Glossary Of Terms - Kinetico MACH Series Owner's Manual

Glossary of Terms

Automatic: Softeners or back-washing filters that start regeneration via clock.
Backwash:High velocity rinsing of softening resin or filtration,normally upflow.
Brine: Salt solution used to regenerate resin.
Brine Tank: Holds salt to make brine for regeneration.
By-pass: Manually operated valves to divert flow around POE equipment,
or, automatic diversion of flow inside a controller for single tank POE
during regeneration.
Carbon: Activated carbon found in POE equipment for dechlorination,
taste and odor reduction.
Combination System: Duplex combination filter / softener system using
four separated media tanks and one control.
Countercurrent: Direction of service flow and regeneration flow are opposite.
DIR: Demand initiated regeneration.
Downflow: Direction of water flow with gravity through resin or filtration
media.
Efficiency: Referring to grains of hardness removed / pound of salt for a
water softener.
GPG: Grains per gallon of hardness. 1 US gpg = 17.1 ppm of hardness as
CaCO3.
GPM: Gallons per minute.
GPP: Grains per pound (salt efficiency).
Macrolite ® : Engineered ceramic filtration media.
Meter: Device to measure flow to service from POE softener or filter for DIR.
Micron: Micrometer (μm) for solid particle diameter.
Overdrive: Parallel service flow
PPM: Parts per million.
Peak flow rate: Maximum design process flow for intermittent high
demand through POE filter or softener.
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POE: Point of Entry. A system installed where water enters the home.
Regeneration:The process of restoring exchange capacity to a softener.
Resin: For POE softeners, strong acid cation exchange beads operating in
the sodium or potassium form.
Sanitize: The periodic addition of a sanitizing agent such as chlorine to
attempt microbiological control.
Service flow: Process water flow rate through a POE system, often meas-
ured at the point of 15 psi lost.
Simplex: Softener or filter using one media tank.
Upflow:Direction of water flow against gravity through resin or filtration media.
Softening System Diagram
Regeneration Cycle
Indicator
Control Valve
Brine Tank
By-Pass Valve
Resin Tanks
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