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Feasibility study of an electrodialysis system for in-home water desalination in urban India

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  • Nayar, Kishor G.
  • Sundararaman, Prithiviraj
  • O'Connor, Catherine L.
  • Schacherl, Jeffrey D.
  • Heath, Michael L.
  • Gabriel, Mario Orozco
  • Shah, Sahil R.
  • Wright, Natasha C.
  • Winter, V, Amos G.

Abstract

Poor quality of drinking water delivered to homes by state utilities, and a large reliance on brackish ground water resources in parts of urban India, has resulted in the adoption of in-home water treatment solutions. The only existing in-home water treatment solution capable of desalination is reverse osmosis (RO). However, existing RO products can recover only 25–50% of the feed water supplied as usable product water. In this study, an alternative solution that relies on electrodialysis (ED) was designed and experimentally shown to achieve a recovery of 80%, producing 12L/h of water at the desired salinity of 350ppm from a feed salinity of 3000ppm. The cost and size of the proposed system were also found to be comparable to existing in-home RO systems. In-home ED water treatment systems could compete with existing RO products while providing the advantage of improved water-conservation in water-stressed India.

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  • Nayar, Kishor G. & Sundararaman, Prithiviraj & O'Connor, Catherine L. & Schacherl, Jeffrey D. & Heath, Michael L. & Gabriel, Mario Orozco & Shah, Sahil R. & Wright, Natasha C. & Winter, V, Amos G., 2017. "Feasibility study of an electrodialysis system for in-home water desalination in urban India," Development Engineering, Elsevier, vol. 2(C), pages 38-46.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:deveng:v:2:y:2017:i:c:p:38-46
    DOI: 10.1016/j.deveng.2016.12.001
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