There are four major concerns for all users of water with the purpose of thermal transfer:

• COST EFFECTIVE WATER TREATMENT
• ENERGY SAVINGS
• WATER CONSERVATION
• POLLUTION PREVENTION

The Superior Water Conditioner® meets all four criteria for effective water treatment through control of lime/scale for thermal transfer efficiency.

The effect of thermal transfer efficiency on energy costs is well documented and represented by the chart below. (data from the University of Illinois and NIST)

The Battelle Report titled "Non-Chemical Technologies for Scale and Hardness Control," sponsored by the Department of Energy and published in 1998, confirms that the elimination of chemicals is only part of the savings realized by the non-chemical process. An estimated calculation indicates a payback of less than one year and an adjusted internal rate return greater than 50%. Non-chemical water treatment technologies were judged life-cycle cost-effective (at one or more Federal sites) in terms of installation cost, net present value, and energy savings.

Non-chemical water treatment can reduce possible costs associated with chemical water treatment:

• Transportation, storage, installation, and disposal of 55 gallon drums
• Maintenance and energy for chemical feed pumps
• Maintenance for conductivity meter and solenoid valve
• Water Testing materials and labor
• Heat transfer loss due to scale
• Corrosion of equipment
• Acidizing
• Labor for reporting (new laws requiring monthly reports on hazardous materials stored, used and disposed of)
• Bleeding water to control TDS

 

Using magnetic water treatment reduces pollution, health risks, and equipment damage by eliminating the need for acidizing steam boilers and chillers to remove excessive scale that can remain despite chemical treatment.

Blow down of the boilers and bleed-off for cooling towers can be reduced considerably after installing a properly sized and designed magnetic water conditioner. However, it may be helpful to maintain the same blow down as before until all the scale is removed if the boiler or chiller is badly scaled at the time of installation.

An interesting article appeared in March 1999 in the Maintenance Technology magazine. It points out, in very broad terms, how chemical water treatment salespeople simply skirt the issue of price by avoiding it. A strong point is made about how much a customer "may be paying for 'unpriced services' such as testing, lab services, on-site monitoring, analytical equipment, reagents, supplies, and so forth." We encourage you to read this short article.

TYPICAL PRODUCT PAYBACK:

Superior Water Conditioners’â numerous benefits and absence of ill side effects merit consideration of these products. The Superior Water Conditioner® system has proven time and time again that it will pay for itself by the elimination of chemical costs alone. Payback is accelerated when all of the aforementioned costs are factored into the analysis!

*This payback varies considerably due to the quality of the water, once-through or returned-as-condensate recirculating systems, as well as the effectiveness and cost of the previous chemical treatment.
**Depends on months of year used.

Less tangible advantages of Superior Water treatment technology include:

• True pollution prevention (up front -- not at the end of the pipe)
• Reduction of injury and cost -- (no hazardous chemicals or waste)
• Better corrosion control -- (outperforms other corrosion inhibitors)

The Superior Water Conditioner® technology will help industry meet the environmental requirements of EPA, DNR, DOE and other state and federal regulatory agencies.