Abstract:
In recent years,the treatment intensity and discharge standards of various types of sewage have been continuously improved.Among them,industrial wastewater has greater water saving and reuse potential. An efficient and low-cost desalination technology is urgently needed. At present,electro-sorption technology is widely used in the field of water treatment by virtue of its low energy consumption,no need to add chemicals,and high salt removal efficiency. The rapid desalination of wastewater by electro-sorption technology mainly needs to start from two aspects: the increase of desalination speed and high-throughput water production. The kinetic factors determine the adsorption rate of ions inside the adsorbent,and the adsorption capacity determines the salt removal rate. Therefore,exploring the kinetic characteristics of the electro-sorption process and the influencing factors of desalination is the key to this technology. Using activated carbon fibers as electrodes,multiple sets of electro-sorption tests were carried out in a self-made plate-type electro-sorption device using activated carbon fibers as electrodes. In this paper,the effects of solution concentration,applied voltage,p H value and temperature on its salt removal efficiency and saturated adsorption capacity were studied,and the electro-sorption kinetics results under different voltages and different concentrations were fitted. The kinetic study indicates that voltage is the main factor affecting the ion adsorption rate. When the voltage is less than 0.8 V,it is suitable for pseudo-second-order kinetic equation,and when the voltage is greater than 0.8 V,pseudofirst-order kinetic model is applicable. The higher the voltage is,the faster the adsorption rate is. The adsorption isotherm research shows that electro-sorption capacity increases with the increase of voltage and initial concentration,and the adsorption process conforms with the Langmuir adsorption isotherm model. Weakly acidic condition is conducive to the improvement of electro-sorption desalination performance. The increase of temperature inhibits ion adsorption,and room temperature is best experimental temperature.