In a truly integrated software, modifications made to any operation automatically propagate throughout the system design, whereas other software requires modifications to be manually entered into the feed of the downstream operation.

WAVE is an integrated expert modeling software for water-treatment plant design, including wastewater-treatment plant design, offering:

• Flexible design using three technologies, with multiple-unit operation combinations, plus the option to specify system-feed or net-product flow rate.
• A powerful calculation engine with the capacity to run complex designs at high levels of accuracy.
• Improved water-equilibrium calculations and interface.
• True mass-balance volumes and flows that reflect changes in density due to temperature, water composition, and water compressibility.
• Consistent hydraulic constraints and regeneration parameters, which reflect best practices and state-of-the-art product performance and application.
• Default values for most parameters, allowing you (or your designer) to create a design quickly.
• The capability to introduce project-specific parameters to increase the accuracy of operating-expense calculations.

WAVE software for water-treatment plant design includes advanced features for UF, RO, and IX technologies to maximize multi-technology design efficiency. 

Ultrafiltration (UF) advanced features include:

• ^NEW! WAVE allows to design with mini-CIP chemical cleaning protocol. User can choose three options: “CEB only”, “mini-CIP only” and “CEB and mini-CIP”.
• ^NEW! In ultrafiltration, backwash options have been upgraded to consider the required steps for UXA products.
• The latest UF products, including IntegraFlux™ and IntegraPac™ UF Modules with XP Fiber.
• Updated design guidelines and pressure rating curves.
• Membrane integrity testing capabilities.
• Advanced clean-in-place (CIP) protocols and use of RO concentrate for cleaning.
• Inputs for advanced design: the ability to specify the pH of chemical solutions used in the maintenance and cleaning protocols, transmembrane pressure (TMP) slopes for BW/CEB/CIP, and design for constant flux vs. constant output.

Reverse osmosis (RO) advanced features include:

• ^NEW! Users can now design systems with concentrate stream recycle simultaneously from Pass 2 to Pass 1 and 2.
• ^NEW! The reverse osmosis products database has been upgraded to include the new seawater fouling resistant . 
• The latest RO products database with new calculation improvements and products, including FilmTec™ Fortilife™.
• Improved internally staged design (ISD) capability — each element in a pressure vessel can now be uniquely defined.
• Split permeate available with ISD.
• Bypass, pass, and stage level concentrate recycle loops.
• A new system-level hydraulic-flow calculator.
• Batch modeling with the possibility of simultaneous-batch-case creation.
• Design warnings by element position.
• Pressure-drop reporting.

Ion exchange (IX) advanced features include:

• ^NEW! Ion exchange reports have been improved and optimized in order to better reflect customer needs. 
• Harmonized data for all processes and resins.
• Ability to model multiple IX processes, including softening, dealkalinization, demineralization, RO/IX polishing, and condensate polishing.
• Multiple IX regeneration schemes, including concurrent, water, or air-blocked packed beds, AmberPack™ IX systems, Upcore™ IX systems, and internal and external mixed beds.

Software requirements:

• Windows Installer 3.1 or higher
• Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 Client
• SQL Server Compact Edition 3.5 or higher

Note: If one or more of the above requirements is absent, it will be installed along with WAVE installation setup (Setup.exe).

Hardware requirements:

• Minimum disk space:
  • 120 MB (for WAVE application)
  • 50 MB (.Net Framework Client Profile)
  • 3MB (for SQL Server CE)
• Operating system (one of the following):
  • Windows XP Service Pack 3
  • Windows Server 2008
  • Windows Vista
  • Windows 7 Ultimate, Professional, Enterprise, Home Premium, or Home Basic
  • Windows 10

WAVE software for water-treatment plant design comes with a fully detailed . This manual is easily accessible within the software through the “Quick Help” button located in the top right of the software’s interface.

You can also connect with your DuPont Water Solutions representative, or contact us, with any questions regarding the software or how it works.