Commercial Water Softeners

 Commercial Water Softeners

The Commercial Water Softening process is primarily designed to remove calcium ions from the water. The calcium hardness of the water causes scaling in heaters and pipes, soap scum on dishes as well as laundry, and creates unwanted precipitates in many water based products. In addition, calcium removal water softeners will remove magnesium, ferrous iron, and traces of metals such as copper, aluminum, zinc and radium. During the removal process, these ions are exchanged with sodium if sodium chloride (salt) is used and potassium if potassium chloride is used. By their nature, neither sodium or potassium will cause scaling or interfere with soap or detergents. When a water softener is regenerated, there are normally four steps used; backwash, brine draw, slow rinse, and rapid rinse. The backwash discharge is chemically the same as raw water. The brine draw and slow rinse steps contain the ions removed during the softening process, plus some sodium or potassium which are high in chlorides. The final rapid rinse is softened water.
Full knowledge of the chemistry of the water to be softened as well as the application of the softened water (laundry, water heaters, boiler feed, process water, condensate polishing, etc) enables us to fine tune the design for maximum salt use efficiency, minimum pressure drop, minimum regeneration waste water discharge, and lowest capital cost.

Custom units utilizing special meter controls, brine water diversion valves, high flow resins, high kinetic resins, mixed media and special tank construction are the specialty of Vibrant Water Engineering. We have supplied soft water for boilers, car washes, hospitals, laboratories, laundries, food processors, chemical manufacturers, cosmetic firms, farms, and paper processors to name a few. 

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