The separation membrane techniques in which an external electric field is applied as a driving force (such as electrodialysis, electro-electrodialysis, and membrane electrolysis) are shortly described and their application in environment protection is presented. Attention was focused on recovery of valuable chemicals from effluents and waste gases. Examples of new production methods that elimin...

A mathematical model has been developed which describes the mass transfer across monovalent-ionpermselective membranes as used in an electrodialysis cell. The mass transfer model is based on the StefanMaxwell transport equations. The latters are derived in the membrane phase with two unstirred layers on each side. Donnan equilibrium is used to describe the concentration and the potential discon...

Operating parameters and membrane characteristics strongly affect the performance of electrodialysis reversal systems. The most impactful factors are applied voltage, flow rate, temperature, initial feed composition, and ion exchange membrane characteristics; the pH of the feed also has an effect, although to a lesser extent. To determine more precisely how all of these factors impact performan...

As engineers, a confliction readily appears in regards to cost efficiency against quality. Civil Engineer A of Peace Corps was assigned the task of the design and building of a desalination though electrodialysis plant in rural Uttar Pradesh, India. Desalination is the process of removing high salt contents from groundwater in order to render it drinkable. Of the total volume of water on Earth,...

operating parameters and membrane characteristics strongly affect the performance of electrodialysis reversal systems. the most impactful factors are applied voltage, flow rate, temperature, initial feed composition, and ion exchange membrane characteristics; the ph of the feed also has an effect, although to a lesser extent. to determine more precisely how all of these factors impact performan...

Besides the production process, the product recovery must be also taken into consideration – not only because of its usually high contribution to the total process costs but also on account of the necessity of integrating it on-line into the production process if the product is inhibitory. In the case of pyruvate, some indications have been published that high extra-cellular pyruvate concentrat...

Desalination systems have become an important part of many water supply networks, and they have also been considered as solutions for water shortages and in areas in which access to clean and safe water is still a problem. The quality of available water that is encountered in these situations tends to vary significantly, ranging from seawater to just slightly brackish water to even just water w...

Chloride ion, the majority salt in nature, is ∼52% faster than sodium ion (DNa+ = 1.33, DCl- = 2.03[10(-9)m(2)s(-1)]). Yet, current electrochemical desalination technologies (e.g. electrodialysis) rely on bipolar ion conduction, removing one pair of the cation and the anion simultaneously. Here, we demonstrate that novel ion concentration polarization desalination can enhance salt removal under...