What is a lab water system?
For most applications in a laboratory environment, the quality of domestic tab water is not sufficient. Think about the presence of high concentrations of ions, organic materials, particles (colloids) and micro-organisms. All these contaminants can influence the results of your analysis in the lab. A lab water system is a system that purifies water to the desired quality for your application by combining different purification techniques.
For laboratory applications 3 different types of water are defined based on their purity: type I, type II and type III.
What is type III water?
Type 3 water is also called reverse osmosis (RO) water or laboratory grade water. It is produced from tap water by applying 2 important purification techniques: pre-filtration and reverse osmosis. During the pre-filtration, the particle filters will capture all particles that have a larger dimension than the pores. Sometimes also activated carbon filters are used in the pre-filtration. These filters will capture mainly organic materials from the water by a process called adsorption. The most important component of RO systems is of course the Reverse Osmosis (RO) membrane. In this component the water is pumped through a semi-permeable membrane against the osmotic pressure. This step removes a large part of the contaminants via the waste water: ions, bacteria, colloids, organic material, pyrogens…
Typical applications for type III water are manual rinsing glassware, final rinse laboratory dishwashers, filling water baths, climate chambers, autoclaves,…
What is type II water?
Type II water also is called EDI water, pure water, or analytical grade water. The first steps are in most cases the same as for type III water. This means that combo instruments that produce both type III and II from tab water are easy to produce. To purify water from type III water to type II water quality, in most cases 2 additional purification steps are applied: electrodeionization and UV irradiation. The electrodeionization (EDI) module is constructed as a resin column with a positive electrode, a negative electrode and multiple semi-permeable membranes. It will remove a very large part of the already reduced ion concentration. The UV lamp then will irradiate the water with light with wavelength 254 nm. UV light with this wavelength is very efficient against DNA. The UV light will therefore kill off all the micro-organisms and make the water sterile.
Typical applications for type II water are: buffers, pH solutions, culture media, clinical analyzers…
What is type I water?
Type I water is also called ultrapure or reagent grade water. It can be produced by adding some additional filtration techniques on the techniques used for type II water, or it can also be produced directly from type III water. In practice for most applications, type I water is produced directly from type III water/ RO water. To produce type I water from type II or type III water, 3 additional purification steps are needed: a dual UV lamp, an ion exchange column, and a carbon filter. The UV lamp irradiates UV light at 2 wavelengths: 254 nm and 185 nm. The UV light with wavelength 254m will further kill off all micro-organisms and the UV light at 185 nm oxidize organic material without removing it. In the ion exchange column, the ion concentration will be further reduced. This column is built up from anion exchange resin and cation exchange resin. In the last step the oxidized organic material will be removed by the activated carbon filter.
Typical applications for type I water are: HPLC, GC, AA, ICP-MS, buffer solutions, culture media for human and animal cell culturing, reagents for molecular biology…
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Selection guide: Specifications & Applications of Different Water Purification Systems
| Water system set |
Application | Compatible Feed Water Sources | Production rate at 25°C |
| Genie U 32 | Ultrapure (Type I) and Reverse Osmosis (Type III) water | Tap/potable water | 32l/h |
| Genie PURIST | Ultrapure (Type I) water | Pre-treated water | - |
| Genie A | Ultrapure (Type I) water | Tap/potable water | - |
| Genie E 15 | Pure (Type II) water | Tap/potable water | 15l/h |
| Genie R 32 | Reverse Osmosis (Type III) water | Tap/potable water | 32l/h |
| Genie G 15 with TOC set | Ultrapure (Type I) and Pure (Type II) water | Tap/potable water | 15l/h |
| Large Genie E 60 | Pure (Type II) water | Tap/potable water | 60l/h |
| Large Genie R 80 | Reverse Osmosis (Type III) water | Tap/potable water | 80l/h |
| NuZar U 24 | Ultrapure (Type I) and Reverse Osmosis (Type III) water | Tap/potable water | 24l/h |
| NuZar Q | Pure (Type II) water | Pre-treated water | - |
| NuZar E 10 | Pure (Type II) water | Tap/potable water | 10l/h |
| NuZar R 24 | Reverse Osmosis (Type III) water | Tap/potable water | 24l/h |
| Super-Genie E 500 | Pure (Type II) water | Tap/potable water | 500l/h |
| Super-Genie RO 600 | Reverse Osmosis (Type III) water | Tap/potable water | 600l/h |
| Genie De-Ion Unit | ICP grade ultrapure water | Ultrapure (Type I) water | - |
Our products
The Super-Genie E is specifically designed to produce large volumes of Type II pure water from tap water. The system is manufactured in an ISO 9001 : 2015 certified manufacturing site and CE marked. The quality of EDI water meets or exceeds ASTM, CLSI, CAP, and ISO Type II water standards.
