18 July 2014
The IEX 2014 Technical Training Courses took place on 8-10 July at the University of Chester. Following from the success of the technical training courses associated with IEX 2008 and 2012. This event proved to be very popular attracting 50 delegates in total and was a great success with many interesting talks from a number of highly experienced speakers.
Please note the presentation papers for this conference are only available for event delegates to view. If you did not receive a password or have mislaid it, please contact conferences@soci.org.
Wednesday 9 July
| Pretreatment Richard Hill, Whitewater Ltd The treatment of raw water to remove non-ionic contaminants prior to ion exchange including coagulation, flocculation, clarification and filtration processes, organic scavenging and membrane filtration processes. |
| Treated water quality and design specification Rob Terrell, ABB Consulting Writing specifications for water treatment plant including defining the plant duty in terms of treated water quantity and the quality requirements for various industrial applications. |
| Ion exchange process overview Richard Hill, Whitewater Ltd An introduction to the main ion exchange processes used in industrial water treatment including softening, dealkalisation, two bed demineralisation and mixed bed polishing. |
| Introduction to ion exchange resin types and properties Brian Windsor, Purolite Limited Types of ion exchange resins - weak and strong exchangers, styrenic and acryllic matrices, gel and macroporous - and their applications. |
| Ion exchange process design Joe Woolley, Watercare International Resin capacity, exhaustion and regeneration in co- and counter-flow modes, mixed beds. |
| Ion exchange resin selection Marc Slagt, Dow Water and Process Solutions Selection of the best type resin for a particular processes - matrix, degree of cross linking, functionality and size grading. |
Thursday 10 July
Reverse osmosis |
| Ion exchange plant design Richard Hill, Whitewater Ltd Resin volume, bed hydraulics, regeneration systems, construction of resin vessels and internals. |
| Ion exchange plant monitoring and control Rob Terrell, ABB Consulting Instrumentation for water quality and flow control during exhaustion and regeneration and regeneration sequence control. |
| Trouble Shooting Joe Woolley, Watercare International Common problems of ion exchange plant, their diagnosis and solutions, resin oxidation, resin fouling and clean-up. |
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