CaptuRO™ Resilient high recovery reverse osmosis

Our latest innovation is a game changer for multiple industrial markets.

Thanks to its huge potential for water reuse, CaptuROhelps protect local water resources and reduce water pollution discharges.

It is also a great tool for industrials who need to vastly reduce their water consumption, often driven by a corporate environmental initiative or by a regulatory requirement. 

What is CaptuRO?

CaptuRO is a high recovery reverse osmosis (RO) technology that has been designed specifically to extract purified water form industrial, brackish and wastewater sources. For clients, his means we can supply our clients across multiple markets from healthcare and chemical to food and beverage with the highest permeate water recovery, up to 98 percent, across numerous applications.

With the escalating issue of water scarcity and the diminishing availability and affordability of brine options due to environmental regulations and sustainability requirements, there is a growing necessity for municipalities and industries to utilise high recovery RO processes.

How does CaptuRO reverse osmosis work?

It uses a semi-batch RO process enabling a higher water recovery rate when compared to conventional RO process . The system comprises a series of individual containers, employed downstream of the membranes (on the concentrate side), to ensure that turnaround times for the concentration process are optimised.

Semi-batch refers to a variation of the reverse osmosis process, which involves continuously adding feedwater, while simultaneously removing purified water and only intermittently purging the salts out of the system. This allows for a more flexible and adaptable operation.

The process means concentrated salts like silica and calcium sulfate can be purged more easily before they have time to precipitate. CaptuRO’s adaptable operation allows it to run at higher water recovery rates with any feedwater quality and flow rate while minimising potential membrane scaling and fouling.

Robert Koch, Manager of industrial applications at Veolia Water Technologies, is part of the team that developed CaptuRO. He explains:

This technology is truly versatile. From food and beverage to chemical, petrochemical and healthcare, its a perfect for all general manufacturing. From pre-treatment to wastewater reuse across all applications - we can recover water at an extremely high rate. For our customers, this means they get a sustainable solution that can lessen their reliance on the municipal water network to help ensure business continuity while also reducing overall water stress

What are the advantages of CaptuRO?

It is a high-efficiency water reuse solution and treatment technology, ideal for extracting purified water from industrial, brackish and wastewater sources. The process provides clients from the beverage to chemical, petrochemical and healthcare markets, with permeate water recovery of up to 98%. Additionally, brine waste can be reduced from between 50% to 75%, and energy consumption can be cut by up to 35%, offsetting investment costs and delivering savings on operational expenditure.

Brine Reduction Advantages

Brine disposal options have become more constrained and increasingly more expensive due to environmental regulations and sustainability requirements. This ongoing trend has been a driver for municipalities and industries to utilise high water recovery reverse osmosis processes.

CaptuRO minimises the volume of brine generated, resulting in liquid waste disposal savings. Additional benefits include energy savings and the potential to further optimise the use of antiscalants. The semi-batch process automatically adapts to changes in salt concentration in effluent reclaim applications, allowing the system to run continuously at an optimum recovery rate.

The customer pain point was really about saving water. Many of our customers were relying on municipal water which comes with a high price tag and there can be a lot of risk in terms of supply. Our customers needed to ensure the resilience of their business and maintain operations, with the same amount of water resources but from alternative sources and at a lower cost. CaptuRO is our solution.

Great at reusing water, CaptuRO helps protect local water resources and reduce water pollution discharges. How much could you save? Find out below: