Optimise · Optimization
Improve What Is Already Working.
Finding the margin in a system that is running acceptably but not at its best.
01What It Is
The Service.
A structured review of an operating system to find where it is running more conservatively, more expensively or less efficiently than the water chemistry actually requires.
02Why It Matters
Why It Matters.
Systems are usually commissioned with conservative settings and then left there. The margin built in for safety at commissioning is often still being paid for years later.
03When You Need It
When to Ask for It.
The system is stable
Optimisation is for systems that work. Fix instability first, then look for margin.
Consumption seems high
Water, chemical or energy use that is out of line with comparable systems is worth investigating.
A water reduction target
Cycles of concentration and reuse opportunity are usually where the available reduction sits.
04The C-Water Approach
How It Is Carried Out.
- 01
Establish the baseline
Current consumption, current control settings and current system condition, measured rather than assumed.
- 02
Find the real limit
What the water chemistry actually permits, as distinct from what the system is currently set to.
- 03
Change in controlled steps
Setpoints moved incrementally with monitoring at each step, so a limit is approached rather than discovered.
- 04
Confirm and hold
The new operating point is verified over time and documented so it survives a staff change.
05What You Receive
The Output.
- Baseline measurement of current performance
- Identified optimisation opportunities with their constraint
- Controlled implementation plan
- Verified new operating point, documented
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