THE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF FOUR TYPES WATER SOFTENER USED FOR BOILER

This project is to the performance evaluation of four types water softener used for
boiler, based on the existing commercial water softener. Many designs have been
utilized today, so here is a project to determine the best design of a water softener
tank.
Last semester, researches and studies are based on the existing commercial water
softener. Design specifications and parameters are determined for a specified
capacity of water usage. The first semester will be temporary halted by the initial
drawing ofthe new design.
This semester, by using CATIA software, the designs of the tank are drawn. Design
considerations will be judged for the designs. The project will continue with
performance calculations and the final design drawing.
Then, the fabrication is conducted in the workshop to construct the tanks with
different designs. After the experiments have been carried out, the results are taken
and the performance is calculated. The data will be analyzed and the best design is
chosen based on the comparison.
The comparison of performance is indicated by the hardness reduced, pH value and
the conductivity of the water after the softening process. The highest value among
four selected designs will be chosen as the best design with the best performance.
The discussion part will explain more about the result including the error occurred
during the experiment. The recommendation for improvement also provided at the
end of this report. As a conclusion, this experiment is successful to meet its objective
in finding the best design ofwater softener for the softening process.