washbaycowboy25
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I have been playing with a nanobubble generator for a little less than a month on my wash and I just wanted to post to let everyone know what I have found.
I first heard about the technology a couple months ago and I did a bunch of research. The biggest player in the industry is Moleaer. They were at the Car Wash Show last year and they seem to have really nice equipment, but their equipment is not cheap and there might be significant maintenance required to keep them running. I checked online and you can buy their small nanobubble generator (the Lotus) which will run at 10GPM and requires compressed oxygen for a little over $6,000 plus the oxygen equipment. Moleaer has put out a bunch of materials showing how nanobubbles can be used in a wash (they can be used to improve the cleaning power of water, reduce chemistry need, reduce drying agent use and then can be separately used on the reclaim/wastewater side to reduce the sludge layer and really make ozone or biological reclaim systems work a lot better). It seems like the technology can be really helpful to our industry and I have learned more than I ever thought I would about these micro bubbles. I think Moleaer is the cadillac of nanobubble technology and they seem very well funded/slick, but ultimately were too expensive for me. www.moleaer.com
There are several other nanobubble generator manufacturers out there and I'll give you the highlight about what I've learned about each.
Global Cavitation: This is an australian guy who sells "an inline cavitation" generator that has no moving parts and is installed inline. When I talked to him about buying a unit from him he said I needed to talk to some guy named Jason Cunningham in Kansas as he is bringing the Global Cavitation generator to the car wash market and he refused to sell me a unit. I did not reach out to Jason, but will try to connect with him to see how he is using them on washes.
globalcavitation.com
Gaia Water: This is a Canadian company that is selling a venturi injected nanobubble generator. It is a 3D printed piece of plastic that gets installed in a PVC pipe. Like Global Cavitation, they only sell devices through their distributor network and their prices were fairly high for a DIY system. Apparently, if crazy dissolved oxygen increase is your goal, they said they can consistently get it above 40ppm. They're not targeting our market though so they did not really have any data points about how I could use their device in my wash. https://gaiawater.com/
Trident: This is a guy out of the middle east and this was the unit I was about to pull the trigger on before I made my final decision. The way the Trident nanobubble generator works is that it has a ceramic sleeve that has millions of micropores in it and as the water flows through his device nanobubbles are infused in the water. It seems very similar to how Moleaer is generating nanobubbles but you can use low pressure gas feed instead of the relatiely high pressure you need for Moleaer's to work. https://www.tridentbubble.com/
Chemical Reduction: CRS is three guys in the US (the guy I talked to is in Wisconsin) who have a cavitation pipe that also "ionizes entrained air" in the water. They claim that ionization of air is really the key to efficient nanobubble generation. They only sell their "Shaft" nanobubble and charged particle generator -- system assembly is fully DIY, but you don't need air injection for it to work (you can use air injection to increase nanobubble production, but you don't need it for every application). The device I bought was under $2,500 shipped for a 50GPM unit. I have had it on my water line feeding my RO system and my chemistry for a little less than a month now. When I first turned it on my RO discharge increased (I believe that was junk coming out of my line) and for the last week it has normalized. My pre-filter colllected a bunch of junk so I replaced that. On the chemistry side, anything that foams is foaming like crazy so I have had to dial back how much I am using. For my spotless rinse, I stopped using my drying chem because the water dries way faster than before. I'm not reclaiming my water, but if I were I'd probably put a few more units on that side of the wash. Very impressed with The Shaft so far. www.chemicalreduction.com
I first heard about the technology a couple months ago and I did a bunch of research. The biggest player in the industry is Moleaer. They were at the Car Wash Show last year and they seem to have really nice equipment, but their equipment is not cheap and there might be significant maintenance required to keep them running. I checked online and you can buy their small nanobubble generator (the Lotus) which will run at 10GPM and requires compressed oxygen for a little over $6,000 plus the oxygen equipment. Moleaer has put out a bunch of materials showing how nanobubbles can be used in a wash (they can be used to improve the cleaning power of water, reduce chemistry need, reduce drying agent use and then can be separately used on the reclaim/wastewater side to reduce the sludge layer and really make ozone or biological reclaim systems work a lot better). It seems like the technology can be really helpful to our industry and I have learned more than I ever thought I would about these micro bubbles. I think Moleaer is the cadillac of nanobubble technology and they seem very well funded/slick, but ultimately were too expensive for me. www.moleaer.com
There are several other nanobubble generator manufacturers out there and I'll give you the highlight about what I've learned about each.
Global Cavitation: This is an australian guy who sells "an inline cavitation" generator that has no moving parts and is installed inline. When I talked to him about buying a unit from him he said I needed to talk to some guy named Jason Cunningham in Kansas as he is bringing the Global Cavitation generator to the car wash market and he refused to sell me a unit. I did not reach out to Jason, but will try to connect with him to see how he is using them on washes.
World's Best Gas Nanobubble Infusion Device - Global Cavitation
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globalcavitation.com
Gaia Water: This is a Canadian company that is selling a venturi injected nanobubble generator. It is a 3D printed piece of plastic that gets installed in a PVC pipe. Like Global Cavitation, they only sell devices through their distributor network and their prices were fairly high for a DIY system. Apparently, if crazy dissolved oxygen increase is your goal, they said they can consistently get it above 40ppm. They're not targeting our market though so they did not really have any data points about how I could use their device in my wash. https://gaiawater.com/
Trident: This is a guy out of the middle east and this was the unit I was about to pull the trigger on before I made my final decision. The way the Trident nanobubble generator works is that it has a ceramic sleeve that has millions of micropores in it and as the water flows through his device nanobubbles are infused in the water. It seems very similar to how Moleaer is generating nanobubbles but you can use low pressure gas feed instead of the relatiely high pressure you need for Moleaer's to work. https://www.tridentbubble.com/
Chemical Reduction: CRS is three guys in the US (the guy I talked to is in Wisconsin) who have a cavitation pipe that also "ionizes entrained air" in the water. They claim that ionization of air is really the key to efficient nanobubble generation. They only sell their "Shaft" nanobubble and charged particle generator -- system assembly is fully DIY, but you don't need air injection for it to work (you can use air injection to increase nanobubble production, but you don't need it for every application). The device I bought was under $2,500 shipped for a 50GPM unit. I have had it on my water line feeding my RO system and my chemistry for a little less than a month now. When I first turned it on my RO discharge increased (I believe that was junk coming out of my line) and for the last week it has normalized. My pre-filter colllected a bunch of junk so I replaced that. On the chemistry side, anything that foams is foaming like crazy so I have had to dial back how much I am using. For my spotless rinse, I stopped using my drying chem because the water dries way faster than before. I'm not reclaiming my water, but if I were I'd probably put a few more units on that side of the wash. Very impressed with The Shaft so far. www.chemicalreduction.com
