Non-Chemical Water Conditiners Technical Overview
By using the term non-chemical water conditioning we mean that we do something to the water where traditionally chemicals needed to be used. Common alternate terms include physical water treatment and photo disinfection.
With an ever increasing world population and a decreasing supply of reasonably clean surface and ground water it is inconceivable that we would continue to dump chemicals and create disinfection by products (DBP) that harm the environment and the population. To that end, we utilize two environmental saving processes as much as possible:
PHYSICAL WATER TREATMENT
A catalytic/magnetic process used in our Aquafer Water Source, Maxi-Cure, and ESF series of products to eliminate the effects of hard water without using salt.
There are millions of tons of salt needlessly finding its way into our water sources annually as traditional water softeners are regenerated.
The chemistry of water hardness is quite simple. Rain falling through the atmosphere picks up carbon dioxide (CO2) which creates carbonic acid (H2CO3). The carbonic acid lowers the pH of the water. As the now acidic water percolates through the soil and underlying rock formations containing calcium and magnesium, it dissolves these metals and creates calcium bicarbonate —Ca(HCO3)2 This exists in the water in a balanced, harmless, ion form. This balance can be upset by heating and we have Ca(HCO3)2 + Heat = CaCO3 + H2O + CO2 which translates to soluble bicarbonate form of calcium becoming the insoluble form of calcium carbonate (limestone) as the bicarbonate breaks down and gives off carbon dioxide. The balance can be upset by replacing heat with a drop in pressure or a partial vacuum thus driving off carbon dioxide— note the build-up of scale on the outlet of a re-circulating pump or a faucet.
We simply create the above in our systems with a small pressure drop which creates microscopic seeds of calcium carbonate, give them an environment to multiply on a flexible stainless steel catalytic surface and then agglomerate the seeds by breaking down the natural separating forces with magnetic fields. No salt, no chemicals, no water to drain, no electricity.
PHOTO DISINFECTION WITH ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT
Light exists and measured in different wave lengths. We can see between the colors of violet and red. About in the middle of this range is a wave length of 264 nano meters (nm) which is known to upset the DNA/RNA of bacteria and viruses and many cysts thus preventing reproduction and infections related to them. It can be manufactured with special quartz encased “fluorescent” bulbs containing metals that when heated in turn produce the desired wave length.
Through experiments it was determined that an intensity of these rays on a given area (sq. cm) and measured in milli joules (mJ) can destroy known water borne contaminants —-this is called the fluence. A fluence of 16 mJ/sq. cm to 40 mj/sq. cm does the job. Low energy —a 29 GPM system uses 40 watts— with no chemicals and no DBP. Critical to its use is pre-treatment (hopefully non-chemical) to prevent clouding of the bulb chamber and turbidity above 5 micron that could “hide” biology from the rays.
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