ELECTRODIALYSIS AND ELECTRODEIONIZATION SPACERS

    公开(公告)号:US20230347293A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-02

    申请号:US18141121

    申请日:2023-04-28

    IPC分类号: B01D61/52 B01D61/48

    摘要: An improved spacer for use in electrodialysis and electrodeionization stacks can provide close contact between the spacer mesh and its adjacent ion exchange membranes, reducing the water flow cross-section through the cell. This in turn can lead to higher flow velocities and increased flow turbulence between ion exchange membranes, thereby reducing membrane polarization effects and increasing the limiting current density. The improved spacer can be combined with a voluminous spacer gasket for receiving a volume of electroactive media, the voluminous spacer gasket comprising an outer gasket edge having an open central area for receiving the electroactive media, and holes on the top and bottom of the outer gasket edge whose dimensions match the holes on the spacer.