Design & Functions
- The system is created to serve as a core workstation, generating purified water for a single lab facility or several labs. It produces large volumes of EDI water.
- The system provides overall control and monitoring within the whole water purification network to ensure 100% reliability right from the very beginning. External feed tank, booster pump, prefiltration, distribution pump and leak protector are all controlled by the main system.
- The all-in-one design optimizes the use of lab space and has a high degree of integration.
- The system can be equipped with multiple remote dispensers to dispense pure water.
- Emergency bypass loop sends water through the polishing cartridge in case of a power outage or system downtime to supply critical applications with non-stop water supply for hours.
- RephiLe provides full document support to meet the user’s GMP, GSP, GAP, GCP, GLP requirements.
Easy Operation and Maintenance
- Automatic RO rinsing program. No special operation is required when a new RO membrane is installed.
- Manual and volumetric dispensing, adjustable dispensing rate, and water quality monitoring.
- Compact dispensers allow one-handed operation and control with gloves and wet hands. Height adjustable and 360° rotatable on an anti-skid base.
- To make maintenance more convenient, no tools are needed in replacing consumables. All consumables are at the front of the system for easy replacement.
- Purification packs in a foolproof design with different colored labels ensure error-free and risk-free installation.
- Auto-alarm and self-diagnosis functions make users identify and solve problems easily.
- Details of daily operation parameters and consumables status are stored and displayed on an 8-inch color touch screen monitor. Operation data is stored for up to two years, which meets traceability requirements.
- Easy mobility due to locking wheels makes installation and maintenance convenient.
Parts
1. Pretreatment
- Carefully arranged pretreatment module to protect RO membranes and other downstream devices with the maximum ease of installation and maintenance
2. Reverse Osmosis
- The automatic bypath sends the RO water to the drain if it does not meet the preset quality standard.
- Environmentally friendly. The RO drain water is reused to increase the water yield.
3. EDI
- The EDI module uses electrodeionization to further remove ions, organic compounds and has a certain capacity to prevent the growth of bacteria.
- The EDI provides superior quality pure water consistently and reliably to ensure low and predictable running costs.
- Ion exchange resins are continuously regenerated by an electric field. No hazardous chemical regeneration or costly resin replacement is needed.
- EDI module has a high degree of automation and minimal electricity consumption by using the equivalent of the energy. Cost-effective.
4. UV Lamp
- An environmentally friendly In-line Mercury-free germicidal UV lamp is applied to kill bacteria.
5. Tank
- A 100L integrated tank is standard and upgradable to other sizes.
- The large storage tanks integrate distribution modules including loop UV lamp, loop filter, loop resistivity sensor and so on. Provides high-quality and stable distributed water through the loops.
- The sanitization module can keep bacteria in storage tanks at a low level by UVC LED lamp.
- Spray ball (optional) makes tank cleaning automated and easy.
6. Final Filter
- A wide range of final filters (optional) is applicable to ensure ultrapure water without particles, bacteria or pyrogen.
7. Leak protector
- The leak protector incorporated can prevent damage from a water leakage by shutting the feed water off in case of unexpected leaking.
The Super-Genie R is specifically designed to produce large volumes of RO water from tap water. The system is manufactured in an ISO 9001 : 2015 certified manufacturing site and CE marked.
Some benefits of these integrated, centralized and fully-featured water purification systems are:
Design & Functions
- The system is created to serve as a core workstation, generating purified water for a single lab facility or several labs. It produces large volumes of RO water directly from tap water.
- The system provides overall control and monitoring within the whole water purification network to ensure 100% reliability right from the very beginning. The external feed tank, booster pump, prefiltration, distribution pump and leak protector are all controlled by the main system.
- The all-in-one design can optimize the use of lab space and have a high degree of integration.
- The system can be equipped with multiple remote dispensers to dispense RO water.
- Emergency bypass loop sends water through the polishing cartridge in case of a power outage or system downtime to supply critical applications with non-stop water supply for hours.
- RephiLe provides full document support to meet the user’s GMP, GSP, GAP, GCP, GLP requirements.
Easy Operation and Maintenance
- Automatic RO rinsing program. No special operation is required when a new RO membrane is installed.
