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Ionpure.com for additional reject stream system design guidance including the following
paper: “Process and System Design for Reliable Operation of RO/CEDI Systems”,
Jonathan Wood and Joe Gifford, International Water Conference, 2004 (Paper 47).
Table 2-3. Feed Water Requirements (except hardness, silica), also see A.3
Parameter EP, Max, Mini, HH E, EX CDIT
Feed water source
RO permeate
or DI water
2-pass RO
or DI water
RO permeate
FCE (µS/cm) ≤ 40 µS/cm
≤ 10 µS/cm
≤ 100 µS/cm
Iron, manganese, sulfide ≤ 0.01 ppm ≤ 0.01 ppm ≤ 0.01 ppm
Total chlorine (as Cl
2
) ≤ 0.02 ppm ≤ 0.02 ppm ≤ 0.02 ppm
TOC (ppm as C) ≤ 0.5 ppm ≤ 0.5 ppm ≤ 0.5 ppm
Operating pH range 4 – 11 4-11 4 – 11
Feed water temperature
(10°C minimum for VNX-Max)
41 - 113 °F
(5 – 45 °C)
68 – 113 F
(20-45C)
41 - 113 °F
(5 – 45 °C)
Inlet pressure
≤ 100 psig
(6.9 bar)
≤ 100 psig
(6.9 bar)
≤ 100 psig
(6.9 bar)
Table 2-4. Module-Specific Feed Water Hardness and Silica Requirements
VNX Model Silica (as SiO
2
) Hardness (as CaCO
3
)
IP-VNX-MINI
≤ 1.0 ppm ≤ 1.0 ppm
IP-VNX-MAX
≤ 1.0 ppm ≤ 1.0 ppm
IP-VNX28EP-2
≤ 1.0 ppm ≤ 1.0 ppm
IP-VNX55EP-2
≤ 1.0 ppm ≤ 1.0 ppm
IP-VNX55E-2
≤ 0.2 ppm ≤ 0.1 ppm
IP-VNX55EX-2
≤ 0.5 ppm ≤ 0.1 ppm
IP-VNX55HH-2
≤ 1.0 ppm ≤ 2.0 ppm
IP-VNX15CDIT-2
≤ 2.0 ppm ≤ 4.0 ppm
IP-VNX30CDIT-2
≤ 2.0 ppm ≤ 4.0 ppm
2.4.6. Drain Requirements
Place the VNX module near a drain that can accommodate 100% of the total feed flow.
2.5. Flow Rates and Pressure Drops
See Appendix A