Recover the water. Crystallize the waste.
Slipstream ZLD is a modular thermal crystallization platform that combines falling film evaporation, mechanical vapor recompression, and controlled solids dewatering. The flagship X-180 is an engineered system for processing concentrated industrial wastewater at a nominal rate of 3 gallons per minute.
The primary commercial X-Series configuration.
The X-180 is a compact, fully engineered wastewater crystallizer for industrial generators whose treatment volumes do not justify a conventional large-scale ZLD plant. Its architecture integrates evaporation, vapor recompression, distillate recovery, secondary crystallization, and controlled solids discharge.
One integrated path from wastewater to distilled water and solids.
Rather than relying on a stand-alone evaporator followed by separate sludge-drying equipment, the X-Series combines primary water recovery with a dedicated Stage II crystallization chamber.
Feed and Recirculate
Wastewater is introduced through the integrated feed system and circulated through the Stage I reactor.
Evaporate and Recompress
Falling film evaporation produces low-pressure vapor, which is mechanically recompressed to raise its usable temperature and pressure.
Recover Distillate
The compressed vapor is reused as thermal energy and condensed into recovered distilled water for reuse, storage, or further treatment.
Crystallize and Discharge
Concentrate moves to Stage II, where low-pressure steam and an internal rake support further dewatering and controlled solids removal.
Established thermal principles combined in a distinctive architecture.
Slipstream’s advantage is not based on an unfamiliar physical process. It comes from integrating proven evaporation and vapor-recompression principles with a closed-vessel crystallization stage configured for compact industrial deployment.
Falling Film Evaporation
A recirculated liquid film moves across the Stage I heat-transfer surface to support efficient evaporation.
Mechanical Vapor Recompression
Low-pressure process vapor is compressed and returned as a reusable source of heat-transfer energy.
Closed-Vessel Crystallization
A separate second stage concentrates the remaining slurry and manages solids with monitored weight and an internal rake.
Energy-efficient crystallization without sacrificing maintainability.
The heart of the X-Series value proposition is the efficient reuse of thermal energy while carrying wastewater beyond concentration and into crystallization. Mechanical vapor recompression recycles Stage I vapor, while Stage II vapor returns to Stage I to create an additional evaporative effect.
Scaling is addressed as a manageable heat-transfer challenge. Anti-scaling chemical injection and upstream solids removal can be configured around the feed, while accessible heat-transfer surfaces support inspection, cleaning, descaling, and replacement when fouling affects performance.
See how the architecture worksDeveloped for difficult, concentrated industrial wastewater.
The X-Series is designed to address an intentionally broad range of wastewater chemistry, including severe and variable streams such as landfill leachate. Application engineering focuses on protecting heat-transfer performance through anti-scaling chemical injection, upstream solids removal where beneficial, and appropriate materials selection.
Metal Finishing and Plating
Metal-bearing rinses, plating drag-out, anodizing streams, and related concentrated process wastewater.
Centralized Waste Treatment
Metal-bearing, oil-bearing, and selected high-organic wastewater managed through industrial treatment facilities.
Landfill Leachate
Raw or pretreated leachate where water recovery and residual-volume reduction support the treatment strategy.
Oil and Gas Water
Produced-water and flowback streams where scale control, solids management, and corrosion-resistant materials can be configured around the feed.
RO Reject and DI Regeneration
Concentrated residual streams from upstream membrane and ion-exchange treatment systems.
Remediation and Mine Water
Project-based streams including mine drainage, leaching residuals, and environmental remediation wastewater.
An existing industrial platform ready for its next strategic owner.
Slipstream ZLD is positioned for discussions with organizations capable of advancing the X-Series through engineering refinement, manufacturing, integration, market access, licensing, or acquisition. The platform may be especially relevant to established industrial-water companies seeking a compact thermal crystallization capability.
An engineered platform informed by fabrication, operation, and field experience.
The X-Series is a developed industrial equipment platform shaped by a multi-year effort to make crystallization smaller, simpler, and more maintainable. Its present architecture is supported by complete systems that Slipstream built, operated, and deployed beyond laboratory validation.
That development history is central to the opportunity today. The platform incorporates practical decisions about materials, automation, vapor management, access, serviceability, solids handling, and integration within an operating industrial facility.
Read the Slipstream storyPublished capacities and equipment dimensions reflect historical X-Series documentation. Distillate quality, recovery, energy use, operating cost, chemical dosing, maintenance intervals, and final materials selection depend on operating conditions and should be confirmed through current engineering review.
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