Electrodialysis module and electrodialysis system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2018280882-A1
Application number	US-201715851691-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 21, 2017
Priority date	Mar 31, 2017
Publication date	Oct 4, 2018
Grant date	—

Abstract

An electrodialysis module includes at least one base unit. The base unit includes a working tank, a first ion-exchange membrane, a second ion-exchange membrane, at least one first electrode, and at least two second electrodes. The first ion-exchange membrane and the second ion-exchange membrane are located in the working tank. The first ion-exchange membrane and the second ion-exchange membrane together divide the working tank into two electrode compartments and a desalination compartment therebetween. The at least one first electrode is disposed in the desalination compartment. The at least two second electrodes are disposed in each of the electrode compartments, respectively, in which the at least two second electrodes and the at least one first electrode have different polarities.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An electrodialysis module, comprising:
at least one base unit, comprising:
a working tank;
a first ion-exchange membrane, located in the working tank;
a second ion-exchange membrane, located in the working tank, wherein the first ion-exchange membrane and the second ion-exchange membrane together divide the working tank into two electrode compartments and a desalination compartment located between the two electrode compartments;
at least one first electrode, disposed in the desalination compartment; and
at least two second electrodes, disposed in each of the electrode compartments respectively, wherein the at least two second electrodes and the at least one first electrode have different polarities.

2 . The electrodialysis module according to claim 1 , wherein the first ion-exchange membrane and the second ion-exchange membrane have the same polarity.

3 . The electrodialysis module according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one first electrode has the same polarity as the first ion-exchange membrane and the second ion-exchange membrane.

4 . The electrodialysis module according to claim 2 , wherein the at least one first electrode is an anode, and the at least one first electrode has an overpotential for oxygen evolution of 1.5 V to 2 V in a sodium hypochlorite solution.

5 . The electrodialysis module according to claim 4 , wherein a material of the at least one first electrode is selected from the group consisting of iridium oxide, lead oxide, lead, silver, iron, platinum, stainless steel, titanium, an oxide thereof, an alloy thereof and a combination thereof.

6 . The electrodialysis module according to claim 4 , wherein the at least two second electrodes are cathodes, and a material of the at least two second electrodes are selected from the group consisting of stainless steel, iron, platinum, titanium, iridium oxide, mercury, an oxide thereof, an alloy thereof and a combination thereof.

7 . The electrodialysis module according to claim 4 , wherein the first ion-exchange membrane and the second ion-exchange membrane are cation exchange membranes.

8 . The electrodialysis module according to claim 2 , wherein the at least one first electrode is a cathode, and the at least one first electrode has an overpotential for hydrogen evolution of −0.5 V to −1.5 V in a sodium hypochlorite solution.

9 . The electrodialysis module according to claim 8 , wherein a material of the at least one first electrode is selected from the group consisting of stainless steel, iron, platinum, and titanium.

10 . The electrodialysis module according to claim 8 , wherein the at least two second electrodes are anodes, and a material of the at least two second electrodes are selected from the group consisting of iridium oxide, ruthenium oxide, lead oxide, copper, zinc, lead, aluminum, gold, and a combination thereof.

11 . The electrodialysis module according to claim 8 , wherein the first ion-exchange membrane and the second ion-exchange membrane are anion exchange membranes.

12 . An electrodialysis system, comprising:
the electrodialysis module according to claim 1 ; and an application unit, connected to the electrodialysis module by a connector.

13 . The electrodialysis system according to claim 12 , wherein the application unit comprises a fermentation tank, a membrane filter unit, a biological filter unit, an isolation and purification unit, or a combination thereof.

14 . An electrodialysis module, comprising:
at least one base unit, comprising:
a working tank;
a first ion-exchange membrane, located in the working tank;
a second ion-exchange membrane, located in the working tank;
two partitions, disposed in the working tank, wherein the two partitions, the first ion-exchange membrane, and the second ion-exchange membrane together divide the working tank into two electrode compartments, two inter-compartments, and a desalination compartment located between the two inter-compartments, and each of the inter-compartments is located between the desalination compartment and the corresponding electrode compartment;
at least one first electrode, disposed in the desalination compartment; and
at least two second electrodes, disposed in each of the electrode compartments respectively, wherein the at least two second electrodes and the at least one first electrode have different polarities.

15 . The electrodialysis module according to claim 14 , wherein the first ion-exchange membrane and the second ion-exchange membrane have the same polarity.

16 . The electrodialysis module according to claim 15 , wherein the two partitions comprise an ion-exchange membrane having different polarity from the first ion-exchange membrane and the second ion-exchange membrane.

17 . The electrodialysis module according to claim 14 , wherein the two partitions have liquid permeability, and are not ion-exchange membranes.

18 . The electrodialysis module according to claim 14 , wherein the at least one first electrode has the same polarity as the first ion-exchange membrane and the second ion-exchange membrane.

19 . An electrodialysis system, comprising:
the electrodialysis module according to claim 14 ; and an application unit, connected to the electrodialysis module by a connector.

20 . The electrodialysis system according to claim 19 , wherein the application unit comprises a fermentation tank, a membrane filter unit, a biological filter unit, an isolation and purification unit, or a combination thereof.

Assignees

• Ind Tech Res Inst

Inventors

• Hu Po-Yu
• Liang Teh-Ming
• Chang Wang-Kuan
• Horng Ren-Yang
• Liao Chi-Chung

Classifications

• C02F1/4693

  electrodialysis · CPC title

• C02F3/1268

  Membrane bioreactor systems · CPC title

• 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

• C02F1/4672

  by electrooxydation · CPC title

• C02F2001/46133

  characterised by the material · CPC title