How to Calculate Resin Capacity for Softener | Softening Plant?

Before to Calculate the capacity of the Water Softener (softening) Plant,  to choose how much water to be softened. In this case, 100M3 to be softened at 400 ppm of Feed Hardness to 5 ppm.

How to Calculate the resin capacity?

The Resin Exchange Capacity is mention into the product’s supplier Data Sheet*.

Normally cationic exchange capacity : 55/liter of resin.

Hence, Liter of resin = (Feed Hardness in ppm X Water Qty M3) / Exchange capacity

= (400 x 100 / 55) = 727 liter resin sufficient

Softner-Plant

How to Calculate Salt Quantity?

= 110 Kg NaCl   (150 Gram NaCl / liter of resin)

so quantity of water require to dilute @100% solution

= say 344 Liter Water { solubility of NaCl  (320 Gram NaCl @ 20 Deg C / liter of Water )}

to get 10 % solution add 3440 liter of water

Now 3784 liter is having for regeneration and that much of water to be injected 20 Minute

then start backwash process to another 40 minute

after that fast rinse until get hardness is < 5 ppm once it is reached now the plant is ready to start the process, it can extract up to 100 m3

Feed pressure to be maintained up1.5 – 2 Bar,

*Resign exchange capacity is important, it is vary product to product.

91 throughts on "How to Calculate Resin Capacity for Softener | Softening Plant?"

  1. How to Calculate Salt Quantity?

    = 150 Kg NaCl { ? 150 Gram NaCl / liter of resin)

    Is the above calcualtion wrong?
    150 Gram NaCl x 727 = 109.05 Kgs of NaCl

    Please correct me if I am wrong.

    1. please give me softner plant vessel size calculate

      Thanks & regards

      paresh patel

      M – 9898665184

      from – B T water treatment pvt ltd in gujarat

      1. Sir please send me how to calculate softner vessel, and resion capacity .
        Thanking you sir.

        1. Dear sir,
          softner resion capacity 3272 liters, how to design softner shell sizes,and pipe line sizes, and pump capacity.

          thanking you sir.

        1. How to calculate Softener vessel size for 1309 litres resin volume. Kindly mention each and every steps in detail.for 900 mm bed depth

  2. Also please let me know what is the purity of NaCL you have considered in the above calculation

      1. Sir, tds is 1059ppm and daily need 2000lit water plz give the resin qty and vessel size for daily recharge and also give salt qty to recharge.

      2. Sir, tds is 1059ppm and daily need 2000lit water plz give the resin qty and vessel size for daily recharge and also give salt qty to recharge. Awaiting reply.

  3. please wats the best approach to this design question

    Design a water softening plant for a water work having the following data:
    Hardness of water= 450 mg/liter as CaCo3
    Available hardness after treatment = 50 mg/liter as CaCo3
    Quantity of water to be treated = 25000 liter/ hour
    Ion exchange capacity of resin to be used in the plant = 10 kg of hardness / cub.m
    Salt required for regeneration of resin= 45 kg/ cub.m of the resin
    The water softening plant works 2 shifts of 8 hours per day. Assume any suitable data where necessary.

    thank u

    1. calculation resin quantity

      Liter of resin = Feed hardness in ppm * Water quantity in M 3 per hr/ Exchange capacity

      Calculation of salt in gm = 150 gm of salt per liter of resin* quantity of resin in liters

      Calculation of salt in Kg = 150 gm of salt per liter of resin* quantity of resin in liters/1000

  4. What would be the efficiency of hardness removal we could expect? From say 800 ppm by this method how much hardness can we remove and what would be left?
    Thanks
    Navin

  5. WHAT IS THE PRESSURE DROP FOR USING 1000 LPH SOFTENER BY USING 10X54(Dia. x Height) with multiport valve. eg. inlet pressure is 2 kg / cm square, what is the output pressure after softening

  6. What would be the efficiency of hardness removal we could expect? From say 800 ppm by this method how much hardness can we remove and what would be left?

    1. our flow rate 30 m3/hr and Hardness calculate for resin is 320 ppm. But inlet hardness is vary from 250 ppm to 700 ppm and we use the softener vessels is 48×72 and resin qty is 1210 ltr. and our Obr is 200 m3/ hr. so after regeneration we got hardness only 20 ppm but party required less than 5 ppm so, what we do.

      1. Please make NaCl solution by Soft Water for regeneration and Keep Another Softener vessel on the basis of 20 ppm hardness. i think it ill solve this issue.

  7. We have 20 m3/hr Softener tank and our Raw water hardness 95 ppm and TDS 1080 ppm Kindly suggest the recipe how much resin required and how much NaCl is required for soften it?

    1. Dear khurram Shahzad,
      Hardness is 95 say 100 PPM. your flow rate is 20 m3/hr take regeneration after every 24 hr i.e. after 480 m3. because your hardness is not much.
      kg load of CaCO3 is 48 kg. i.e. if we take exchange capacity of resin 55% resign require will be 875 lit.
      NaCl required will be 135 kg for each regeneration

  8. we have done a sea water treatment three months before. raw water dds is 15550 after water treatment we get 55ddsppm. But a problem arises.a
    aferr having the water it caught the throat please. give solution.

