4.7 Article

Energy storage and generation through desalination using flow-electrodes capacitive deionization

Journal

JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL AND ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY
Volume 81, Issue -, Pages 317-322

Publisher

ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiec.2019.09.020

Keywords

Flow electrodes capacitive deionization; Desalination; Energy storage; Ion-exchange membrane; Electrochemical; Flow capacitor

Funding

  1. Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning (KETEP)
  2. Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy (MOTIE) of the Republic of Korea [20184030202130]
  3. Soonchunhyang University Research Fund

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Flow electrodes-based capacitive deionization (FCDI) is a highly energy-efficient desalination process compared to conventional processes, including reverse osmosis and multi-stage flash distillation. Furthermore, it provides a continuous desalination flow with high salt-removal capacity, whereas CDI using fixed electrodes requires additional electrode rinsing. In FCDI, salt ions are adsorbed onto flow carbon electrodes and stored in the electrode slurry container, which is similar to an electrochemical flow capacitor. Therefore, stored ions can generate energy during discharging in FCDI operation. In this study, such energy generation was systematically investigated in terms of the various discharging rates, feed concentrations, and volume of flow-electrode slurry. We found that the results were correlated with the changes in the salt concentration of the effluent flow. The discharging current of 50 mA showed the highest capacity for energy generation out of all the experimental conditions; it recovered around 25% of the energy consumed during FCDI desalination. We believe that such energy recovery can greatly reduce the energy consumption needed for FCDI desalination. Such recycling of generated energy would make FCDI more attractive than other conventional desalination techniques. (C) 2019 The Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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