Water Treatment

ML high-pressure humidification systems provided by Husson Inc., generally require soft water, with a low mineral content. In most cases supply water is treated before it’s converted to mist for your humidification needs. Based on the needs of your operational processes, Husson Inc. will design, specify and install the appropriate water treatment solution for each humidification system.

Even though water is clean and safe to drink, it may contain substances that can cause maintenance and other problems if not understood and addressed.

Hard water, with a high content of calcium and magnesium, may cause problems with clogged nozzles. On the other hand very soft water, with low mineral content, will be aggressive and cause pitting and corrosion of some components. Also high chlorine in some water may have to be treated to ensure acceptable content of microorganisms for the Reverse Osmosis treatment process.

In order to avoid problems, it is important that you know some key information about the hardness and conductivity levels of your supply water. For trouble-free operations ML products have the following requirement:

Hardness: Maximum 2°dH
Conductivity: Between 5 and 500 mS/cm°

Hardness of the supply water will determine the amount of deposits (dusting) that settles from the air after the water has evaporated. If dusting is unacceptable because of sensitive equipment or clean space requirements, the proper solution is to install a Reverse Osmosis water treatment system. This treatment will reduce the amount of minerals by up to 98%.

If the dusting is not a concern, an AQA electronic water conditioner prevents nozzle clogging from the build-up of minerals. 

(Please note that although a traditional water softener also could be used, we do not recommend it. Sodium from the softener can cause rust and problems in electronic equipment)

Husson Inc. has years of experience in water treatment for humidification needs and can recommend the right method for trouble-free operation and acceptable deposit levels, based on your specific requirements.

Water conditioner (AQA)

AQA water conditioning reduces the build-up of minerals on the nozzle orifice and reduces maintenance on the system. However you will get some dusting from minerals in the supply water. And a big plus: The unit is maintenance free up to 100,000 gallons of water.

Reverse Osmosis System (RO Systems)

Water softening is included, except for humidification systems with low demand, as part of the system to increase the system’s output and the life of the RO membranes.

Additional levels of water treatment are available from Husson for ultra clean water applications such as clean room and medical device environments.