Stability of Ion Exchange Membranes in Electrodialysis
Ksenia Solonchenko,
Anna Kirichenko,
Ksenia Kirichenko
Affiliations
Ksenia Solonchenko
Physical Chemistry Department, Faculty of Chemistry and High Technologies, Kuban State University, 149 Stavropolskaya St., 350040 Krasnodar, Russia
Anna Kirichenko
Department of Electric Engineering, Thermotechnics, Renewable Energy Sources, Faculty of Energetics, Kuban State Agrarian University named after I.T. Trubilin, 13 Kalinina St., 350004 Krasnodar, Russia
Ksenia Kirichenko
Physical Chemistry Department, Faculty of Chemistry and High Technologies, Kuban State University, 149 Stavropolskaya St., 350040 Krasnodar, Russia
During electrodialysis the ion exchange membranes are affected by such factors as passage of electric current, heating, tangential flow of solution and exposure to chemical agents. It can potentially cause the degradation of ion exchange groups and of polymeric backbone, worsening the performance of the process and necessitating the replacement of the membranes. This article aims to review how the composition and the structure of ion exchange membranes change during the electrodialysis or the studies imitating it.
