Regeneration of softener Standard Procedure

Stages of regeneration of softener:

1) Back-wash: 20 minutes

 Backwash is reverse flow in the softener bed by closing normal flow inlet and outlet valve and opening the
backwash inlet and outlet valve.

 The dirty water is drained out during the backwash process.

 This process is done to clean the resin bed and also obtain free flow during normal process.

 The backwash time depends upon the watercolour or dirt accumulated.

 When clear water is draining backwash system is closed, and the salt or brain charging starts.

How to Calculate Salt Quantity?

Basis : 150 gm NaCl / litre resin

Our design : 150 litre resin

Salt required = 150 gm X 150 litre = 22.5 kg

Make 10% solution , add 22.5 kg into 225 litre water

and that much of water to be injected 20 Minute

then start backwash process to another 40 minute

2) Salt charge or Brine charge: 20 minutes

 It is done by introducing common salt solutions by the ejecting system.

 Salt solution is kept prepared in salt tank where ejector suction pipe is placed.
 During salt charging the entire solution in the tanks is emptied, then close the drain valve of the softener
and also close the salt charging inlet valve.

 Keep the softener bed for 10 - 20 minutes by the brine solution in order for recharging the resins inside
the bed, and then start rinsing process.
3) Rinsing of the softener: 40 minutes

 Open the normal flow inlet valve, close the normal outlet valve and then open the drain valve.

 Start raw water pump to drain the water till the taste of the water is sweet.

 Once you feel the water is sweet, test the water with the reagents for measuring the hardness of the soft
water.

 When the sample of soft water is 10ppm as CaCo3 it indicates that the water is ready to be put into the
process/consumption