Depending on the usage of your Parker Watermaker, the membrane maintenance might require great care. The amount of care required will vary from system to system, (particularly if the automatic flush option has been selected).
While the best method to keep your desalinator clean is to use it daily, another method is to periodically clean it. Parker offers Membrane Element Storage chemicals that inhibit bacterial growth while maintaining the high flux and salt rejection of the R.O. Membrane Element.
It is inevitable that a membrane will occasionally become fouled – from mineral or biological sources. Depending on the source of the fouling, either alkaline or acid based cleaners are used to combat this issue.
Parker Sea Recovery offers 3 cleaning compound options, ensuring one will fit your membrane element storage needs.
Membrane Element Cleaning Compound #1 (MCC-1) is an alkaline cleaner designed to clean biological fouling and slight oil fouling from the R.O. membrane element.
Membrane Element Cleaning Compound #2 ( MCC-2) is an acid cleaner designed to clean calcium carbonate and other mineral deposits from the R.O. membrane element.
Membrane Element Cleaning Compound #3 ( MCC-3) is used for iron fouling. If the system's R.O. membrane element is fouled with rust from iron piping, then MCC-3 may be used for effective removal of light or moderate rust fouling.
