The Modeling Objective

WAVE can be used in three different ways to model IX processes (as shown in Figure 1):

Figure 1: IX Initialization Window

  1. New Plant Design: according to user inputs a resin volume or an operating cycle will be calculated to meet the specifications.
  2. Evaluate Existing Plant: according to the existing plant details, the performance of one point in time will be evaluated (runtime is fixed). Alternatively, WAVE will try to find the maximum runtime to meet the specified leakage and operating capacity according to the existing plant details (runtime is optimized).
  3. Retrofit Plant to a Upcore™ system: according to the existing plant design, the plant can be retrofitted to incorporate the Upcore™ technology. Given vessel sizing, resin volume and performance will be calculated.
according to user inputs a resin volume or an operating cycle will be calculated to meet the specifications. Click for more detail.

From the IX Initialization Window, select “New Plant Design” option. This option allows the user to design a new plant. The key design parameters needed to design ion exchange systems are feed water quality, feed water or product water flow rate, chemicals quantity, and the number of vessels and trains. There is not a unique solution for the design, as there are several tradeoffs that can be made.

Evaluate Existing Plant: according to the existing plant details, the performance of one point in time will be evaluated (runtime is fixed). Alternatively, WAVE will try to find the maximum runtime to meet the specified leakage and operating capacity according to the existing plant details (runtime is optimized). Click for more detail.

Evaluate Existing Plant:

Figure 2: IX Initialization Window. The Modeling Objective: Evaluate Existing Plant

Run Time specification: Once “Evaluate Existing Plant” option is selected, the modeling objective must be specified as follow (see Figure 2):

  1. Runtime is fixed: according to existing plant details, the product water quality at one point in time (the specified runtime) will be evaluated.
  2. Runtime is optimized: the software will calculate the maximum runtime to meet the specified leakage and operating capacity according to the existing plant details.
according to the existing plant design, the plant can be retrofitted to incorporate the Upcore™ technology. Given vessel sizing, resin volume and performance will be calculated. Click for more information
  • From the IX Initialization Window, select “Retrofit Plant to Upcore™” option. This option allows the user to convert any existing plant to an Upcore™ design.
  • The key design parameters needed to retrofit an existing plant are feed water quality, feed water or product water flow rate, quantity chemicals, and the vessels sizing.

Note:  Selecting either Evaluate Existing Plant or Retrofit Plant to Upcore™ will add an eighth button called Existing Plant Description to the left-hand navigation area (see Figure 2). For more details about this Window see Existing Plant Description