Industrial Vortex Generator-Circulation (IVG-CT)

Chemical-free treatment of cooling water

Application areas

  • Cooling water systems
  • Wastewater treatment and reuse

Key markets

  • Datacenters
  • Food & Beverage industry
  • Oil & gas industry
  • Semiconductor industry
  • Chemical industry
  • Pharmaceutical industry
  • Biotechnology industry
  • Etc.

Development phase

  • TRL8-10 (commercially available)

References

  • SmartDC, Netherlands (2014)
  • Amgen, California (2016)
  • Lamb Weston Meijer, Netherlands (2017)
  • Grolsch, Netherlands (2017)

Module

  • Water treatment

Submodule

  • Cooling water (utilities)

Description of Technology

All devices that evaporate water for cooling, including cooling towers, have to deal with limescale, corrosion and microbiological growth. These three problems are usually treated by adding chemicals to the cooling water. Pathema has long proven that cooling water can be treated completely chemical-free. The alternative method that Pathema has developed to tackle limescale, corrosion and microbiological growth is their Industrial Vortex Generator-Circulation (IVG-C). Because no more chemicals are used, the IVG-C provides a sustainable solution, and the drainage water can be safely removed or reused for other purposes.

Unique Selling Points

Pros

  • By constantly degassing the cooling water, the IVG-CT Vortex raises the cooling capacity of your system
  • As the water is free of chemicals it is re-usable in another grey water circuit
  • Plug & play
  • No inhibitors or chemicals
  • Pathema offers the possibility to rent this installation on the basis of no cure no pay
  • Financially and sustainably justified

Cons

  • Hardware not 100% recyclable yet
  • Some make-up water quality need pre-filtration