Determining The Required Volume Of Resin - Pentair FLECK 9100 SXT Installer Manual

Installer manual Fleck 9100 SXT - System sizing
Depending on the inlet water hardness, the service velocity for standard softening must be
between:
Service velocity
[bed volume per hour]
8 - 40
8 - 30
8 - 20
Caution - material
Risk of leakage due to unrespected service velocity !
Failure to respect the service velocity will lead to hardness leakage or even total softener
inefficiency.
Note that the water supply piping size may also be useful when estimating the nominal flow rate,
since the size of the piping allows a maximum flow rate to pass. Assuming the maximum velocity
of water in pipes is about 3 m/s, a good estimation for most common pressure [3 bar] and
temperature [16°C] is:
Piping size (internal diameter)
[in]
0.5
0.75
1
1.25
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
4.2.2

Determining the required volume of resin

When sizing a softener, make sure that the volume of resin in the tank (bed volume) will be
sufficient so that even when the peak flow rate is reached, the velocity is still between the above
values depending on the hardness. When sizing a softener, always choose the resin volume and
tank size based on the peak flow rate but not on the nominal flow rate.
Caution - material
Risk of leakage due to wrong sizing !
Sizing on the nominal flow rate without taking the peak flow rate into account would
result in choosing smaller tank size and resin volume, and may lead in severe hardness
leakage during the service cycle when the peak flow is reached.
The maximum softened water flow rate that a softener can produce is given by the following
formula:
24 / 108
Inlet water hardness
[mg/l as CaCO ]
3
<350
350 to 450
>450
[mm]
12
20
25
32
40
50
63
75
°f
°TH
<35
35 - 45 19.6 - 25.2
>45
Max. flow rate
3
[m /h at 3 m/s]
1.22
3.39
5.73
8.69
13.57
21.20
34.2
49.2
Ref. MKT-IM-004 / E - 06.10.2020
°dH
<19.6
>25.2