VATIS UPDATE Article

Element Six, South Africa, the world leader in synthetic diamond supermaterials and member of The De Beers Group of Companies, has announced the next generation of its Diamox electrochemical advanced oxidation cell technology. Diamox is a cost effective and highly efficient wastewater treatment electrochemical cell, designed using free-standing boron doped diamond electrodes. Diamox is effective in treating extremely contaminated industrial wastewater that cannot be treated by biological methods.

This packaged reactor is simple to implement in to on-site industrial wastewater treatment systems, providing an environmentally cleaner and versatile solution that can be used across various types of effluents, with no hazardous chemical additions. The latest design of Diamox has been successfully applied in a pilot project with an industry-leading wastewater treatment company, delivering unparalleled electrochemical oxidation capacity that can be scaled to meet industry requirements.

The latest Diamox technology has been significantly redesigned with increased capacity and improved efficiency for more cost-effective treatment of waste streams. Through a combination of increasing the electrode area, and the power density that the cell operates at, the new 20 cell version has five-times the oxidation capacity of earlier generations. Diamox is a small footprint packaged product that can be scaled in size for incorporation into any existing or new industrial water treatment plant – enabling on-site treatment systems that are simple to operate and maintain.