What Factors Determine the Correct Size of an Industrial Water Softener?
Determining the proper size of industrial water softener can be a confusing task. There are many variables that affect water softener sizing needs, so working through these can be quite difficult. Fortunately, Industrial Water Solutions has a series of helpful industrial water softener sizing guides and size calculators that makes it easy.
Before you use the industrial water softener size calculators, it’s helpful to understand why choosing the correct size of water softener is so important, and learn about the variables that affect water softener sizing. This will give you confidence when you purchase or lease an industrial water softener.
Why choosing the correct size of an industrial water softener is important
Getting the right size of an industrial water softener is vital to your water quality operations. If you choose an industrial softener size that is too small, you won’t have enough high quality industrial grade water. This can result in high levels of water hardness leakage that in turn leads to scale build-up, equipment damage, and downstream process problems.
On the other hand, if you choose an industrial softener size that is too large, then you could overpay for your softener and create the potential for channeling. Channeling occurs when the flow rate is too low distribute evenly through the resin bed. You can see minimum flows to prevent channeling in our low flow channeling calculator. Moreover, if your industrial water softener equipment is underutilized, this can lead to stagnant water.
Variables that affect industrial water softener sizing
There are several factors that are considered when choose the correct size of your industrial water softener. They include:
- Average flow rate, measured in gallons per day
- Peak continuous flow rate, measured in gallons per minute
- Hardness of your water source, measured in grains per gallon
- Salt factor (usually 6 – 15 lbs./cubic foot resin) in pounds per cubic foot of resin
- Capacity of the resin, measured as capacity per cubic foot of resin in grains
How Industrial Water Solutions can help
Industrial Water Solutions has a full range of water softener sizing calculators to give you starting idea on what you may need, but keep in mind that you should have professional engineering input as you make your final decisions. Our calculators will help you determine the following:
- Total water used between generations, measured in gallons
- Resin needed per tank, measured in cubic feet
- Valve size, measured in inches
In addition, Industrial Water Solutions’ industrial water softener sizing calculator can provide you with a recommended industrial water softener model, as well as provide a free drawing. See all of the industrial water softener size calculators. We offer calculators for many different commercial and industrial water applications, including hotels, hospitals, dairies, pharmaceuticals, and more.
Industrial Water Solutions also has calculators available for other industrial water equipment such as reverse osmosis, deionization, water filters, and more. See all of our free industrial water sizing tools and guides.
Finding industrial water and ultrapure water equipment solutions for your requirements and budget is a specialty of Industrial Water Solutions. We have decades of experience in industrial water equipment sales, installation, preventative maintenance & training, and repair service. Contact us at 800-820-9021 or info@industrialh2osolutions.com for a quote or support.
