Core Technology: Ion Concentration Polarization (ICP)

Unlike conventional water purification systems that rely heavily on High-Pressure Reverse Osmosis (RO) or traditional mechanical filtration, Nona Technologies utilizes a patented electromembrane process called Ion Concentration Polarization (ICP).

Key Characteristics of ICP:

• Electrical Ion Transport: Instead of forcing water through fine physical pore membranes using high pressure, ICP applies an electric field across specialized ion-exchange membranes. The electric field manipulates charged dissolved ions and minerals, pushing them away from the fluid stream.
• Low-Pressure Operation: Operating at approximately 3 PSI and room temperature, ICP drastically reduces energy requirements compared to standard Reverse Osmosis systems, which often require hundreds of pounds per square inch of pressure.
• Fouling and Scaling Resistance: Because physical filtration pores are not used to trap dissolved solids, the technology avoids common issues such as membrane clogging, mineral scaling, and biofouling.
• Chemical Compatibility: The membrane architecture is resistant to common chemical water treatments, including chlorine, allowing direct integration into existing chemical dosing treatment loops without degrading the system.
• Extended Operational Life: ICP membrane components are engineered for up to a 10-year duty cycle, substantially reducing routine maintenance and replacement intervals.

Products and Services

1. Nona RECOVER

Nona RECOVER is the primary commercial product line offered by Nona Technologies. It is an industrial-grade, continuous cooling water recovery system specifically engineered to intercept, treat, and recycle cooling tower blowdown water.

• Cooling Tower Retrofitting: Designed as a plug-and-play retrofit, RECOVER connects directly to existing cooling loops without requiring facility downtime or structural overhauls to existing cooling towers.
• Modular Architecture: The system is modular, with individual treatment units capable of handling flow rates up to 10 Gallons Per Minute (GPM) and supporting up to 1,200 nominal tons of refrigeration (TR) cooling capacity per module. Multiple modules can be linked together in parallel to accommodate large-scale facilities.
• Performance Capabilities:
  • Blowdown Reduction: Eliminates up to 90% of blowdown wastewater by returning 9 out of every 10 gallons back into circulation.
  • Makeup Water Savings: Reduces overall freshwater makeup requirements by up to 50%.
  • OpEx Reduction: Cuts cooling water operating expenditure by up to 40% through reduced utility water purchases, decreased sewer discharge fees, and lower chemical consumption.

2. Compact Desalination & Portable Units

Building on its core MIT research—which initially produced portable devices capable of turning seawater into clean drinking water at the touch of a button—Nona Technologies offers compact desalination solutions for specialized and off-grid applications where traditional RO infrastructure is impractical.

3. Engineering & Pilot Deployment Services

Nona Technologies provides end-to-end technical support and site-specific operational engineering for its deployment partners, including: * Facility Water Audits & Savings Modeling: Custom technical assessments calculating Cycles of Concentration (CoC), annual evaporation rates, blowdown discharge metrics, and local utility cost optimizations. * On-Site Field Pilots: Delivery, installation, and monitoring of turnkey containerized pilot systems (such as the field-tested Hudson III series) to evaluate site-specific water chemistry under active thermal load conditions. * Autonomous Operations & Analytics: Integration of digital monitoring equipment for automated real-time mineral removal, flow management, and system telemetry tracking.

Target Industries and Applications

• Data Centers & AI Computing Facilities: Addressing the significant water consumption associated with high-density evaporative cooling for hyperscale servers and artificial intelligence infrastructure.
• Commercial Real Estate & Campuses: Optimizing HVAC cooling tower loops for large commercial office complexes, university buildings, and enterprise campuses.
• Power Generation Facilities: Managing heavy water discharge and thermal loop blowdown within thermoelectric and industrial power facilities.
• Industrial Process Water Reuse: Assisting manufacturing plants in meeting Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) or minimal liquid discharge targets by continuously purifying process streams.