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Chemical and energy recovery alternatives in SWRO desalination through electro‐membrane technologies
Electro-membrane technologies are versatile processes that could contribute towards more sustainable seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) desalination in both freshwater production and brine management, facilitating the recovery of materials and energy and driving the introduction of the circular economy paradigm in the desalination industry. Besides the potential possibilities, the implementation of electro-membrane technologies remains a challenge. The aim of this work is to present and evaluate different alternatives for harvesting renewable energy and the recovery of chemicals on an SWRO facility by means of electro-membrane technology. Acid and base self-supply by means of electrodialysis with bipolar membranes is considered, together with salinity gradient energy harvesting by means of reverse electrodialysis and pH gradient energy by means of reverse electrodialysis with bipolar membranes. The potential benefits of the proposed alternatives rely on environmental impact reduction is three-fold: (a) water bodies protection, as direct brine discharge is avoided, (b) improvements in the climate change indicator, as the recovery of renewable energy reduces the indirect emissions related to energy production, and (c) reduction of raw material consumption, as the main chemicals used in the facility are produced in-situ. Moreover, further development towards an increase in their technology readiness level (TRL) and cost reduction are the main challenges to face. ; This research was funded by MICIU (Spanish Government) under project CTM2017-87850-R. M.H.-G. research was funded by the Counseling of Universities, Equality, Culture and Sports (Cantabrian Government) under the Augusto González de Linares postdoctoral grant.
Chemical and energy recovery alternatives in SWRO desalination through electro‐membrane technologies
Electro-membrane technologies are versatile processes that could contribute towards more sustainable seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) desalination in both freshwater production and brine management, facilitating the recovery of materials and energy and driving the introduction of the circular economy paradigm in the desalination industry. Besides the potential possibilities, the implementation of electro-membrane technologies remains a challenge. The aim of this work is to present and evaluate different alternatives for harvesting renewable energy and the recovery of chemicals on an SWRO facility by means of electro-membrane technology. Acid and base self-supply by means of electrodialysis with bipolar membranes is considered, together with salinity gradient energy harvesting by means of reverse electrodialysis and pH gradient energy by means of reverse electrodialysis with bipolar membranes. The potential benefits of the proposed alternatives rely on environmental impact reduction is three-fold: (a) water bodies protection, as direct brine discharge is avoided, (b) improvements in the climate change indicator, as the recovery of renewable energy reduces the indirect emissions related to energy production, and (c) reduction of raw material consumption, as the main chemicals used in the facility are produced in-situ. Moreover, further development towards an increase in their technology readiness level (TRL) and cost reduction are the main challenges to face. ; This research was funded by MICIU (Spanish Government) under project CTM2017-87850-R. M.H.-G. research was funded by the Counseling of Universities, Equality, Culture and Sports (Cantabrian Government) under the Augusto González de Linares postdoctoral grant.
Chemical and energy recovery alternatives in SWRO desalination through electro‐membrane technologies
Herrero González, Marta (author) / Ibáñez Mendizábal, Raquel (author) / Universidad de Cantabria
2021-08-31
doi:10.3390/app11178100
Applied Sciences, 2021, 11(17), 8100
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
DDC:
690
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