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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details) - Concentration of risk raw materials purchases (Supplier Concentration Risk [Member])
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Concentration Risk [Line Items]    
Purchase of Raw Material, Concentration of Risk, Percentage 10.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1  
Vendor A [Member] | Cost of Goods, Total [Member]    
Concentration Risk [Line Items]    
Supplies Substrates  
Vendor A [Member]    
Concentration Risk [Line Items]    
Purchase of Raw Material, Concentration of Risk, Percentage 39.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_SupplierConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= cdti_VendorAMember
19.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_SupplierConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= cdti_VendorAMember
Vendor B [Member] | Cost of Goods, Total [Member]    
Concentration Risk [Line Items]    
Supplies Substrates  
Vendor B [Member]    
Concentration Risk [Line Items]    
Purchase of Raw Material, Concentration of Risk, Percentage 11.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_SupplierConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= cdti_VendorBMember
 
Vendor C [Member] | Cost of Goods, Total [Member]    
Concentration Risk [Line Items]    
Supplies Substrates  
Vendor C [Member]    
Concentration Risk [Line Items]    
Purchase of Raw Material, Concentration of Risk, Percentage   10.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_SupplierConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= cdti_VendorCMember
Vendor D [Member] | Cost of Goods, Total [Member]    
Concentration Risk [Line Items]    
Supplies Catalysts  
Vendor D [Member]    
Concentration Risk [Line Items]    
Purchase of Raw Material, Concentration of Risk, Percentage   20.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_SupplierConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= cdti_VendorDMember