Publications by authors named "Ksenia Solonchenko"

Phosphate recovery from different second streams using electrodialysis (ED) is a promising step to a nutrients circular economy. However, the relatively low ED performance hinders the widespread adoption of this environmentally sound method. The formation of "bonded species" between phosphates and the weakly basic fixed groups (primary and secondary amines) of the anion exchange membrane can be the cause of decrease in current efficiency and increase in energy consumption.

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Article Synopsis
  • - Innovative ion exchange membranes, such as ASE, CJMA-3, and CJMA-6, have been analyzed for their structural and transport properties in various phosphate and salt solutions, revealing significant differences in their conductivity and ion-exchange capacities.
  • - ASE features a highly cross-linked aromatic structure with quaternary ammonium groups leading to superior conductivity, whereas CJMA-3 and CJMA-6 have more flexible matrices made from polyvinylidene fluoride and polyolefin, respectively, which contain different types of amines.
  • - The presence of weakly basic amines in CJMA-6 leads to reduced conductivity in phosphate solutions due to the formation of bound species with phosphoric acid, and under certain conditions
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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.

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Electrodialysis with layer-by-layer coated membranes is a promising method for the separation of monovalent and polyvalent ions. Since the separation selectivity is significantly reduced in the presence of defects in the multilayer system, the stability of the modifiers becomes an important issue. This article reports the i-V curves of layer-by-layer coated membranes based on the heterogeneous MK-40 membrane before and after 50 h long electrodialysis of a solution containing sodium and calcium ions at an underlimiting current density, and the values of concentrations of cations in the desalination chamber during electrodialysis.

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A comparative analysis of mass transfer characteristics and energy consumption was carried out for the electrodialysis recovery of P from of NaHPO solutions and multicomponent (0.045 M NaHPO, 0.02 M KCl, 0.

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