Ocean Water Desalination Using Electrodialysis

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Ocean Water Desalination Using Electrodialysis

Senior Design Showcase project, Wentworth Institute of Technology, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2020

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title: Ocean Water Desalination Using Electrodialysis

creator: James Lehoe, Joseph Whitlow

subject: electrodialysis, desalination, single page application, ions, salt water

description: Access to safe drinking water has progressively declined. Methods of purifying saltwater include reverse osmosis and distillation, but require cost and energy that may not be accessible to many. Another method for desalination is electrodialysis that imposes a voltage field to induce net movement of chlorine and sodium ions through two semipermeable membranes, resulting in water having a lower salt concentration. Electrodialysis has lower financial cost and energy requirements, showing promise as a potential method that may be more accessible in developing regions. To encourage education and exploration of this promising method for desalination, this project is developing educational web based interactive graphical programs. Users can interact and visualize net movement of charged ions within voltage fields, and in the presence of semipermeable membranes. As these educational web-based tools would be available globally to anyone with a mobile device, more people may become interested in and knowledgeable about the potential of electrodialysis.

publisher: The Douglas D. Schumann Library and Learning Commons, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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date: 2020

type: Poster

format: .pdf

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language: eng

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