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Voltea, the world’s leader in membrane Capacitive Deionization (CapDI©), has created and published a new brochure that focuses on how CapDI benefits the horticulture industry.

CapDI tunably removes and controls sodium and electrical conductivity (EC) levels arrising from total dissolved solids (TDS) without removing all minerals, allowing users to select the optimal level of sodium and minerals for each crop’s irrigation water. Excessive levels of sodium in irrigation water prevents reuse, and CapDI effectively removes the sodium to acceptable levels (< 1 mMol/L) in the presence of high silica content (> 80 mg/L) while maintaining high recovery (> 80%) at flexible removal rates (50 – 90%).

Horticulture businesses benefit from using CapDI by its low energy consumption, no required chemicals, minimal maintenance, as well as overall reduced water and fertilizer consumption. CapDI provides optimal water quality that enables higher quality products at better yields, all while dramatically lowering operational costs!

Carlos Camero, Sr. VP of Global Sales at Voltea mentions, “CapDI technology has proven to be an effective solution for horticulture water reuse, allowing growers to recycle up to 35% of water and fertilizers, which translates into quantifiable OpEx savings. Voltea’s tunable desalination technology significantly increases our customers’ water-cycle efficiency and enables our mutual commitment to reduce consumption in a highly intensive water market.”

Voltea, the world’s leader in membrane Capacitive Deionization (CapDI©), has performed a detailed technical analysis supported by field data from various installation sites that compares CapDI technology to that of Reverse Osmosis (RO), now at 2,000 ppm TDS. In the desalination/water purification technology field, CapDI has often competed with RO in all aspects of the business, from capital and operating expenses (including energy consumption and consumables costs), to operational efficiency and water recovery rates. Voltea’s CapDI technology costs have now reached parity with that of RO, and this document details all aforementioned aspects of measure with CapDI consistently at the advantage. We recently released this data at a 500 ppm TDS level, and due to client feedback are able to provide the same data at this higher salinity level.
See Attached Document:
CapDI vs RO 2000 ppm
If your business uses RO, or if you are considering the purchase of an RO unit, ask yourself if you are satisfied with the expected costs, energy consumption, and predicted water recovery to fully understand the true cost of ownership. By evaluating the attached document, you can see how CapDI dwarfs RO in savings, performance and sustainability, and we would like to challenge you to find a situation where RO is a more desirable and sustainable option subject to similar process conditions. Contact our sales team at info@voltea.com or +31(0)252.200.100 to take advantage of this challenge!

Voltea, the world’s leader in membrane Capacitive Deionization (CapDI©), recently installed a system on location in Canada, where new governmental regulations on manganese levels in municipal water are being enforced.

Currently, Toronto ground water contains manganese levels in the 150 – 200 parts per billion (ppb) range. These new regulations will enforce that waste water going into municipal water treatment plants cannot have manganese present above 50 ppb. Consequently, ground water removed from construction sites during de-watering for foundation construction must be treated to reduce the manganese levels to below 50 ppb before the water can be sent to municipal sanitary or storm drains.

CapDI was tested to evaluate its efficacy as a chemical-free way to remove manganese below the regulatory requirement level of 50 ppb. The results were a smashing success! Testing that was performed included 3 conditions: 40, 70, and 95% electrical conductivity removal, with the manganese removal as noted:

Voltea, the world’s leader in membrane Capacitive Deionization (CapDI©), has entered into two recent partnerships, both in new territories for the technology.

PROXA (www.proxawater.com), a South African-based leader in total water management, has become a new system integrator for Voltea on the African continent. PROXA also covers areas in the Middle East, Australia, and Europe.

Mavi Teknoloji Ltd – OSMO (www.osmo.com.tr), a Turkish-based leader in water treatment services, has become a new distributor of CapDI throughout the Eastern European region.

Voltea’s CEO, Dr. Bryan Brister offers, “We are proud to have PROXA and Osmo join the family of global system integrators using Voltea’s CapDI. The performance of the technology in commercial applications across the globe continues to drive momentum and attract new integrators, distributors and resellers.”

Voltea, the world’s leader in membrane Capacitive Deionization (CapDI©), has performed a detailed technical analysis supported by field data from various installation sites that compares CapDI technology to that of Reverse Osmosis (RO) – see attached document. In the desalination/water purification technology field, CapDI has often competed with RO in all aspects of the business, from capital and operating expenses (including energy consumption and consumables costs), to operational efficiency and water recovery rates. Voltea’s CapDI technology costs have now reached parity with that of RO, and this document details all aforementioned aspects of measure with CapDI consistently at the advantage.

If your business uses RO, or if you are considering the purchase of an RO unit, ask yourself if you are satisfied with the expected costs, energy consumption, and predicted water recovery to fully understand the true cost of ownership. By evaluating the attached document, you can see how CapDI dwarfs RO in savings, performance and sustainability, and we would like to challenge you to find a situation where RO is a more desirable and sustainable option subject to similar process conditions. Contact our sales team at info@voltea.com or +31(0)252 200100 to take advantage of this challenge!

Voltea, the world’s leader in membrane Capacitive Deionization (CapDI©), recently lead a presentation of our chemical free, TDS removal solution for the Horticulture application at the United Farms facility in Queretaro, Mexico. The presentation included results of numerous testing factors, with specific target TDS removal rates for their irrigation water.

Desalination in this region of Mexico has proven to be very challenging due to the high silica concentration in the water. Elevated silica levels makes conventional desalination technologies inefficient, with water losses and expensive antiscalants required for operation. In contrast, CapDI was able to achieve water recovery of up to 90% while tunably removing TDS, even with a silica concentration of 80 ppm and minimal pre-treatment.

The attached Horticulture Event Package includes data graphs and application information that prove CapDI is the best way to tunably deionize irrigation water, with consistency in target TDS removal. Horticulture businesses benefit from using CapDI by its low energy consumption, no required chemicals, minimal maintenance, as well as overall reduced water and fertilizer consumption.

In attendance of this presentation included both Dutch and Mexican government officials, as well as several other growers from the Queretaro AgroPark and other nearby locations. This highly successful event for Voltea is yet another validation of CapDI for the Horticulture application globally.

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.”

Voltea, the world’s leader in membrane Capacitive Deionization (CapDI©) is excited to announce the launch of the Spanish language version of our website, www.voltea.com/es/ ! CapDI© systems remove dissolved salts from water at a lower economical and environmental cost than any other globally available membrane technology.

Voltea’s CapDI© technology has rapidly expanded into the Latin American market, and this language addition to our website is to accommodate our growing customer base. This is the first of many marketing projects ahead that will reflect the Spanish language for Voltea.