Abstract:
Brine is treated with an electrical separation unit, for example an electrodialysis reversal unit. Antiscalant is added to the concentrate side of the electrical separation unit. Some of the concentrate flows through a precipitation unit. Antiscalant is deactivated in the concentrate flowing through the precipitation unit. A solid-liquid separation unit and an anti-scalant deactivation unit may be located in a side stream loop off of a concentrate recirculation loop of the electrical separation unit. A desalination unit upstream of the electrical separation unit may produce brine for the electrical separation unit.
Abstract:
Electrodeionization methods and apparatus wherein ion exchange membranes are not utilized. Instead, ion exchange materials such as beads, fibers, etc., are disposed in alternating layers of anion exchange (AIX) materials and cation exchange (CIX) materials between opposite polarity electrodes. In a regeneration stage, a current is applied across the electrodes with water splitting occurring along at least one of the interfacial areas between neighboring AIX and CIX materials. The H+ and OH ions formed via water splitting migrate in response to the electrical current and displace the salt ions in the respective AIX and CIX. The stack is flushed during the regeneration stage to remove the concentrated salt solution. During a deionization phase, the electrical current is terminated with influent fed to the stack for deionization. The salt ions in the influent are depleted via ion exchange as the influent contacts the AIX and CIX.
Abstract:
An ion-exchange membrane is disclosed here that includes ion-permeable layers impregnated with an ion-exchange material and arranged in an order from one face of the membrane to the opposite face of the membrane such that opposing layers in the supporting membrane substrate provide sufficiently identical physical properties to substantially avoid irregular expansion when in a salt solution. The ion-permeable layers include at least one non-woven layer and at least one reinforcing layer.
Abstract:
The disclosure provides a cross-linking method and articles produced thereby. The method comprises providing a partly sulphonated styrenic polymer, and cross-linking the partly sulphonated styrenic polymer in the presence of a polyphosphoric acid.
Abstract:
An electrodialysis cell includes a housing defining an internal chamber, a core positioned within the internal chamber, a first electrode positioned in the internal chamber adjacent the housing, a second electrode coupled to the core and spaced from the first electrode, and a membrane assembly positioned between the first and second electrodes in a spiral wound configuration. The housing includes an inlet end for receiving a feed fluid and an outlet end in fluid communication with the inlet end. The membrane assembly includes a plurality of ion exchange membranes spaced from each other to define a plurality of fluid channels between the inlet and outlet ends.
Abstract:
The present disclosure describes an electrochemical cell that has an electric power source, an anode, a gas diffusion cathode and a gas space in communication with the gas diffusion cathode. The gas diffusion cathode includes an ion exchange coating that faces the anode. The ion exchange coating is a polymer that also protects the gas diffusion cathode. A feed solution flows between the ion exchange coating and the anode. The gas space contains at least some oxygen gas that diffuses into the gas diffusion cathode. Within the gas diffusion cathode oxygen reacts to produce hydroxide radicals. The anion exchange coating transports the hydroxide radicals from the gas diffusion cathode to electrochemically produce oxidant-based biocides.
Abstract:
An electrodeionization stack for deionizing a feed solution. The electrodeionization stack includes a recirculating system adapted to flow an acidic anode effluent solution into a cathode compartment. The anode compartment, may have a three-layer ion exchange resin stack, the three-layer ion exchange resin stack being made up of a layer of cation exchange resin, a layer of anion exchange resin, and a mixed bed ion-exchange resin located between the cation and the anion exchange resins. The cathode compartment may have anion exchange resins adjacent the cathode and a mixed bed ion exchange resins.
Abstract:
The disclosure provides a cross-linking method and articles produced thereby. The method comprises providing a partly sulphonated styrenic polymer, and cross-linking the partly sulphonated styrenic polymer in the presence of a polyphosphoric acid.
Abstract:
An electrochemical desalination system (10) includes a first and a second electrochemical device (12, 14) and a controller (18). The first and second electrochemical devices (12, 14) each comprises a electrochemical desalination module comprising at least one pair of electrodes (32, 33, 34, 35) and a compartment between each pair of electrodes (32, 33, 34, 35) for receiving an electrolyte solution. Each of the first and second electrochemical desalination devices comprises a plurality of successive operation cycles. Each cycle comprises a charging mode of operation for charging each pair of electrodes (32, 33, 34, 35) and for adsorbing ions in the electrolyte solution on the electrodes, and a discharging mode of operation for discharging the pair of electrodes (32, 33, 34, 35) and for desorbing ions from the pair of electrodes (32, 33, 34, 35). One of the first and second electrochemical desalination devices is in a discharging mode and the at least one pair of electrodes release electrical current, while the other of the first and second electrochemical desalination devices is in a charging mode of operation and receives the electrical current released from said one of the first and second electrochemical desalination device.
Abstract:
An electrodeionization apparatus is provided comprising an ion-concentrating compartment (12) partially bounded by an anion permeable membrane (18) and also partially bounded by a cation permeable membrane (20), and a first ion exchange material domain (14,16,141,161) disposed within the ion- concentrating compartment, wherein the first ion exchange material domain is contiguous with at least a portion of an ion-concentrating compartment side surface of one of the anion permeable membrane and the cation permeable membrane, and is spaced apart from the other one of the one of the anion permeable membrane and the cation permeable membrane. In the case where the one of the anion permeable membrane and the cation permeable membrane, having the at least a portion of an ion-concentrating compartment side surface with which the first ion exchange material domain is contiguous, is an anion permeable membrane, the first ion exchange material domain is an anion exchange material predominant domain. In the case where the one of the anion permeable membrane and the cation permeable membrane, having the at least a portion of an ion-concentrating compartment side surface with which the first ion exchange material domain is contiguous, is a cation permeable membrane, the first ion exchange material domain is a cation exchange material predominant domain.