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Factors that determine the proper equipment for your application include:
- Reliability:
- Quality, long term trouble free operation
- Properties of water produced, tant pH and ?ORP
- Ease of use: Total automation (As with any equipment, periodic monitoring
is recommended)
- Durability: Able to stand up to adverse conditions such as dust and high
humidity
- Cost effectiveness: Initial capital cost, operating costs, replacement
parts cost
- Ability for user to replace components: Electrodes and membrane easily
changed out by user
Application: Equine 1000 gal per day
Commercial Ionizer
Capacity 1,000 liters per hr or 264.55 gallons per hr
pH 8.5 to 10 Alkaline / 5.5 to 6.5 Acidic (Depending on makeup of source water)
ORP -150 to ?450 mV (Depending on makeup of source water)
Voltage 220 volts
Dimensions 48" X 28" X 22"
Weight 98 kg / 216 lb
Life expectancy of electrodes and membrane 500,000 gal
Major components manufactured in Japan , Unit assembled by Japanese company
located in China .
Unit will have English control panel
Warranty one year
Delivery 4 to 5 weeks
This unit is extremely heavy duty when compared to units manufactured
in Japan . The unit is also much more cost effective in terms of electrode and
membrane replacement, i.e. electrode / membrane replacement cost for japanese
assembled unit is over $4,000.00usd and have the same life expectancy.
Unit must have prefiltration equipment installed to ensure
longevity and trouble free operation. It is recommended that source water is
tested to ensure there is not a problem with chemical contamination such as
nitrates.
Total hardness is the most common problem due to calcium and
magnesium deposits that are naturally dissolved from the soil into water supplies.
The water quality association considers water to be ?hard? when levels exceed
one grain per gallon. To provide the public with a feel for the severity of
the problem, the United States Geological Survey developed the following graphic
showing Total hardness levels throughout the US . The red areas on the map indicate
levels from 181-250 ppm!
Nitrates and nitrites are nitrogen-oxygen chemical units which
combine with various organic and inorganic compounds. Once taken into the body,
nitrates are converted into nitrites. Excessive levels of nitrate in drinking
water have caused serious illness and sometimes death. The serious illness in
infants is due to the conversion of nitrate to nitrite by the body, which can
interfere with the oxygen-carrying capacity of the child's blood. This can be
an acute condition in which health deteriorates rapidly over a period of days.
Symptoms include shortness of breath and blueness of the skin. Nitrates and
nitrites have the potential to cause diuresis, increased starchy deposits and
hemorrhaging of the spleen. The most common use of nitrates is as in fertilizer
manufacturing.
Ion exchange (I/E)and reverse osmosis treatments are the only
real cost effective options for hardness reduction. Both processes physically
remove the calcium and magnesium ions from the water supply but employ different
means to accomplish their goal.
 Ion
Exchange technology utilizes plastic resin beads that have the ability
to hold sodium ions, but prefer hardness minerals such as calcium and magnesium.
As the hard water flows over the beads, calcium and magnesium ions are captured
and sodium released, thus the name ?ion exchange?. Eventually the plastic beads
exhaust their ability to capture any additional sodium, so recharging is needed.
To recharge the beads, bags of salt are poured into a brine tank and mixed with
water. The saline brine is fed into the vessel storing the beads and the calcium
and magnesium that was previously captured on the beads is then flushed into
the sewer system. Once the regeneration process is complete, the beads are rinsed
and then placed back into service and the ion exchange process begins all over
again. In some areas of the US , municipalities are discouraging the use of
water softeners due to the impact on sewer systems. Removing the sodium brine
from sewage is expensive when trying to reuse the water for irrigation purposes
on water reclamation projects, which is growing dramatically in water short
areas.
 Reverse
Osmosis (R/O) technology consists of a semi-permeable membrane that
physically filters out hardness. The membrane has small holes/pores that are
sized to filter out approximately 98% of all suspended material in water. The
membranes require pressure to force water through it, and have relatively low
flow rates. On large scale systems, additional pumping is often required. The
membrane also cleans itself automatically and sends water to a drain that must
be provided. The water quality of the drain flow is very clean in comparison
to sodium based ion exchange systems. To extend the life of the membrane, sediment
and carbon filtration is provided as a pre-filter. Most importantly, R/O is
an effective method for nitrate and nitrite removal.
 Water
Ionizing technologies, and their wide variety of health benefits, have
been known for over 30 years in Japan . Starting at birth, our bodies are continuously
trying to dispose of acidic waste caused by stress, air pollution and 98% of
all food consumed. Smoking, consumption of red meat and egg yolks are just a
few specific examples of actions that create high volumes of acidic waste. Unless
all acid consumed is eliminated through breathing, sweating (exercise) or urinating,
it begins to build up in our blood. Increased acid cannot be tolerated in our
blood, so the body uses homeostasis to control it. Excess acid is transformed
in our bodies to a solid resulting in a build up of fatty acids (body fat),
cholesterol and uric acid (kidney stones) as we age.
Continued acid build up will affect all of us differently.
Based on our genetics, the acid will attack specific areas of the body possibly
contributing to C, diabetes and other serious illness. One potential way to
counteract the acid build up is to consume foods rich in alkaline minerals and
drink alkaline water produced by an ionizer. Large scale ionizers are now available
that can produce 1,000 gallons per day. Ionizers adjust the pH of drinking water
by applying positive and negative charges on opposite sides of an electrolysis
chamber. As the H2O molecule passes through the chamber, the positive
hydrogen ion is diverted to the acidic side, and the negative hydrogen ion and
the oxygen molecule (oh-) diverted to the alkaline side. The unique combinations
of oh- ions act as a powerful antioxidant and flood the body looking for acidic
(positively charged) ions. When acid is found the oh- combination creates a
water molecule again and is flushed out of the body.
Based on all factors considered in the previous sections, a
large scale R/O system is the preferred method of hardness and nitrate removal.
Fortunately, not all water needs to be treated with R/O to get hardness and
nitrates to reasonable levels, so a set of valves and storage tanks will be
used to divert a portion of the incoming water around the R/O system. A carbon
and sediment filtration system will be used to pretreat all water. Approximately
1/3 of the flow will be diverted around the R/O and blended in downstream resulting
in water that does not have excessive hardness and nitrates any longer. Also,
the carbon-only treated water will also provide the desired level of minerals
needed for water ionization. The proposed configuration will meet all of our
water quality objectives.
The Commercial Sized Ionizer will provide
long term operation with consistant pH control and total automation and easy
maintenance. Its high quality construction is designed for durability to withstand
adverse conditions such as dust and high humidity. Dairy is an excellent application
for ionized water as cows are healthier, provide increased milk production and
have a longer milk producing life.
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