  9. I have one 1354 Vessel and one 40nb multiport valve. I want to design a softner of 1000 lts/hr capacity. The hardness is 450 ppm. The above material is suitable for this capacity of softner. Please help me in this. And what is the Re-Generation time. Please explain me.

  10. haredness is 800ppm , requirment of water 25 m3 per day please send resin qty and salt qty.taken water

  11. How to design the D.M. Plant?
    How to calculate the resign requirement (Anion & Cation)?
    What should be the free-board or may I use it as packed bed?
    In my knowledge 30% should be freeboard is it OK?

  12. Dear khurram Shahzad,

    Hardness is 95 say 100 PPM. your flow rate is 20 m3/hr take regeneration after every 24 hr i.e. after 480 m3. because your hardness is not much.

    kg load of CaCO3 is 48 kg. i.e. if we take exchange capacity of resin 55% resign require will be 875 lit.

    NaCl required will be 135 kg for each regeneration

  13. Dear sir, here we had 15m3/hr plant, our raw water have 300ppm hardness and 800ppm tds, after softening we get result 5ppm but with in week get high hardness, per day feed 100m3. Y this happening?

  14. I need 30 m3/hr softener plant . Hardness need to reduce fro 350 ppm to less than 5
    1. Tank size ?
    2. Resin quantity?
    3. Salt for regeneration how much ?

    Thanks
    Mahbub

      1. above calculation is wrong.

        1. Resin Qty.= Plant capacity*raw water hardness/Exchange factor (55).
        = (2*24*8450)/55
        = 7375ltrs (Theoritical)
        Practical value = (2*20*8450)/55
        = 6145 Ltrs (Approx. 6150)
        2. 150 gram Nacl/Litre of resin qty.
        = (150 gm*7375)/1000
        = 1106 kg Salt (Theoritical)
        Practical value = (150 gm*6150)/1000
        = 922 kg salt required.

  15. 25m3/hr resin qty 7000 liter now softener regenration with 1250 kgs nacl but after regeneration hardness is 50ppm client is required less then 5ppm please reply how to solve this.
    Note what is regnration time?

  16. sir piz suggest me softner for folowing condition1,total hardness as CaCo3 -1500 (2)TDS 5000 (3) SO4 2800 (4)Chlorides 400 ppm

  17. I need 10 m3/hr softener plant . Hardness need to reduce fro 350 ppm to less than 5
    1. Tank size ?
    2. Resin quantity?
    3. Salt for regeneration how much ?

    Thanks
    Sanjay

  18. 10 m3/hr softener plant .
    Hardness to reduce fro 400 ppm to less than 5
    P/z say the
    1. Tank size ?
    2. Resin quantity?
    3. Salt for regeneration how much ?

    Thanks
    Sanjay

  19. Dear sir
    300 m3/hr capacity softner plant for textile how much resin is required and if three vessel and each 150 m3/hr than what will be vessel size

  20. Sir please mention that my plant capicty is 10m3 and water hardness is 380 how much resin is used and how much salt is used in regeneration sir please tell answer sir.

  21. Sir please mention that my plant capicty is 10m3 and water hardness is 380 how much resin is used and how much salt is used in regeneration sir please tell answer sir.and tds of fees water is 670

  22. Dear sir ion exchange na225 resin qty 100 ltr and inlet ppm 650
    So what obr and how calculate obr plz sir formula

  23. Dear sir

    softener sir p/z say the resin quantity and tank size,
    salt for regeneration

  24. 150 litres resign
    hardness == 400-500ppm
    whats the output of water from softener in litres with less than 60-70PPM hardness until the next regeneration process ? 18k litres or 20k litres ?

  25. sir,
    what ever your giving information is very use full me. i want to how to calculate vessel sizes.

  26. resin quantity and nacl calculation required for 100 cubic meter water
    inlet hardness 200 ppm
    kindly do the calculation for this

  27. we have 9liter softener inut hardness 450ppm ,how many liter soft water we will get out put.

  28. what qty of cation resin required to replace 34kg Ammonia from water solution. Ammonia is in the form of Di ammonium Tartrate MW 184

  29. Hi sir.. We install softener plant vessel size 956*1856mm. We fill Resin 250 kg the problem we facing lossing pressure and some time ?????? line will broke.. What is correct pressure we need.. Pump is two hp. Plant is in fourth flooor.. Please advice the correct pump capacity

  30. Hardness 748 feed water3000 litter per hour resin 150 litter how Many kg salt require for regenerations

  31. Hardness 748 feed water3000 litter per hour resin 150 litter how Many kg salt require for regenerations

  32. Dear sir,
    softner resion capacity 3272 liters, how to design softner shell sizes,and pipe line sizes, and pump capacity.

    thanking you sir.

  33. What is the unit of 55 (Normally cationic exchange capacity : 55/liter of resin)?

    Thanks…

  34. 1 ltr cation resin how much remove ca Mg if water flow 60 m3 HR and volume 8.5 m 3 and inlet hardness 5 ppm and required 5ppb

  35. I need a FRP softener plant, my requirements is 10000 ltrs soft water daily. Hare water hardness is 1500Ppm . How can we design a softener plant.

  36. I need FRP softner plant Capacity 50KLD borewell water hardness 940 ppm please suggest<20ppm hardness Required reason qty & OBR

  37. Help me with 800ppm source water hardness i installed dual frp softener 13×54 but the hardness was only reduce to 625. Can you help me boit this problem.

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