Real Life Examples (we have no affiliation with the companies listed below)
As Rowow’s core stack manufacturing and mining-unit buildout mature, the same electrochemical architecture can be adapted to adjacent membrane-electrochemical systems with minimal redesign: often by reusing the existing cell hardware.
Fuel cells (electrochemical power generation) Membrane fuel cells convert hydrogen directly into electricity. Additionally ethanol, methanol, or ammonia can be fed directly into these fuel cells and only emit carbon dioxide+water (no other harmful gasses like NOX, carbon monoxide, particulates, etc)
Example companies: Toyota; Hyundai Motor Company
Plug Power e-Methanol (power-to-liquids) Electrolysis produces hydrogen from water, which is then combined with captured CO₂ to synthesize methanol (an e-fuel and chemical feedstock).
Example companies: European Energy; Liquid Wind; Carbon Recycling International
Redox flow batteries (long-duration energy storage) Flow batteries use liquid electrolytes separated by ion-selective membranes to provide scalable, long-cycle grid storage.
Example companies: Sumitomo Electric Industries; ESS Inc.; Invinity Energy Systems
Hydroponic nutrient & pH control (recirculating systems) Electro membrane ion management can support tighter nutrient balance, pH stabilization, and water reuse in controlled-environment agriculture and hydroponics.
Example companies: Netafim; Priva; Autogrow
Salinity-gradient power / “blue energy” (reverse electrodialysis / osmotic power) Membrane stacks can generate electricity from the ionic gradient between high-salinity and low-salinity water streams (e.g., brine + fresh water).
Example companies: SaltPower; REDstack; Statkraft
Broader electrochemical manufacturing (chlor-alkali and other separations) Ion-exchange membranes are central to large-scale electrochemical processes (e.g., chlor-alkali) and can extend to other acid/base and salt separations.
Example companies: thyssenkrupp nucera; Asahi Kasei; Chemours
