The quality of water is critical to a well-functioning fog system and determines its durability and maintenance. These include also health aspects, because the presence of micro-organisms in the water spray can lead to illnesses. A fog nozzle under high pressure (60-120 bar) water sprays, has a hole diameter of approx. on. 120 microns depending on the model. This is so small that it is only under the microscope. With a consumption of 7 litres of water per hour and a pressure of 60 bar, the flow velocity at the exit site is about 600 kilometers per hour.
This is the velocity of high friction forces acting on the nozzle. The harder the water, the more is the nozzle use off. The nozzle hole widens increasingly, which eventually leads to a higher consumption of water and degrades the quality of the fog. A high lime content is detrimental to not only the jets, but also the entire pipeline system. Lime, bacteria can accumulate. That’s why I recommend the water off medium hardness with an ion exchanger, or even better with a reverse osmosis to treat. The other parameters that are relevant for mist systems include total salinity, conductivity, pH, presence of certain substances such as iron, suspended solids, which affect the turbidity and microorganisms. The pH affects the failures of certain substances such as z.
E.g. lime. This is particularly the case with pH values of more than 7, so in the alkaline range. This leads to a premature erosion of the nozzle hole. In mountainous or hilly regions tap water has very often a higher degree of hardness, which is located at pH values of approximately 8 to 9. Therefore, optimum conditions can be achieved only with an additional pH correction.This is not entirely unproblematic, because the pH correction only materials suitable for, that safe are health, such as citric acid.
| April 20th, 2025 | Posted in General |