Testing The Waters Just Got Easier With New Water System Software

Water treatment component design software from Dow simplifies the modeling process and saves time

Dow is bringing water treatment system modeling to your fingertips with new software that helps simplify and accelerate modeling of components, evaluate new or retrofit system designs, and plan construction of desalination water treatment systems.

Dow Water & Process Solutions (DW&PS), a business unit of The Dow Chemical Company has designed Water Application Value Engine (WAVE)—a new digital modeling tool for customers that will save time and increase efficiency for evaluating components as well as designing water treatment systems. The WAVE tool will be beta-launched to a pilot group of DW&PS customers this month, and is expected to launch commercially in 2015.

The innovative modeling software combines ultrafiltration modules (UF), reverse osmosis membranes (RO) and ion exchange resins (IX) into one fully integrated tool that enables users to project accurate water quality predictions for single or multiple unit water treatment designs utilizing DW&PS technologies.

“No other supplier offers an integrated software program with the three components – ultrafiltration, reverse osmosis and ion exchange – so it’s distinct in the market,” said Nanette Hermsen, associate marketing director at DW&PS. “By using the calculation engine from pretreatment to final polishing, you reduce data entry steps and ultimately save time modeling water treatment components to be used in a system design.”

The WAVE technology uses a powerful hydraulic modeling calculation engine which improves the accuracy of the model compared to previous technology. WAVE capabilities help engineers and original equipment manufacturers (OEM) configure water treatment components better and faster through integrating all DW&PS technologies into one tool - allowing for easier iterations as the design process proceeds. The WAVE tool also delivers accurate water quality predictions for multiple components simultaneously – reducing calculation errors and data re-entry from one calculation tool to another.

“The intuitive buttons and graphic-based, drag-and-drop interface allows users to design with ease, adjust variables and add processes as they configure the exact water treatment system they need,” said Hermsen.

The new water modeling program will be hosted on an IBM cloud platform which will allow users to operate the tool on a variety of devices: both Windows and Mac computers, tablets, and even mobile devices (Apple iOS/Android). The cloud hosting of the WAVE tool provides a powerful server to host complex programs while securing access to the information. With the capability to use the design software from any device connected to the internet, approved users can access the WAVE software whenever and wherever they choose.

About Dow Water & Process Solutions
A global leader in sustainable separation and purification technology, Dow Water & Process Solutions is making a clear impact in the world. We’re helping to make water safer and more accessible, food taste better, pharmaceuticals more effective and industries more efficient and spearheading the development of sustainable technologies that integrate water and energy requirements. Dow Water & Process Solutions offers a broad portfolio of ion exchange resins, reverse osmosis membranes, ultrafiltration membranes, fine particle filters and electrodeionization products, with strong positions in a number of major application areas, including industrial and municipal water, industrial processes, pharmaceuticals, power, residential water and waste and water reuse. For more information, visit www.dowwaterandprocess.com.

About Dow
Dow combines the power of science and technology to passionately innovate what is essential to human progress. The Company is driving innovations that extract value from the intersection of chemical, physical and biological sciences to help address many of the world's most challenging problems such as the need for clean water, clean energy generation and conservation, and increasing agricultural productivity. Dow's integrated, market-driven, industry-leading portfolio of specialty chemical, advanced materials, agrosciences and plastics businesses delivers a broad range of technology-based products and solutions to customers in approximately 180 countries and in high growth sectors such as packaging, electronics, water, coatings and agriculture. In 2013, Dow had annual sales of more than $57 billion and employed approximately 53,000 people worldwide. The Company's more than 6,000 products are manufactured at 201 sites in 36 countries across the globe. References to "Dow" or the "Company" mean The Dow Chemical Company and its consolidated subsidiaries unless otherwise expressly noted. For more information, visit www.dow.com.