- Manual and volumetric dispensing, adjustable dispensing rate, and water quality monitoring.
- Compact dispensers allow one-handed operation and control with gloves and wet hands. Height adjustable and 360° rotatable on an anti-skid base.
- To make maintenance more convenient, no tools are needed for replacing consumables. All consumables are at the front of the system for easy replacement.
- Purification packs in a foolproof design with different colored labels ensure error-free and risk-free installation.
- Auto-alarm and self-diagnosis functions make users identify and solve problems easily.
- Details of daily operation parameters and consumables status are stored and displayed on an 8-inch color touch screen monitor. Operation data is stored for up to two years, which meets traceability requirements.
- Easy mobility due to locking wheels makes installation and maintenance convenient.
Parts
1. Pretreatment
- Carefully arranged pretreatment module to protect RO membranes and other downstream devices with the maximum ease of installation and maintenance
2. Reverse Osmosis
- The automatic bypath sends the RO water to the drain if it does not meet the preset quality standard.
- Environmentally friendly. The RO drain water is reused to increase the water yield.
3. UV Lamp
- An environmentally friendly In-line Mercury-free germicidal UV lamp is applied to kill bacteria.
3. Tank
- A 100L integrated tank is standard and upgradable to other sizes.
- The large storage tanks integrate distribution modules including loop UV lamp, loop filter, loop resistivity sensor and so on. Provides high-quality and stable distributed water through the loops.
- The sanitization module can keep bacteria in storage tanks at a low level by using an UVC LED lamp.
- Spray ball (optional) make tank cleaning automated and easy.
4. Leak protector
- The leak protector incorporated can prevent damage from a water leakage by shutting the feed water off in case of unexpected leaking.
Genie De-ion water purification & dispensing kit is a bi-functional kit that is specially designed to fulfill the stringent requirements of trace and ultra-trace element analyses. It not only serves as a polishing unit to further purify ultrapure water fed by RephiLe Genie ultrapure water purification systems but also provides secure delivery of analytical-grade purified water, elemental contaminants down to ppt and sub-ppt levels.
Multiple options can be chosen to withdraw product water, through the control console, the built-in touchscreen on the kit, or the foot-switch.
The system is CE/RoHS certified. RephiLe provides full document support to meet users’ GMP, GSP, GAP, GCP, GLP requirements.
Feed ultrapure water only.
Product: ICP grade ultrapure water.
Can be used with GENIE G, U, PURIST
and Super GENIE G and U systems only.
Powerful ICP ultra-purification cartridge
- In-depth removal of ultra-trace ions to extremely low levels, commonly ppt and even sub-ppt
- Improved water quality stability and processing efficiency due to an optimized flow scheme
- High pressure rated housings, proprietary sealing, and double O-ring designs ensure operational confidence
- RFID tracking and monitoring for optimal system performance and real-time operational intelligence
- Easy access through the front door. Installation and maintenance require no tools or experience
2.4” built-in color capacitive touchscreen
- Display of adequate product water information, such as quality, flow rate, and other key parameters for real-time monitoring
- Manual and volumetric dispensing and dispensing rate adjustment
- Highly responsive, water-proof, and latex-glove friendly. Perfect for wet labs
- Easy to clean & resistant to scratches
Easy integration into a laboratory space and simple to use
- Metallic-free water tubing support is easily adaptable to a laminar flow hood
- The foot-switch allows hands-free water delivery with no cross-contamination.
Main Components
1. Transparent plastic tubing support
- Placement flexibility. Separate installation in a laminar flow hood or any other clean and controlled environments
- Metallic-free and extremely low extractable. Contaminant-free
- Seamless design with an exceptionally smooth surface to prevent the growth of microorganisms and collection of particles from surroundings. Easy to clean and maintain
- Durable. Chemicals and solvents resistant and high environmental stability
- Lightweight. Easy to handle
2. Internal 0.1μm filter
- Capable of filtering off any particles or other contaminants bigger than 0.1 μm in purified water
- To ensure that no particles are released into the delivery, thus preventing particles from entering and clogging the pumps, the capillary tubing, or other equipment components
(*It is recommended that the 0.1 μm filter and the Genie ICP Pack be replaced at the same time to maintain the required water quality.)
3. Footswitch
- Touch-free operation to reduce the risk of cross-infection from hands, gloves, or breathing
- Added work efficiency since it gives users the ability to multitask with full use of both hands
- In compliance with GLP (Good Laboratory Practice) and other standards and specifications for clean environments
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