Umewahi kunywa maji ya kunywa nyumbani? Kwa kawaida, maji yako ya bomba sio safi kama unavyofikiria na husababisha maji mabaya ya kuonja (madini magumu na uchafu) kutoka kwa usambazaji wako wa maji ya ndani. Ugumu wa maji unategemea mkusanyiko wa madini magumu, kama vile kalsiamu, magnesiamu, na manganese katika maji. "Maji laini" ina mkusanyiko mdogo sana wa madini magumu, wakati "maji magumu sana" yana mkusanyiko mkubwa wa madini magumu. Kutumia maji magumu kunaweza kusababisha ujenzi wa madini ndani ya vifaa vyako vya kutumia maji ambavyo vinaweza kusababisha uharibifu wa muda mrefu.
Unapoangalia karibu na nyumba yako kuangalia ishara hizi za kawaida za maji magumu: crust ya madini au sediment iliyojengwa karibu na oga au bomba, matangazo ya maji kwenye sahani baada ya kuziosha, nguo ngumu au za kijivu baada ya kuiendesha kupitia kufulia, na ngozi kavu ya hasira baada ya kuoga.
However, the most reliable way to determine whether or not your home has hard water is to bring a water sample to a certified water-testing laboratory.
Acting as a water filter, water softening systems “soften” the hard water by removing mineral ions, such as manganese or calcium, through a process named ion exchange. This process consists of exchanging positively charged mineral ions in the hard water with positively charged ions, leaving the softened water free of mineral ions. There are two tanks in a water softener system that facilitate this ion exchange, the resin tank (aka mineral tank) and the brine softener tank. The resin tank does the bulk of the water softening as the sodium ions from the brine solution exchange places with the mineral ions (water hardness ions). Ion exchange resin beads and water combine resulting in the hardness minerals attaching to the beads. Once all of the resin beads have been covered in hardness minerals, they are flushed out of the tank using either potassium chloride or sodium chloride. The water exiting the resin tank contains a very small number of sodium ions, but no longer contains high levels of hard mineral ions. Through the control valve, the brine tank then recharges the resin tank through a flushing process where the resin tank is rinsed with salt water from the brine tank. The salt water saturates the resin bead, removing any stuck mineral ions and replacing them with a sodium ion. The dissolved minerals are then flushed and the system is ready to soften water again.
Matibabu ya Softener ya Maji
Kuna faida nyingi za kufunga mfumo wa maji ya kulainisha nyumbani kwako.
Je, maji yaliyolainishwa yanaingia katika nyumba yangu yote ikiwa ni pamoja na joto la maji? Ni kiasi gani cha maji ya kulainisha ninachohitaji? Je, ninaenda na "salt-free" au "salt-msingi maji laini" (aka kawaida inayojulikana maji laini)?
Kufafanua tofauti kati ya wingi wa chaguzi za kulainisha maji sio rahisi, kutoka kiwango cha juu hadi cha chini cha mtiririko na tank moja hadi mbili, tuko hapa kusaidia. Kulingana na kiwango chako cha matumizi ya maji au kiwango cha ugumu, tunaweza kupendekeza suluhisho tofauti. Unaweza kujifunza zaidi kuhusu laini za maji, kama vile mifumo ya osmosis ya nyuma, na faida zao hapa
Wataalam wetu wako hapa kukusaidia na ufungaji wowote wa laini ya maji au ukarabati wa laini ya maji. Wasiliana nasi na ujifunze zaidi kuhusu jaribio la bure leo!