Coldep

VAL AQUA is at the heart of aquaculture processes

The process guarantees optimal management of water quality. With more than 140 installations in France and internationally, it is a central element of aquaculture recirculation systems (RAS) and purification basins.

A technology to extract and concentrate PFAS, part of the PFAS Resolve Portfolio

Recent and currently ongoing experiments and tests are particularly promising on the effectiveness of the VAL system on persistent pollutants.

VAL technology uses “foam fractionation” to separate PFAS from water by creating vacuum foam.

Simplifying the stages of pre-treatment of seawater before desalination

By providing a solution to the main technical constraints impacting reverse osmosis membranes: Filter clogging, impacts and cost of chemical additives, energy cost of traditional solutions.

Your benefits:

• Reduced energy costs and footprint
  The VAL AQUA process offers an effective pre-treatment that significantly reduces energy needs and optimizes the use of space. By consolidating several functions into a single device, it makes it possible to reduce the footprint of installations, thus facilitating integration into existing infrastructures or new desalination projects.

• Protecting membranes and improving water quality
  By effectively eliminating viruses, bacteria and microalgae, VAL AQUA protects your desalination membranes, extending their lifespan and increasing their efficiency. This treatment ensures the production of high quality fresh water, which is essential to meet the most demanding standards.

• Optimization of investments and installation flexibility
  Thanks to VAL AQUA’s ability to treat seawater near the coast, even in more polluted areas, it is no longer necessary to invest in long pipes to capture water away from the coast. This flexibility reduces initial investment costs and allows for faster and cheaper implementation of desalination projects.

Reduce CO^₂ emissions of your industrial installations

With an innovative solution that captures and processes industrial gases while optimizing your operational costs.

Your benefits:

• Capturing and effectively treating CO emissions^₂
  VAL AQUA makes it possible to capture and treat CO emissions^₂ directly at the source, offering a robust solution to reduce the carbon footprint of your industrial installations. Currently, this technology is being implemented on a large scale as part of the VASCO project, in collaboration with ADEME at the port of Marseille.

• Optimizing operational costs through advanced technology
  By integrating the capture of industrial gases into a single device, VAL AQUA reduces emissions management costs while increasing treatment efficiency. This approach is currently being tested within the REDWINE project in Portugal, supported by the European Union, demonstrating its potential on an industrial scale.

• Application flexibility for various industrial environments
  The significant release of CO² in industrial smoke is a major environmental problem. Coldep’s VAL process allows manufacturers to capture and, above all, revalue this CO² using it in various fields of application. It has made it possible to reach unprecedented scales in these applications. It has thus been used for 2 years in VASCO and REDWINE projects. These European research projects aim to recover some of the industrial or agricultural fumes and to inject them into a microalgae culture medium.

Turn your wastewater into a resource

With a solution that can be integrated into a global reuse process (REUT).

Your benefits:

• Advanced purification for safe reuse of wastewater
  By effectively eliminating pollutants, fine particles and pathogens, VAL is positioned as an effective alternative or complement to the usual microfiltration processes, ensuring that wastewater from STEP is perfectly suited to safe reuse, in accordance with the most stringent standards in terms of REUT.

• Technological integration for maximized performance
  The VAL technology, in collaboration with an R&D project conducted with Bio-UV, is designed to overcome the challenges associated with the presence of fatty elements that are difficult to treat. By combining VAL technology with a UV destruction system, we obtain a double purification of wastewater, without the disadvantages of conventional solutions.

• Cost reduction and resource optimization
  Thanks to the absence of a filter, VAL technology not only simplifies maintenance but also reduces energy costs, while improving the efficiency of treating large volumes. By allowing the reuse of wastewater, even in the presence of difficult elements such as fats, this innovative system, combined with UV technology, offers a sustainable solution.