Coupling ion-exchangers with inexpensive activated carbon fiber electrodes to enhance the performance of capacitive deionization cells for domestic wastewater desalination

Water Research

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2523-2530

  Liang, Peng ^a   Yuan, Lulu ^a   Yang, Xufei ^b   Zhou, Shaoji ^c   Huang, Xia ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c BEIJING INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Activated carbon fiber; Ion exchange resin membrane capacitive deionization (R MCDI); Ion exchangers; Salt water desalination

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; BATCH REACTORS; CARBON FIBERS; DESORPTION; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRODES; FLOW OF WATER; GRANULATION; ION EXCHANGE; ION EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; ION EXCHANGE RESINS; ION EXCHANGERS; IONS; OHMIC CONTACTS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER FILTRATION;

ACTIVATED CARBON FIBER ELECTRODES; CAPACITIVE DEIONIZATION; COMMERCIAL ACTIVATED CARBONS; DOMESTIC WASTEWATER; ELECTRIC ADSORPTION; MEMBRANE CAPACITIVE DEIONIZATION; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; WATER DESALINATION;

DESALINATION;

CARBON FIBER; RESIN; SEA WATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ABSORBANCE; ACTIVATED CARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DESALINATION; DESIGN; DESORPTION; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ELECTRODE; ION EXCHANGE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; WASTEWATER;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CAPACITIVE DEIONIZATION CELL; CROSS COUPLING REACTION; DESALINATION; DESORPTION; DOMESTIC WASTEWATER; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODE; EQUIPMENT; FLOW RATE; ION EXCHANGE; MEMBRANE; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENT; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84875601874     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.02.037     Document Type: Article

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