ANALYSIS OF CHALLENGES AND PROBLEMS IN THE APPLICATION OF ELECTRODEIONISATION FOR DEMINERALIZED WATER PRODUCTION
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електродеіонізація, електричний опір води, знесолення, іонообмінна мембрана, канал концентрування, модифікування, спейсерAbstract
The article presents an analysis of the challenges and problems that limit the widespread use of the electrodeionization method for water desalination. Nevertheless, this technology has already proven itself in the pharmaceutical industry, in the production of microelectronics and at thermal power facilities. But it also has prospects for wider application, for example, in the chemical and food industries, thermal power engineering, biotechnology, hydrogen production, etc. In combination with preliminary water treatment using the method of double stage reverse osmosis, has the potential to completely replace the use of cation and anion exchange filters for water desalination. The aim of this work is to review and analyze the fundamental principles and practical aspects of the application of electrodeionization, the design and operation of electrodeionization units, and possible approaches to improving their efficiency in order to obtain a high degree of water desalination. To this end, technological approaches to improving the design of electrodeionizers and the possibility of modifying ion-exchange resins in order to reduce energy consumption, increase selectivity and productivity, etc. are considered in detail. The main parameters of the electrodeionization process modes are determined, and the impact of modifying ion-exchange materials with water dissociation catalysts and varying the ratio of cation- and anion-exchange resins on the efficiency of the modules is assessed. The influence of the above factors on productivity, selectivity, energy consumption, continuous operation time of electrodeionization units, degree of ion exchange resin regeneration, degree of water purification, reduction of fouling of ion exchange membranes and degree of electrode corrosion has been analyzed.
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