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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.

Voltea, the world’s leader in membrane Capacitive Deionization (CapDI©), has completed a groundbreaking horticulture application for treating vegetable washwater with the Holland Marsh Growers’ Association Water Project (HMGA).

In this specific project, beet water was tested using pre-filtration, with CapDI© removing TDS as a final polishing phase. The testing conducted by HMGA over a 2 month period proved that minimal pre-filtration, combined with CapDI©, achieved the goals of the washwater treatment. The detailed document from HMGA, with graphic representations and testing figures, can be viewed on their website, here:
Ultrafiltration and DI Test-HMGA
This exciting application is useful for the purpose of reducing levels of TDS in the washwater to a point where water can be discharged into the environment or reused in the respective facility

Voltea, the world’s leader in membrane Capacitive Deionization (CapDI©), has added another video to our YouTube channel! Recently, we installed an IS12 system at world-class super-car manufacturer to allow rinse water to be reused on their paint lines, which reduces the demand on municipal feed water while dramatically lowering wastewater. This video illustrates how our CapDI© technology ensures the highest quality rinse water for these vehicles.

Our commercialization efforts have resulted in a broad range of project applications, and we plan to keep you updated with exciting new videos! Please view our new video here, and let us know what you think.

Voltea, the world’s leader in membrane Capacitive Deionization (CapDI©), has recently introduced CapDI© into the automotive paint line industry for rinse water reuse. The deionization technology allows rinse water to be reused on the paint lines, which reduces the demand on municipal feed water while dramatically lowering wastewater. After submitting the winning proposal, Voltea recently installed an IS12 at a world-class super-car manufacturer in the U.S. to ensure the highest quality rinse water for these vehicles.

Voltea’s IS systems have the ability to reclaim up to 95% of pre-treatment wastewater from paint lines and other coating processes. To achieve the highest quality required of these coating lines, extremely clean water is mandatory. CapDI© placed after conventional particulate filtration methods tunably reduces TDS enabling automotive and other coating manufacturers to reduce their municipal water demand while moving toward a zero waste liquid discharge goal.

These features, coupled with Voltea’s remote monitoring solutions minimize maintenance and allow manufacturers to focus on their core business of producing world-class automobiles and other high quality painted and coated products. The modular nature of the IS systems enable their placement line-side to processes, both incorporating into other pre-existing recycling systems, as well as offering stand alone operation.

The robust, reliable water treatment systems offered by Voltea incorporate fully automated self-cleaning with dynamic control ensuring the water produced is of consistent high quality, adjusting to varying concentration of feed constituents.

In 2015, the term that seems to define the needs of populations around the world, and that has become a mission in its own right, is water reuse. From residential to commercial and industrial consumers, water reuse is becoming more and more essential to our daily survival. The earth’s population is expected to climb fully 35%, that’s 2.5 billion more people, by 2050, meaning that pressure on global water resources is increasing at an even faster rate than ever before. The need for technologies that cost-effectively enable water reuse is currently at its peak of importance. Voltea has developed a new technology that removes TDS (total dissolved solids) more cheaply and efficiently than any other technology, and does so at high temperatures. The introduction of this technology means water reuse can become an affordable and viable option today.

Over the last 15 years, innovations in many fields have so rapidly developed that keeping up with the ever-changing technologies has not only been difficult, but also very expensive. In the water reuse field, there have been numerous technologies that have been developed in order to help solve the water issues we have at hand; the same issues that we have been dealing with for many years now. These technologies are particularly important for industries that consume significant amounts of water during normal operation such as commercial laundries and textile cleaning.

Water reuse not only helps save the planet by consumers and businesses becoming more environmentally friendly, but it also saves costs in both personal and industrial applications. Voltea, a water technology company located in the Netherlands, has proven a way for water reuse to be a more commonly practiced concept around the world. Voltea’s Capacitive Deionization technology, CapDI©, deionizes brackish water at the lowest economic and environmental cost of any globally available technology. CapDI© is a simple, innovative, and most importantly cost-effective way to remove TDS from water.

In commercial laundry, TDS above 750-1,250 ppm causes dull, gray linens, so effective use of recycled laundry water has been limited by the inability to affordably and reliably remove TDS at high temperatures. Current technologies, such as reverse osmosis (RO), require water to be cooled below laundering temperatures before TDS removal, which means it must then be reheated for laundering. This is expensive, time consuming, and now unnecessary. By removing TDS at laundering temperatures, Voltea customers realize exceptional operational, chemical, and energy costs savings. Commercial laundries across the globe have reduced their total water consumption up to 90% per year by implementing Voltea’s CapDI© technology. This technology recovers up to 90% of the water it treats, and does so at the high temperatures that commercial laundry facilities operate (140°F/60°C).

CapDI© is a simple 2-step process wherein water flows between electrodes, where the electrode surfaces are separated from the water by membranes that selectively allow positive or negative ions to pass. In the first step, purification, saline water passes between oppositely charged electrodes which electrostatically remove dissolved ions, leaving pure water flowing out of the cell. In the second step, regeneration, feed water flushes through the cell at a lower flow rate, while electrode polarity is reversed. Ions are then rejected from the electrode surface, concentrated in the flow channel, and flushed from the cell before the cycle is repeated. Moreover, a critically important feature of the technology is that the amount of TDS removed from the water is tunable.

For example, a laundry operator could set an upper limit of 1,000 ppm TDS, above which recycled water would no longer be suitable for laundering. In such a case CapDI© would remove TDS as the water was recycled for repeated washes without allowing the water to reach the upper limit of 1,000 ppm, and if the laundry operator wanted an even lower threshold, CapDI© would simply remove more salt with each recycle loop. The addition of CapDI© to the treatment system provides a longer run time and an increased number of recycling cycles before the water reaches the TDS limit, thus saving the facility on water intake and recovery, as well as providing essential energy savings by doing so at laundering temperatures.

Voltea reuse solutions work across all laundry intakes, such as healthcare, hospitality, uniforms/industrial, and food & beverage. These commercial laundry intakes make up the approximately 90,000 commercial laundry facilities globally, which combined wash an estimated 55 million tons of textiles annually. If the commercial laundry field alone entirely converted their operations to adopt Voltea’s water reuse solution, CapDI©, they would make a monumental difference in water usage around the world.

Sassenheim, December 10, 2015- Voltea, the world’s leader in membrane Capacitive Deionization (CapDI©) is excited to announce the launch of our new website, www.voltea.com! CapDI© systems remove dissolved salts from water at a lower economical and environmental cost than any other globally available membrane technology.

The new website reflects Voltea’s shift to focused commercialization of membrane CapDI©, and includes full product information and multiple examples of successful installations of our award-winning technology. A key goal with this new site is to provide current and future customers with detailed technical information to assist in selection of the appropriate CapDI© solution to solve their desalination needs.

‘Voltea continues to be a world leader in developing membrane CapDI© technology, but we’ve entered a high growth commercialization phase where customers are adopting our CapDI©-based solutions to solve their desalination needs. Our refreshed website reflects that commercialization focus with in-depth information on our broad product line and growing global installation base,’ explained Voltea CEO, Bryan Brister.

We have included our full team of staff members, our world-class investors, and a full library of resources on our membrane CapDI© technology for all four of our applications: Industrial, Commercial, Consumer Appliances, and Residential. Our site is detailed, innovative, and responsive in that the design is fully optimized for your desktop, tablet, and smart phone. We hope you will find our site easily navigable and informative. Please contact us with interest in making your business more profitable, sustainable, and efficient!