Electrodialysis of amino acid solutions with bipolar ion-exchange membranes

Bipolar membranes intended for the generation of hydrogen and hydroxyl ions in order to convert bipolar ions of amino acid into cations or anions migrating through cation- or anion-exchange membranes under a gradient of electric potential applied to the electromembrane system are studied. The transport processes occurring in glycine and sucrose solutions under electrodialysis with bipolar and unipolar ion-exchange membranes are examined. The proposed method permits the separation of a mixture of amino acids and sugars.