This French Lab Wants to Replace Every Pump in Desalination (ilion Water Technologies)

This French Lab Wants to Replace Every Pump in Desalination (ilion Water Technologies)

(don't) Waste Water! | Water Tech to Solve the World

C216 mars 202635 min
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Can 4 Volts of Electricity Replace 60 Bars of Pressure in Seawater Desalination? ilion Water Technologies is a 2025 spinout from the Physics Laboratory of the École Normale Supérieure in Paris. Their VIRO (Voltage-Induced Reverse Osmosis) technology claims to replace the high-pressure pump train in seawater desalination with an alternating electric field applied to engineered composite membranes, operating at atmospheric pressure. 🌶️ KEY SPICES 🌶️ ⚡ VIRO generates ~15 equivalent bars of pressure per applied volt, targeting the 60-bar threshold used in industrial seawater RO 💰 ilion closed a €3.8M ($4.46M) pre-seed co-led...

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