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Softeners and Ion Exchangers

SOFTENERS AND ION EXCHANGERS

RWO-AQUACLEAN SYSTEMS Hardness in water is caused by ions of calcium and magnesium. The grade of hardness of the water is of prime concern for many technical applications because of its scaleforming tendencies. Some water users onboard ships need softened water, e.g. hot water circuits, laundry water, galley water, boiler feed water, cooling water, dish washers, ... Some users need even more, i.e. a higher degree of demineralization, than evaporators, reverse osmosis or softeners may provide. Ion-Exchanger plants are demineralising the water to highest standards.
For both applications, softening and demineralization units, RWO has got the right solution: Skid-mounted units in a compact, marine suitable design chemical saving processes reliable and operation-safe equipment electronical controls for automatic, hands-off operation all for a very competitive price

1.1 Ion-Exchange Softening

The water softening is accomplished by Ion exchangers, where the hardness compounds calcium are removed and replaced with sodium. If water which is containing calcium and magnesium, passes through an ion exchanger, these metals are taken up by the resin, which simultaneously gives up sodium in exchange. After the ability of the bed to produce soft water has been exhausted, the unit is removed from service and regenerated with a solution of sodium chloride. This removes the calcium and magnesium in the form of their soluble chlorides and at the same time restores the resin to its original sodium condition. All RWO softening plants are characterized by a chemical and water saving regeneration mode, which means that more softened water will be produced with less salt and less waste water. This is saving you money and salt storage space on board.

1.2 Design

RWO ion-exchange softeners are of the pressure type, with either manual or automatic control. Small water softeners normally consist of a glassbre reinforced plastic (GRP) vessel the larger units are of steel construction with adequate corrosion protection. As a standard, the systems are designed for fully automatic operation, controlled by either simple and easy to operate electromechanical control units or else by latest state of the art microprocessor or PLC units. A variety of accessories is available, e.g. Sensor control for a quality dependent regeneration triggering, hardness-monitors for continuos hardness measuring and control, and optional upgradings for seawater regeneration to save further chemical and water costs.

2. Water Demineralization

A demineralization plant is also an Ion Exchanger system, but goes one step further than the softeners by removing basically all dissolved ions from the water. The result is a fully demineralized water, low in conductivity and free of other impurities, such as silica and CO2 - therefore suitable for example for ship turbines and other technical applications, that require pure water. RWO offers a variety of ion-Exchanger systems, Cocurrent Cation-Anion plants, chemical saving co-current systems and Mixed-Bed units to suit all your specic needs.

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