How Does a Softener Valve Nest Work?
The “valvenest” for a water softener is made of a minimum of six valves. Res-Kem’s standard design uses Aquamatic valves. The easiest way to understand how the water and brine flows through the valvenest is to see this picture. The top flange attaches to the upper side port of the softener tank. This in turn connects to the top distributor. The bottom flange of the valvenest attaches to the lower side port of the tank. This is connected internally to the hub and lateral bottom distributor. The regeneration cycle is as follows: • Isolation from Service • Backwash • Brine Draw and Slow Rinse • Fast Rinse • Return to Service How do you dispose of used activated carbon? Companies who regularly deal with waste know that getting rid of spent ion exchange resin or activated carbon can be a fairly complicated process. Almost since our founding in 1983, Res-Kem’s Technical Services Group has removed (rebedded) spent media, ion exchange resin and activated carbon, from industrial water treatment
