Title:
Experimental investigation of combined heat and power capacitive deionization

dc.contributor.advisor Hatzell, Marta C.
dc.contributor.author Zhang, Jiankai
dc.contributor.committeeMember Kohl, Paul A.
dc.contributor.committeeMember McDowell, Matthew T.
dc.contributor.committeeMember Yee, Shannon K.
dc.contributor.department Mechanical Engineering
dc.date.accessioned 2017-06-07T17:49:30Z
dc.date.available 2017-06-07T17:49:30Z
dc.date.created 2017-05
dc.date.issued 2017-04-28
dc.date.submitted May 2017
dc.date.updated 2017-06-07T17:49:30Z
dc.description.abstract Capacitive Deionization (CDI) is a novel separation-based technology for desalinating brackish water. By applying an electrical voltage difference, the salt ions are removed from water and temporarily stored in the porous carbon electrodes. Once the adsorption capacity is reached, the ions are released to regenerate the electrodes as reducing or reversing the electrical polarization. CDI is a promising alternative to the state-of-the-art desalination methods due to low energy consumption and economic cost. For improving desalination performance, the ion exchange membranes can be included to construct a membrane capacitive deionization (MCDI) cell. The primary aim in this thesis is to evaluate CDI from a thermodynamic and experimental perspective and to investigate the operational conditions which may improve desalination performance and energy efficiency. Based on the theoretical modeling and experiment investigations, a heat-combined MCDI system which actively harvests waste heat is explored as a medium to improve deionization cycle efficiency. In addition, the thermal and salinity effects on CDI systems are addressed based on the electrochemical characterization and salt removal performance.
dc.description.degree M.S.
dc.format.mimetype application/pdf
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/1853/58336
dc.language.iso en_US
dc.publisher Georgia Institute of Technology
dc.subject Capacitive deionization
dc.subject Desalination
dc.subject Energy recovery
dc.subject Ion electrosorption
dc.subject Electrochemcial characterizations
dc.subject Waste heat harvesting
dc.title Experimental investigation of combined heat and power capacitive deionization
dc.type Text
dc.type.genre Thesis
dspace.entity.type Publication
local.contributor.advisor Hatzell, Marta C.
local.contributor.corporatename George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
local.contributor.corporatename College of Engineering
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thesis.degree.level Masters
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