{"id":9968,"date":"2018-08-30T10:27:47","date_gmt":"2018-08-30T15:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.wika.com\/us\/\/?p=9968"},"modified":"2019-05-07T01:32:27","modified_gmt":"2019-05-07T06:32:27","slug":"pressure-sensor-water-filtration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wika.com\/us\/products\/pressure-products\/pressure-sensor-water-filtration\/","title":{"rendered":"Case Study: WIKA Pressure Sensor With Diaphragm Seal Enables Breakthrough Filtration for Wastewater Treatment Customer"},"content":{"rendered":"

The wastewater treatment equipment market was worth over $35 billion in 2015, and is expected to reach more than $55 billion by 2023. Increasing demands for water, alongside a trend in recycling and reusing this precious resource, are two reasons for the growth. End-user industries \u2013 power generation<\/a>, pharmaceuticals, paper, oil & gas, food & beverage and general industrial \u2013 are also driving the water treatment industry.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A leading water filtration equipment manufacturer designed an advanced self-cleaning filtration system, but it needed an equally innovative pressure sensor solution to make it work. It\u2019s not easy to accurately measure pressure in particle-laden, contaminated media. WIKA\u2019s pressure experts worked closely with the OEM to come up with a custom solution that saves end users time and money.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The proposed filtration system required that technicians clean the filters at pre-determined intervals. There are two problems with this method, both of which come at a cost to the end user:<\/p>\n

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  1. If the filters weren\u2019t too dirty, the workers would have wasted their time. <\/span><\/li>\n
  2. If the filters were too <\/em>dirty, the wastewater treatment system would have been working inefficiently for quite some time.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Challenge: Automating a Labor-Intensive System<\/h2>\n

    A global manufacturer and supplier of advanced filtration technologies set out to address this fundamental problem with a game-changer: a self-cleaning filtration system. It would save end users money by eliminating the need for a technician to manually clean the filter. And by not letting the filters become too clogged, the system would ensure that the water treatment plant runs efficiently at all times.<\/p>\n

    To bring this device to life, however, the engineers needed a high-quality sensor that could monitor the differential pressure across inlet and outlet to accurately enact the filter\u2019s self-cleaning mechanism. Standard pressure sensors did not work well, as they were not protected from the solids and particulates found in wastewater. Clogged sensors give inaccurate and\/or erratic pressure readings, which activated the self-cleaning mechanism at incorrect times \u2013 enabling the cleaning mechanism when throughput was actually adequate and cleaning was not needed, or not enabling it when throughput was down.<\/p>\n

    The manufacturer needed a pressure sensor solution that is highly accurate, rugged, configurable, and enables remote monitoring. That\u2019s when they contacted WIKA USA.<\/p>\n

    Click here to read the full article<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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