(224f) Capacitive Deionization of Brackish Water for Irrigation and Energy Storage
AIChE Annual Meeting
2017
2017 Annual Meeting
Environmental Division
Fundamentals of Food, Energy, and Water Systems
Monday, October 30, 2017 - 5:20pm to 5:45pm
The goal of this study is thus to identify biomass process conditions to enable the best performance as electrode material in CDI. Studies on CDI so far have been targeted towards achieving the best adsorption capacity, which directs towards the use of highly processed and tailored carbons. This is mostly achieved through chemical activation processes using toxic or corrosive and expensive materials which require deionized water for subsequent washing of the carbon, for achieving better CDI performance. Hence, with the effort directed towards making the process viable for use locally in regions with acute water scarcity, a change in the approach to tailor the electrode material for use in CDI is proposed. This approach is to determine the best possible material utilization by ensuring maximum possible contact between the liquid and the biochar surface (wettability) and by generating the least Ohmic loss thus resulting in highest electrical efficiency.