskem.com.

Economics of Condensate Polishing

On August 25, 2010, Res-Kem's Kevin Preising will make a presentation entitled "Reuse It – Don’t Lose It! The Economics of Condensate Polishing" as part of the Industrial Processing on line tradeshow presented by GlobalSpec.

Abstract of Presentation:
In today's environment of economic pressure and high energy costs, engineers are constantly asked to do more with less. A condensate polisher helps meet this challenge.

Condensate Polishers:

• Save energy by reclaiming heat normally sent to drain


• Save water by reducing boiler blow down


• Reduce water treatment chemical usage.
  
  This presentation will use real world examples to show how condensate polishing reduces fuel consumption and minimizes water side fouling in medium- and low-pressure steam plants typical of the food, beverage, and chemical process industries. A follow-up Q&A will address technical aspects of condensate polishing set-up, operation, and maintenance.
  
  Key Take-Aways:


• Understand how a condensate polisher and water softener compare


• Learn how to justify the expenditure of a condensate polisher to save energy, water, and chemicals


• Know where to add a condensate polisher to treat your steam condensate


• The ROI of a condensate polisher is less than 10 months!

Kevin's presentation will take place from 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM EDT (12:30 PM - 1:30 PM PDT)

Click here to register for the event.