Maintaining high water quality is critical in industrial water treatment. Whether the water is part of the final product as in a beverage or used in operation of cooling towers and boilers, effective water treatment requires precise chemical dosing at various stages to ensure optimal results.
The importance of chemical dosing is often underestimated, leaving operations vulnerable. Any issues, be it a minor imbalance, a delayed adjustment, or an undetected fluctuation, can have significant consequences.
Being proactive with chemical dosing is crucial
Waiting until a problem occurs and then troubleshooting can be costly and inefficient. Consider the challenges that improper dosing can lead to:
- Corrosion, scaling and fouling, resulting in costly repairs, unplanned downtime, and even shortened lifespan of equipment
- Compromised water quality, leading to non-compliance with environmental regulations and potential fines
- Hazardous working conditions from poorly supervised systems lacking real-time monitoring can endanger worker safety, increasing liability and legal risks.
Relying on periodic checks to identify these issues is not an option that works. A proactive approach to managing your chemical dosing process is essential. This is where Grundfos dosing solutions can make a difference.
Always informed, always in control
With Grundfos intelligent solutions, you can take control with remote monitoring and full system transparency, ensuring safer, more efficient water treatment.
No matter where your Grundfos SMART Digital DosingTM pump is located, it provides clear and easy-to-read visual warnings or alarms with colour-coded indicators on the screen. Even if the pump is in less accessible areas or a dark corner, its connectivity functions and multiple communication options ensure that you stay informed.
Our portfolio of chemical dosing pumps and solutions is designed for proactive optimisation, delivering real-time insights, remote connectivity, and predictive alerts. With seamless remote monitoring and real-time process control, these solutions enhance operator safety, minimise chemical waste, and optimise system performance.
System setup and integration
The first step towards smarter dosing
Correct setup and commissioning are crucial to ensuring the effectiveness of your chemical dosing system, whether it is standalone or integrated into a supervised control system like SCADA. An incorrect setup might not be immediately apparent but over time, inefficiencies can escalate and impact operations.
Grundfos SMART Digital Dosing™ pumps simplify this process. You can set up all the key parameters digitally on your mobile device using the Grundfos GO app and easily modify the settings, as needed.
Additionally, seamless connectivity options enable real-time transmission of operational data. The pumps also support multiple industrial communication protocols enabling you to download functional blocks from the Grundfos Product Center, as required.
Increasing water treatment capacity and cutting energy use
At Britvic’s bottling plant, maintaining stable water quality was essential to ensure reliable production and energy efficiency. But as production demands grew, the existing water treatment system struggled to keep up, leading to inefficiencies. Grundfos helped Britvic identify issues and implemented real-time monitoring and advanced control systems.
The proactive optimisation resulted in enhanced efficiency, zero unplanned downtime, and a 60% reduction in energy consumption.
Importance of data
Turning data into meaningful insights
In today’s digital landscape, collecting operational and performance data is a given. However, the real challenge is to manage the high volume of data and interpret it in a usable way. Many systems require extra sensors and complex installations just to access performance insights, leaving operators overwhelmed with raw data.
Grundfos SMART Digital Dosing™ solutions make it easy by not only collecting data but also interpreting it. With advanced diagnostics and monitoring tools like Flow Control Monitoring (FCM), these pumps provide real-time alerts to potential risks before they escalate, enabling you to make data-based decisions.
- Ensure proactive maintenance with notifications about when your pump requires preventive servicing, including exactly which maintenance kit to order.
- Prevent unexpected failures by detecting suction valve leaks, damaged discharge lines, and other inconsistencies before they cause system disruptions.
- Improve workplace safety by preventing chemical spills and hazards with automated alerts that help maintain system integrity.
- Avoid unexpected chemical shortages with access to consumption data that helps you assess when it’s time to reorder.
Let’s understand how a proactive approach with real-time monitoring and data-based decisions has enabled businesses to solve their operational challenges and take their water treatment to the next level.