So you want RO water faster?

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So you're probably familiar with residential scale RO systems of 75, or 100 gallons per day, and you may have wished for faster RO water production. Here's a 1,500 gpd commercial RO system with a custom control system we recently installed in our local public aquarium. The system produces about 1 gallon per minute, and simultaneously feeds four 500 gallon storage tanks. RO water sent to each tank can be controlled with a selector switch. The system runs at only 80 psi to minimize energy consumption, and it runs at about 50% recovery (a 1:1 ratio of concentrate to permeate). She's a beauty!

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So you're probably familiar with residential scale RO systems of 75, or 100 gallons per day, and you may have wished for faster RO water production. Here's a 1,500 gpd commercial RO system with a custom control system we recently installed in our local public aquarium. The system produces about 1 gallon per minute, and simultaneously feeds four 500 gallon storage tanks. RO water sent to each tank can be controlled with a selector switch. The system runs at only 80 psi to minimize energy consumption, and it runs at about 50% recovery (a 1:1 ratio of concentrate to permeate). She's a beauty!

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Control System.jpg
Sweet setup!! Does this have a DI stage or is it possible to add a DI stage to such a robust system?
 
No DI on this particular system. If the customer had wanted it, and considering the water volumes involved, we would have gone with a DI tank rather than a DI cartridge. TDS of the RO water is apx. 5 ppm.
 
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WOW, thats a thing of beauty! I wish I could get a gallon per min HA!
 
Curious what something like this cost them.
 
Its a 1500 gpd RO with some add on's (recirculation needle valve and flow gauge, extra low energy membranes, high pressure switch, inline DM2 TDS meter
 
For you RO wonks out there, you may have noticed the 50% ish recovery on commercial RO systems. Trivia question for you: what is the biggest water quality issue that allows these systems to run at a 1:1 waste to permeate ratio?

Russ
 
The biggest difference, is in the specifications for feedwater quality for commercial systems. Commercial systems are routinely run at 50% recovery (1:1 concentrate to permeate ratio), and nearly always specify that the feedwater must be softened - i.e., have less than 17 ppm (1 grain per gallon) Total Hardness. THAT's the ticket!
 
Can a normal home RO be run at that recovery ratio?How would I achieve that? I want to say last I measured I was somewhere around 2:1.

My feedwater is only 7!
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