Archive for April, 2016

Voltea, the world’s leader in membrane Capacitive Deionization (CapDI©), is excited to present a video of our Industrial Series 36 (IS36) system installation on site! This is a great illustration of how quickly and easily our installation process goes once our system is delivered. Please view our video here:

Voltea, the world’s leader in membrane Capacitive Deionization (CapDI©), has expanded its reach into South America with an installation at the Catholic University of Northern Chile (UCN) – Antofagasta Campus located in Chile’s Antofagasta Region II, near the renowned Atacama desert, the driest place on earth.

For this specific install, the university purchased Voltea’s DK Unit for the Research and Technology Centre of Water of the Desert (Ceitzasa) to perform several research and development studies of various applications, including treatment of low brackish water (0.5 – 5 mS/cm) with silica, hydroponics, waste streams reuse, and boron and arsenic removal.

One of Ceitzasa’s missions is to evaluate sustainable water technologies that offer the highest efficiency plus the lowest environmental footprint. Ceitzasa has partnered with public institutions and private companies involved in the mining sector to quantify and qualify removal rates of specific ions present in water from various sources, and their application in several mining processes. Deionization for mining applications is the first step for Voltea to validate the benefits of membrane CapDI© technology in this market segment, in addition to acquiring a new reference in this part of the globe.

“Voltea continues to partner with universities from around the world that are interested in exploring the benefits of CapDI© technology for water purification,” explains Carlos Camero, Sr. VP Global Sales of Voltea. “We look forward to working with Ceitzasa, UCN and other academic institutions in years to come. It’s important to help our partners reach their high standards and validating proven cost-effective solutions for water purification that are friendly to the environment like CapDI©.”

Voltea, the world’s leader in membrane Capacitive Deionization (CapDI©), is growing into the Latin American market where the technology is being embraced as the region recognizes the need for water purification in a variety of applications.

A horticulture company located in Queretaro, Mexico purchased an IS4 CapDI system to remove and control sodium and bicarbonate concentrations from an underground water source. The focus is to improve water efficiency through greater recycling, and to decrease fertilizer consumption by 30%, in a location impacted by aquifer level depletion.

In the central region of Mexico desalination is very challenging due to the high silica concentration in the water. The elevated silica makes conventional technologies inefficient, with exorbitant water losses and expensive antiscalants required for operation. In contrast, CapDI was able to achieve water recovery of up to 90%, even with a silica concentration of 80 ppm and minimal pre-treatment.

Voltea’s CEO, Dr. Bryan Brister noted, “CapDI’s capital costs have attained parity with traditional desalination technologies, and CapDI’s operating expenses are far lower still, which is rapidly making CapDI the preferred desalination method on difficult to treat waters such as the water in Central Mexico with elevated silica levels. CapDI is delivering significantly greater water usage efficiency for horticulture operators, which is particularly important in drought stricken regions.”