Desalination apparatus and desalination method using same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10308529-B2
Application number	US-201615568720-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 23, 2016
Priority date	Sep 8, 2015
Publication date	Jun 4, 2019
Grant date	Jun 4, 2019

Abstract

The present invention relates to a desalination apparatus and a desalination method using the same. In one specific embodiment, the desalination apparatus comprises: a forward osmosis unit having a draw-solution part into which seawater flows, and a raw water part into which raw water flows, and having an osmosis membrane, formed between the draw solution part and the raw water part, so as to respectively generate first treated water and first concentrated water; a capacitive deionization unit, which is connected to the draw solution part through a first inflow passage, and into which the first treated water of the draw solution part flows so as to generate second treated water; and an electrodialysis unit, which is connected to the raw water part through a second inflow passage, and into which the first concentrated water of the raw water part flows so as to generate third treated water.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A desalination apparatus comprising:
a forward osmosis unit which comprises a draw solution part into which sea water flows and a raw water part into which raw water flows, with an osmosis membrane formed between the draw solution part and the raw water part to generate each of first treated water and first concentrated water;
an electrosorptive desalination unit connected to the draw solution part through a first inflow path and into which the first treated water of the draw solution part flows to generate second treated water; and
an electrodialysis unit connected to the raw water part through a second inflow path and into which the first concentrated water of the raw water part flows to generate third treated water.

2. The desalination apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the sea water is pretreated by a first pretreatment unit and flows into the draw solution part, and the raw water is pretreated by a second pretreatment unit and flows into the raw water part.

3. The desalination apparatus of claim 1 , wherein in the forward osmosis unit, fresh water in the raw water passes through the osmosis membrane such that the sea water of the draw solution part is diluted with the fresh water to generate the first treated water and the raw water of the raw water part is concentrated to generate the first concentrated water.

4. The desalination apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the electrosorptive desalination unit discharges second concentrated water, and the second concentrated water flows into the electrodialysis unit through a first outlet.

5. The desalination apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:
a storage, into the second treated water flows into and is stored, which is provided with a third inflow path into which the second treated water flows and a second outlet which discharges the second treated water;
a power supply which is electrically connected to the electrosorptive desalination unit and the electrodialysis unit and applies power thereto;
a first measuring part and a second measuring part respectively provided at the third inflow path and the second inflow path to measure a total dissolved solids (TDS) concentration; and
a controller which is electrically connected to and controls the first measuring part, the second measuring part, and the power supply and stores TDS concentration values obtained from the first measuring part and the second measuring part,
wherein the electrodialysis unit discharges third concentrated water, and the third concentrated water is discharged through a third outlet,
wherein the third treated water flows into the storage through a fourth inflow path,
wherein the third inflow path and the third outlet are provided with a first flow path changing part and a second flow path changing part, respectively,
wherein a first supply part, a second supply part, and the second inflow path are provided with a first flow rate adjusting means, a second flow rate adjusting means, and a third flow rate adjusting means, respectively, and
wherein the first flow path changing part, the second flow path changing part, and the first to third flow rate adjusting means are electrically connected to and controlled by the controller.

6. The desalination apparatus of claim 5 , wherein when a TDS concentration value measured by the first measuring part exceeds about 500 ppm, the controller controls the first flow path changing part so as to allow the second treated water to flow into the electrodialysis unit.

7. The desalination apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a ratio of flow rates of the sea water and the raw water, which flow into the forward osmosis unit, are about 1:1 to about 1:5.

8. The desalination apparatus of claim 5 , wherein a voltage of about 0.2 V to about 2 V is applied to the electrosorptive desalination unit.

9. The desalination apparatus of claim 5 , wherein a voltage of about 2 V to about 24 V is applied to the electrodialysis unit.

10. A desalination method comprising:
generating first treated water and first concentrated water by supplying pretreated sea water and pretreated raw water to a forward osmosis unit; and
generating second treated water by allowing the first treated water to flow into an electrosorptive desalination unit and generating third treated water by allowing the first concentrated water to flow into an electrodialysis unit.

11. The desalination method of claim 10 , wherein when a TDS concentration value measured by a first measuring part exceeds about 500 ppm, a controller controls a first flow path changing part so as to allow the second treated water to flow into the electrodialysis unit.

12. The desalination method of claim 10 , wherein a ratio of flow rates of the sea water and the raw water, which flow into the forward osmosis unit, are about 1:1 to about 1:5.

13. The desalination method of claim 10 , wherein a voltage of about 0.2 V to about 2 V is applied to the electrosorptive desalination unit.

14. The desalination method of claim 10 , wherein a voltage of about 2V to about 24V is applied to the electrodialysis unit.

Assignees

• Korea Electric Power Corp

Inventors

• Park Pill Yang
• Lee Jae Bong
• Yoon Seok Won
• Kim Ki Hyoung
• Kim Kyu Il

Classifications

• C02F1/44

  by dialysis, osmosis or reverse osmosis {(general membrane separation processes B01D61/00, membrane modules B01D63/00, electrodialysis C02F1/4693, combination of membrane modules and bioreactors C02F3/1268)} · CPC title

• B01D61/002

  Forward osmosis or direct osmosis · CPC title

• C02F1/001

  Processes for the treatment of water whereby the filtration technique is of importance (C02F1/44 takes precedence; construction of filters in general B01D24/00 - B01D41/00) · CPC title

• B01D61/42

  Electrodialysis; Electro-osmosis {; Electro-ultrafiltration; Membrane capacitive deionization} · CPC title

• Y02A20/131

  Reverse-osmosis · CPC title