THINCELL® - A PARADIGM SHIFT IN WATER TREATMENT TECHNOLOGY

Water Vision’s innovative Thincell® process water and wastewater treatment technology is the answer to the challenges that have faced previous iterations of electrocoagulation systems. Not only is Thincell not impacted by electrode passivation, but it offers cost effective, safe operating, and a compact method of treating process or waste streams separately or in conjunction with other methods.

THINCELL® – THE WATER TREATMENT OF THE FUTURE…TODAY

THINCELL TREATS:

WASTEWATER
MAKEUP WATER

PROCESS WATER
PRODUCED WATER

FRAC WATER
FLOWBACK WATER

REUSED WATER
DISPOSAL WATER

THINCELL PROVIDES ALL THE BENEFITS YOU NEED

Thincell offers all the benefits that are required, reduced costs, effective operations throughout the process, and creating safety / environmental advantages.

EFFICIENT & ECONOMICAL

No passivation results in continual treatment
Completely sacrificial electrode

LOW OPERATIONAL COSTS

Sacrificial Electrodes simple and inexpensive
Low Power Requirements

LOW CONDUCTIVITY OPERATION

Operates in lower conductivity waters than traditional electrocoagulation

TREAT & DISINFECT

Treat Process and WastewaterKill Bacteria and PathogensIn One Reaction ChamberReliable, consistent treatment process

MINIMAL CAPITAL COSTS

NO redundancy required for passivation-induced shutdown

SMALL FOOTPRINT – MODULAR & SCALABLE

Treatment occurs in seconds
Small footprint
Scalable and modular for high flow rates & tight spaces

WITH THINCELL, YOU CAN FORGET PASSIVATION

While traditional electrocoagulation technology has proven to be effective in industrial applications for more than a century, its effectiveness has been compromised by passivation.

This condition includes premature and harmful scaling, oxidation and pitting of the sacrificial anodes and cathodes. Passivation can occur within hours of startup, accelerating power consumption until the process has to be shut down for cleaning or electrode replacement.

The Thincell electrochemical process uses proprietary, easy-to-replace sacrificial, multivalent electrodes that release metal ions and are fully consumed during the process.

SACRIFICIAL ELECTRODE = LOW OPERATIONAL COSTS

Thincell Sacrificial Electrodes

Introduce multivalent sacrificial electrodes

Sacrificial electrode forms in-situ coagulant

Electro dissolution of sacrificial electrode

Sacrificial electrode fully consumed, then replaced

THINCELL WORKS BETTER WITH LOW CONDUCTIVITY FLUIDS

With Thincell, power consumption is consistent, with amperage that is not impacted by passivation, when compared to traditional electrocoagulation.

Thincell eliminates passivation.

Traditional Electrocoagulation methods are impacted by low conductivity more than Thincell. With linear current paths between the sacrificial electrodes, there is restricted current transmission. When coupled with passivation of the anode and cathode plates, there is an increased power demand and a reduced surface area on the electrodes. This combination makes traditional electrocoagulation largely ineffective with low conductivity waters.

Thincell technology incorporates patented, proprietary, non-passivating anodes and cathodes. Using sacrificial bi-polar electrodes separated by water molecules, the Thincell treatment forms a ‘conductivity bridge’ that makes treatment possible even in low conductivity water.

The end result for the Thincell solution is a new, more robust method of cost effectively treating contaminants from process water and waste water.