The Study on the Effect on Seawater Desalination and Boron Removal by Ro-EDI Desalination System

Abstract:

A hybrid process coupling reverse osmosis (RO) with electrodeionization (EDI) was investigated to remove TDS and boron from simulated seawater in this study. The effects of applied total dissolved solids (TDS) and the concentration of boron in the feed water on product water quality were investigated. According to the results obtained, the TDS of the product water increased when a high applied TDS in the feed water; however, all of the TDS of the product were complying with relevant standards within experimental parameters. When the boron concentration was below 5.64mg/L in the feed water, the boron concentration of the product water was complying with relevant standards.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 955-959)
• Pages: 3211-3215
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.955-959.3211
• Online since: June 2014
• Authors: Zhao Ji Hu, Yi Liang Hu, Er Ming Ouyang, Fei Feng
• Keywords: Boron, Desalination, EDI, RO

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