• Membrane Journal
• /
• v.13 no.3
• /
• pp.143-153
• /
• 2003

The effects of bipolar interface formed on the surface of cation-exchange membrane on water splitting phenomena were investigated. Results showed that the formation of immobilized bipolar interface resulted in significant water splitting during electrodialysis. In particular, the immobilized bipolar interface was easily created on the cation-exchange membrane surface in the electrodialytic systems where multivalent cations served as an electrolyte. Multivalent cations with low solubility product resulted in violent water splitting because they were easily precipitated on the membrane surface in hydroxide form. Therefore, the bipolar interface consisting of H- and OH-affinity groups were formed on the membrane-solution interface. Apparently, water splitting was largely activated with the help of strong electric fields generated between the metal hydroxide layer and fixed charge groups on the membrane surface. Likewise, the accumulation of large molecular counter ions on the membrane surface led to the formation of a fixed bipolar structure that could cause significant water splitting in the over-limiting current region. Therefore, the prevention of the immobilization of bipolar interface on the membrane surface is very essential in improving the process efficiency in a high-current operation.

• Membrane Journal
• /
• v.4 no.3
• /
• pp.163-170
• /
• 1994

The separation of inorganic salt from amino acid solution using was performed electrodialysis. In order to review the availability of electrodialysis using isoelectric point of amino acid as a bio-separation technique, electrodialysis stacks were designed using ion exchange membrane. Separation of NaCl from amino acid solution was performed in the condition similar to amino acid fermentation process. To obtain otimum conditions of separation, leakage of amino acid depending of pH and limiting current density were measured. On the basis of optimum condition, removal of NaCl and leakage of amino acid were investigated quantitatively in batch and continuous process, and current efficiencies were also obtained. As a result of batch experiment for 11 hours each amino acid solution, removal efficiencies of NaCl were in the ranges of 96.1~96.2%. Amino acid leakage rate of glycine, methionine, alanine were 2.5, 1.7, 2.0% respectively. Current efficiencies were in the ranges of 44.5~44.6%. As a result of continuous experiment in various flow rate of each amino acid solution, it took 120 ~ 150 min to reach to steady state. Removal efficiency of NaCl was increased as the flow rate was decreased, but current efficiency was decreased. At the steady states, there were no leakage of amino acid.

• KSBB Journal
• /
• v.11 no.3
• /
• pp.360-366
• /
• 1996

Electrodialysis of acetic acid was studied to find out the trend of the transport of organic acids through ultrafiltration and ion exchange membranes. The net transport rate of acetic acid was determined from the electro-migration velocity relative to the electro-osmotic flow rate through the membrane. Electro-osmosis flows through ultrafiltration membranes were from the anodic side to the cathodic side in the presence of electric field. The surface of ultrafiltration membrane was measured by the electro-osmotic flow to be charged negatively. Different transport behaviors of acetic acid were found with the ultrafiltration membranes of different materials. In general, regenerated cellulose membranes (YM series) were more effective than polysulfone membranes (PM series) for the transport of acetic acid. The transport of acetic acid was affected by electric strength, distance between the electrodes, surface area of electrode, temperature, and pore size of membrane. The transport rate through the ion exchange membrane was 1.5 to 3 times of those through the ultrafiltration membranes at the constant current of 150 mA in the experimental ranges. The transport rate of acetic acid through the ion exchange membrane increased by 10% with a pulse electric field of 10 sec/hr.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
• /
• v.58 no.2
• /
• pp.319-324
• /
• 2020

Electroconvective instability is a non-linear transport phenomenon which can be found in ion-selective transport system such as electrodialysis, Galvanic cell and electrolytic cell. The instability is triggered by the fluctuation of space charge layer in adjacent of ion-selective surface, leading to increase of mass transport rate. Thus, in the aspect of mass transport, the instability has an important meaning. Although recent experimental techniques have opened up an avenue to direct visualize the instability, fundamental investigations have been conducted in limited area due to several experimental limitations. In this work, the electroconvective instability under potentiostatic mode was solved by numerical method in order to demonstrate correlation between current-time curve and the instability behavior. By rigorous time-resolved analysis, the transition behaviors can be divided into three stages; formation of space charge layer - growth of electroconvective instability - steady state. Furthermore, scaling laws of transition time were numerically obtained according to applied voltage as well.

• Membrane Journal
• /
• v.27 no.2
• /
• pp.109-120
• /
• 2017

The reverse electrodialysis (RED) is an energy generation system to convert chemical potential of saline water directly into electric energy via the combination of current derived from a redox couple electrolyte and ionic potential obtained when cation ($Na^+$) and anion ($Cl^-$) pass through cation exchange membrane (CEM) and anion exchange membrane (AEM) into fresh water, respectively. Ion exchange membrane, a key element of RED system, should satisfy requirements such as 1) low swelling behavior, 2) a certain level of ion exchange capacity, 3) high ion conductivity, and 4) high perm-selectivity to achieve high power density. In this paper, research trends and prospects of ionomer materials and ion exchange membranes are dealt with.