Industrial Products
Saving Water, Saving Chemicals, Saving Money
Kinetico's unique technologies have allowed industrial customers worldwide to receive the tremendous benefits of water recycling, hazardous waste minimization, metals recovery and high purity water. Click here to find out how Kinetico helped Metal Seal and Products, Inc. in Willoughby, Ohio produce a better product more efficiently while meeting the proposed MP&M regulations
Recycling industrial process water is not only environmentally beneficial, but it is typically more cost effective than conventional treatment and discharge. Through application of stream segregation and appropriate treatment technologies, high purity water is produced for continuous reuse, metals are recovered and solid wastes reduced. As a pioneer in industrial water recycling, Kinetico continues to innovate new designs for cost effective recycling and compliance.
Conventional Waste Water Treatment
Kinetico has a strategic partnership with DMP Corporation to offer our customers the very best in conventional waste water treatment systems and controls.
Ion Exchange
Kinetico has specialized in ion exchange technology for 30 years, using the "Kinetico Process" - patented control valve, high efficiency, counterflow, automatic regeneration - delivering the lowest cost of ownership available.
Ion exchange is a process that removes dissolved ions from solution using synthetic resins to attract cations or anions, then releases (exchanges) counter-ions until resin is exhausted. As solution flows through a resin bed, ion exchange occurs. The process continues by regeneration or replacement of ions on the resin.
Ion exchange is used in many industrial applications for various purposes.
- Improves the quality of incoming tap water
- Purifies and recycles contaminated rinse water
- Eliminates contamination prior to discharge
- Extends the life of a process solution
Kinetico's 30-500 gpm CIX (complete ion exchange) and KDI (deionization) product line uses high efficiency counterflow regeneration to reduce chemical consumption, waste volumes and operational costs.
Membrane/Separation
There are several membrane separation technologies, each characterized by different capabilities and operating specifications. Membrane types listed by pore size from largest to smallest.
All Kinetico membrane separation systems employ a cross flow filtration process. The flow of influent or contaminated feed water is pumped through the system at a relatively high velocity perpendicular to the membrane surface. The cross flow helps to prevent a build up of rejected or filtered materials on the membrane surface.
Evaporation
Evaporation technology reduces liquid volumes by using heat and in some cases reduced pressures.
Atmospheric
Atmospheric evaporation is used to reduce the volume of solution by applying heat and allowing water to evaporate into air leaving behind the contaminants or concentrates. The evaporative process can be aided by atomizing sprays and forced air volumes that increase the surface area of the liquid requiring reduction. Depending upon the waste involved, some areas where strict air discharge requirements exist, permits must be obtained to use the technology. Options are available to condense and recover the evaporated water.
Vacuum
Vacuum evaporation is a more advanced process than atmospheric evaporation used to reduce the volume of solution as well as recover water. Acting like a traditional still, the process involves boiling solution at a reduced heat, reducing the pressure of the solution below atmosphere (vacuum), collecting steam and condensing it as a purified solution while the constituent without water remains. Single, double, and multistage evaporators are available.
Filtration/Adsorption
Filtration is the process of removing suspended material (or solids) from a solution. Kinetico offers many methods of filtration. For industrial applications, pressure filtration is generally used. Contaminated or raw fluid is fed under pressure through a media bed (bag or cartridge) made of porous material. In media pressure filtration, backwashing (passing of water in the opposite direction of flow) is used to free the bed of captured contaminants.
Electrochemical
Electrowinning/Metal Recovery
Electrowinning/Metal Recovery is an electroplating type process where metals are plated onto electrodes from a solution.
In an integrated waste water treatment or recycling system, electrowinning is used to remove metals that have been accumulated on ion exchange resins, or metals present in process chemistry solutions that are being discarded.
The benefit of electrowinning is removal of a potentially hazardous metal from a waste stream and preventing it from becoming hazardous sludge. Operating costs can be decreased by reducing the volume, costs and liabilities associated with sludge disposal. Electrowinning is typically used to recover copper in printed circuit board manufacturing for acid copper plating, microtech dumps and cation exchange regenerations.
Chemical/Conventional
The oldest and most widely applied method of wastewater treatment involves the addition of chemicals to alter the make-up constituents of a waste. Although generally downsized, the process continues to play an important role in newer systems used today. Automated controls and advanced instrumentation have improved this technology in recent years. Kinetico has a strategic partnership with DMP Corporation to offer our customers the very best in conventional waste water treatment systems and controls.
Automated Controls
Automating and monitoring operations are key to the application of newer integrated water recycling and wastewater treatment systems. Kinetico's in-house expertise includes designing, programming and installing PLC controls, touch screen interface panels and remote monitoring. Specialists in electrical engineering and technical field service provide quick response for system adjustments and modifications when needed.
