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→How does CapDI work?
Major Steps of the CapDI Process:
Step 1. Purification;
As saline water flows into the CapDI module, the oppositely charged electrodes attract the ions and pull them through the selective membranes where the ions collect on the electrodes. Clean, desalinated water flows out of the system.
Step 2. Regeneration;
Once the surfaces of the electrodes become saturated with ions, they are regenerated by reversing the electrical charge of the electrodes. Since like charges repel, the ions are pushed out of the electrodes and become trapped between the membranes.
Step 3. Flushing;
The concentrated brine between the two membranes is flushed from the system. The charge of the electrodes is returned to normal and the system is again ready to desalinate.
[[Image:Animatie FTC 1van4.jpg|thumb|center|300px|]] [[Image:Animatie FTC 2van4.jpg|thumb|center|300px|Step 1]] [[Image:Animatie FTC 3van4.jpg|thumb|center|300px|Step 2]] [[Image:Animatie FTC 4van4.jpg|thumb|center|300px|Step 3]]
Voltea’s award-winning desalination technology, CapDI (Capacitive deionization), is a simple and innovative way to remove dissolved salts from water with high recovery rate and low energy consumption.
