Systems and methods for water blending control
AssigneePentair Filtration Solutions, LLC
InventorsManasa Sambi, Blake Brewer
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Abstract
A reverse osmosis water system including a housing, a reverse osmosis cartridge, an unfiltered waterline, and a blend waterline. The housing includes an inlet and an outlet. A medial waterline transports pretreated water to the reverse osmosis cartridge. An unfiltered waterline includes a flow restrictor. A blend waterline transports a blended water mixture to the outlet. The blended waterline receives filtered water at a first flowrate from the medial waterline and unfiltered water at a second flowrate downstream of the flow restrictor. The flow restrictor provides the second flowrate at a substantially equal rate to the first flowrate.
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A reverse osmosis water system for use with a water source, the system comprising:
- a housing having an inlet and an outlet, the inlet receiving untreated water from the water source;
- a reverse osmosis cartridge fluidly coupled to a medial waterline, the medial waterline transporting a first portion of pretreated water to the reverse osmosis cartridge;
- an unfiltered waterline having a flow restrictor, the unfiltered waterline fluidly coupled to the medial waterline, the unfiltered waterline receiving a second portion of pretreated water;
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- a blend waterline fluidly coupled to the medial waterline and the unfiltered waterline, the blend waterline transporting a blended water mixture to the outlet,
- the blended waterline receiving filtered water delivered at a first flowrate from the medial waterline downstream of the reverse osmosis cartridge and unfiltered water delivered at a second flowrate from the unfiltered waterline downstream of the flow restrictor, the flow restrictor providing the second flowrate at a substantially equal rate to the first flowrate.
A reverse osmosis water system for use with a water source, the system comprising:
- an inlet and an outlet, the inlet receiving untreated water from the water source;
- a reverse osmosis cartridge fluidly coupled to a medial waterline, the medial waterline providing a first portion of pretreated water to the reverse osmosis cartridge;
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- an unfiltered waterline fluidly coupled to the medial waterline and receiving a second portion of pretreated water at a first flowrate, the unfiltered waterline having a flow restrictor and a blend valve, the flow restrictor reducing the first flowrate to a second flowrate;
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- a blend waterline fluidly coupled to the medial waterline downstream of the reverse osmosis cartridge and fluidly coupled to the unfiltered waterline downstream of the flow restrictor and the blend valve, the unfiltered waterline providing unfiltered water to the blend waterline at the second flowrate, the reverse osmosis cartridge providing filtered water to the blend waterline at a third flowrate, the flow restrictor and the blend valve controlling the second flowrate to be substantially equal to the third flowrate.
A reverse osmosis water system for use with a water source, the system comprising:
- an inlet and an outlet, the inlet receiving untreated water;
- a pre-filter cartridge fluidly coupled to the inlet via an inlet waterline;
- a reverse osmosis cartridge fluidly coupled to the pre-filter cartridge, the reverse osmosis cartridge receiving a first portion of pretreated water from the pre-filter cartridge;
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- an unfiltered waterline in parallel to the reverse osmosis cartridge, the unfiltered waterline receiving a second portion of pretreated water from the pre-filter cartridge, the unfiltered waterline having a flow restrictor;
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- a blend waterline receiving unfiltered water from the flow restrictor and filtered water from the reverse osmosis cartridge, the reverse osmosis cartridge providing the filtered water a first flowrate and the flow restrictor providing the unfiltered water at a second flowrate, the first flowrate and the second flowrate being substantially equal.
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