Aquafortus provides the ABX™ system, a closed‑loop solvent‑exchange technology that extracts water from hypersaline industrial brines and then purifies it via membrane filtration. Operating at ambient temperature and pressure with off‑the‑shelf components, the modular solution reduces energy use, capital costs, and emissions while scaling from pilot to hundreds of thousands of barrels per day for oil & gas, mining, and other heavy‑industry wastewater treatment.
Funding
$17M raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
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Product
Problem
Industrial processes generate over 133 billion m³ of high‑salinity brine annually, creating costly disposal challenges and increasing regulatory pressure for water reuse. Conventional desalination technologies struggle with hypersaline, high‑TDS waste streams, leading to high energy consumption and limited scalability.
Solution
Aquafortus offers the ABX™ system, a closed‑loop solvent‑exchange process that extracts water from hypersaline brines instead of filtering contaminants. The technology operates at ambient temperature and pressure, using off‑the‑shelf pumps, pipes, and tanks, which lowers capital and operating costs while eliminating emissions. Extracted water is then purified through conventional membrane filtration, delivering clean water suitable for reuse. The modular design scales from pilot to hundreds of thousands of barrels per day without extensive pre‑treatment, enabling heavy‑industry operators in oil & gas, mining, and other sectors to meet disposal regulations and reduce water costs. Aquafortus also provides commissioning, operation, and maintenance services to minimize the need for new in‑house expertise.
Target Audience
Primary customers are operators of oil & gas production, industrial manufacturing, and mining facilities that must treat large volumes of hypersaline wastewater to meet regulatory standards and achieve water reuse.
Features
- Solvent‑exchange water extraction that selectively removes water from high‑TDS brines
- Ambient temperature and pressure operation, reducing energy use compared to thermal or high‑pressure systems
- Fully modular, dual‑loop architecture built from standard pumps, pipes, and tanks for easy scaling
- Integrated membrane filtration stage delivering potable‑grade water after solvent extraction
- Minimal pre‑treatment requirements, allowing treatment of complex industrial waste streams
- Turnkey service model including system commissioning, operation, and ongoing maintenance