The Complete System Design

Most water treatment and purified water systems are very reliant on good system design. When you introduce CDI into the system you take this a stage further.

Installing an industrial reverse osmosis (RO) system provides your company with a good solution for large-scale water purification. Reverse Osmosis is very effective at removing small waterborne contaminants and aqueous salts that may evade other filtration processes. These contaminants, if left in the water, may compromise the quality of the process water.

Installing the best industrial reverse osmosis (RO) system in your company is one thing and getting the best out of it is another! Here is more information to help you maximise efficiency.

System Disinfections

To maintain any purified water system to produce bacteria free water, regular effective disinfections are essential. The disinfection procedure is normally pre-planned, often to occur over a weekend to avoid downtime.

Choosing a reliable partner for the installation and maintenance of your industrial reverse osmosis system is critical: A reverse osmosis system is a considerable investment and thus you cannot afford to take chances when it comes to choosing the company for designing and maintaining an RO system.

We are very proud of our senior engineer Owen Beckwith, who recently received a safety award from Sanofi; a major European Pharmaceutical Manufacturer and a long-term client of ours. The annual award is a reflection of the seriousness placed on health and safety by Sanofi. All contractors are expected to adhere to the strictest safety standards – with the award going to contractors who demonstrate excellence above and beyond the expected level.

Reverse osmosis uses a semi-permeable membrane that contains very tiny pores that allows water to flow through. These pores do not allow natural minerals, salts and other organic compounds whose molecule compounds are larger than water to pass through. Therefore, reverse osmosis (RO) is no doubt an effective way of removing many impurities from water. Such impurities include lead, asbestos, dissolved organics, radium and other deadly heavy metals. Reverse osmosis also removes heavyweight volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and chlorinated pesticides.

Commercial reverse industrial systems have been gaining popularity in industry because they produce impressive results in water purity without the frequent use of chemicals. Thanks to modern technology, commercial reverse systems are now capable of eliminating more than 99 percent of contaminants from industrial water.

Apart from making desalination possible, reverse osmosis is also a reliable process used to treat any kind of process water, recycle water, and remove most impurities from discharge water used by production industries. Desalination is necessary for industries that use seawater as a coolant, removing minerals such as salt from water to make it pure and safe for process use. Otherwise, the contaminants present in unpurified water might contaminate the products that your company produces, or damage sensitive equipment.

Ion exchange deionisers with chemical regeneration have been used for 70 plus years. Along with the development of the Ion exchange resins used within the Deionisers the process has developed over time.

These developments have enabled Deionisers to provide better quality Deionised water and to provide reduced rinse up times following a regeneration.

For pharmaceutical manufacturers, biotech companies, hospitals or any other institution where purified water is required, a water deioniser, commonly referred to as a demin system or a DI system, is generally a crucial process component.

The ionic impurities in the incoming mains water, typically salts and metals dissolved in the water as positively and negatively charged ions, can lead to poor efficiency and performance. This might be due to the formation of scale or precipitation at high temperatures. The impurities might disrupt the blending process for manufacturers or potentially introduce an unwanted contaminant into the product. Thus, they are regarded as impurities, and they must be removed, something that a DI system can do perfectly. The removal (deionisation) entails getting rid of the charged ions while leaving behind water molecules (H2O). This leads to a true water “blank” where the purified water acts as a pure solvent.