Specifying Elements, Number of Pressure Vessels and Elements per Pressure Vessel Standard Design
In WAVE one can specify the RO/NF/ROSC elements to be used in each stage, the number of pressure vessels in each stage and the number of elements per pressure vessel. The number of pressure vessels in each stage and the number of elements per pressure vessel can only be specified from the Reverse Osmosis Tab. By default, both of these values are 1.
There are two ways of specifying the RO/NF/ROSC elements to be used in each stage.
- Specifying the elements using the Drop down list
- Specifying the elements using the Element Specifications Pop-up Window

One can specify the RO/NF/ROSC elements to be used in each stage, the number of pressure vessels in each stage and the number of elements per pressure vessel as shown in Figure 1.
- Click on the Pass of interest (Pass 1 or Pass 2)
- For each stage, click on the dropdown box under “Element Type”
- Select the appropriate element
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Update the number of pressure vessels and the number of elements per pressure vessel for each stage

One can specify the RO/NF/ROSC elements from the Element Specifications Pop-up Window as shown below and in Figure 2.
- Click on the Pass of interest (Pass 1 or Pass 2).
- Click on “Specs” under the Element Type row header.
- For each stage, click on the dropdown box under “Element Type”. The Element Specifications Pop-up Window will appear.
- Double click on the appropriate element.
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Close the Element Specifications Pop-up Window by clicking on the red box at the top right corner or clicking on ‘Close Window”.
Notes:
- Selecting an element by double-clicking on the appropriate element in the Element Specifications Pop-up Window will apply for every stage in the pass. If different elements are desired for the different stages, the user must individually select the appropriate elements for each stage.
- Once an element is selected in the table in the Reverse Osmosis Tab, the same element is used as default in all the downstream stages in the Pass unless specified otherwise.