Innovative technologies applied industry-wide

Technologies applied

At Syrinx we employ cutting-edge technologies to purify water. Our solutions ensure superior quality, sustainability and efficiency. We are committed to find the best fitting technology for your needs and are always open to identify innovative solutions to stay ahead of the market. Below you will find a brief description of selected applied water treatment technologies.

Water Softener

The water softener process via ion exchange removes calcium and magnesium from the water by exchanging the above-mentioned minerals with sodium ion.

The process functions as follows:

  • The water enters into the tank and flows through a bed of resin beads. The beads (often made from polystyrene) are charged with sodium ion. The resin beads are anion (negative charge), while the calcium and magnesium are cations (positive charge)
  • The opposite charges attract hence the minerals are attracted to the resin. As the hard water flows through the resin, the beads grab the mineral ions and remove them from the water, while it releases sodium ion into the water
  • The column of resin takes all the hardness out of the water as it flows through the tank, after which softened water flows out of the water softener device.

When all the available sodium ions have been replaced with calcium or magnesium ions, the resin must be recharged using a brine solution. The regeneration has following steps:

  1. Backwash: water flows through the resin in opposite direction, and output is sent to drain,
  2. Brine draw: salt water is pulled from the brine tank and brine pass through the resin bed and output is sent to drain,
  3. Rinse: brine water is gradually flushed out of the resin bed.

Iron and manganese removal

The iron and manganese removal is very similar to the process described above. It is done via ion exchange, but in this case the iron and manganese molecules are replaced in the water by sodium ions. However, the composition of water (calcium, magnesium, iron, manganese, etc.) determines the characteristics of the water treatment systems such as the number and size of tanks and resin type.