Abstract:The flow-electrode was used to replace the traditional fixed electrode for ions adsorption from water, which can solve the problems of the adsorption efficiency attenuation and difficulty for electrode regeneration of the traditional electro-adsorption. The results showed that the stirring of the flow-electrode slurry greatly increased the stability of the effluent water conductivity, and improved the uniformity of the slurry and the desorption rate of the ions. With the increase of voltage, the removal rate by the electro-adsorption was extremely enhanced. When the voltage was 1.5 V, the removal rate by the electro-adsorption of Na2SO4 solution reached 14.3%. When the flow rate of Na2SO4 solution decreased from 5 mL·min?1 to 2 mL·min?1, the removal rate by the electro-adsorption of Na2SO4 solution increased by 11%. However, the flow rate of the flow electrode had a slight effect on the removal rate of Na2SO4 solution. Over 11 times of the salt concentration adsorbed in the flow-electrode slurry occurred, the concentrated water amount decreased and the purified water yield increased. Compared with the fixed electrode, a stable adsorption-desorption cycle can be achieved when treating heavy metal of Fe3+ or scaling ion of Ca2+ using the flow-electrode capacitive deionization. Key words:flow-electrode/ electro-adsorption/ desalting/ stirring/ concentration degree.
图1流动电极电吸附装置示意图 Figure1.Schematic diagram of the ?ow-electrode capacitive deionization
图8Na2SO4溶液流速和流动电极流速对电吸附Na2SO4 吸附能力的影响 Figure8.Effect of the rate of Na2SO4 solution and flow electrode on the adsorption capacities of Na2SO4 by capacitive deionization
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1.School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China 2.Win Future Environmental Protection Tech. Co. Ltd., Tianjin 300300, China Received Date: 2020-07-22 Accepted Date: 2020-11-30 Available Online: 2021-04-23 Keywords:flow-electrode/ electro-adsorption/ desalting/ stirring/ concentration degree Abstract:The flow-electrode was used to replace the traditional fixed electrode for ions adsorption from water, which can solve the problems of the adsorption efficiency attenuation and difficulty for electrode regeneration of the traditional electro-adsorption. The results showed that the stirring of the flow-electrode slurry greatly increased the stability of the effluent water conductivity, and improved the uniformity of the slurry and the desorption rate of the ions. With the increase of voltage, the removal rate by the electro-adsorption was extremely enhanced. When the voltage was 1.5 V, the removal rate by the electro-adsorption of Na2SO4 solution reached 14.3%. When the flow rate of Na2SO4 solution decreased from 5 mL·min?1 to 2 mL·min?1, the removal rate by the electro-adsorption of Na2SO4 solution increased by 11%. However, the flow rate of the flow electrode had a slight effect on the removal rate of Na2SO4 solution. Over 11 times of the salt concentration adsorbed in the flow-electrode slurry occurred, the concentrated water amount decreased and the purified water yield increased. Compared with the fixed electrode, a stable adsorption-desorption cycle can be achieved when treating heavy metal of Fe3+ or scaling ion of Ca2+ using the flow-electrode capacitive deionization.