Why is the drum rinsing station referred to as countercurrent rinsing?
The drum rinsing station is not true countercurrent rinsing; however, it is operated in a countercurrent fashion, where the drums are moved from station 1 to 2 to 3 and the water is moved from Station 3 to 2 to 1, where station 1 contains the most concentrated rinse and station 3 contains the least concentrated rinse. When station 1 becomes too contaminated to effectively rinse drums, fresh water is used to replace it, and station 1 becomes station 3, station 3 becomes station 2, and station 2 becomes station 1.
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