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. 2019 Dec 31;10(1):7. doi: 10.3390/membranes10010007

Table 1.

The impact of divalent ions on the performance of RED under low and high feed salinity conditions.

LCC (M) HCC (M) Membranes α (%) Rstack Pd, max (W/m2) OCV (V) Ref.
NaCl: 0.025 NaCl: 0.75 PC-SK and PC-SA 84 69.9 Ωcm2 0.32 1.393 [34]
1 BW: Na+ (0.024), Cl (0.032), SO42− (0.002), Ca2+ (0.00) Mg2+ (0.001), K+ (0.000) 2 SW: Na+ (0.390), Cl (0.578), SO42− (0.024), Ca2+ (0.027) Mg2+ (0.03), K+ (0.006) 67 86.5 Ωcm2 0.11 0.926
3 RW: Na+ (0.004), Cl (0.008), SO42− (0.000), Ca2+ (0.000) Mg2+ (0.000), K+ (0.000) 4 SW: Na+ (0.39), Cl (0.578), SO42− (0.024), Ca2+ (0.027) Mg2+ (0.03), K+ (0.006) 72 150 Ωcm2 0.17 1.49
5 GW: Na+ (0.059), Cl (0.093), SO42− (0.003), Ca2+ (0.001), Mg2+ (0.003), K+ (0.002) 6 RO: Na+ (0.269), Cl (0.409), SO42− (0.009), Ca2+ (0.004) Mg2+ (0.015), K+ (0.004) 78 46.7 Ωcm2 0.07 0.53
NaCl (0.1) NaCl (0.5) Fuji-AEM-80045 and Fuji-CEM-80050 96 4.59 Ωcm2 - - [32]
NaCl (0.5) NaCl (4) 99 5.68 Ωcm2 0.96 1.71
NaCl (0.1) NaCl (5) 89 7.58 Ωcm2 1.95 3.02
NaCl (0.340) + MgCl2 (0.054) NaCl (2.716) + MgCl2 (0.428) 56 17.3 Ωcm2 0.67 1.47
NaCl (0.473) + MgCl2 (0.014) NaCl (3.78) + MgCl2 (0.11) 63 8.58 Ωcm2 0.76 1.64
NaCl (0.083) + MgCl2 (0.017) NaCl (2.708) + MgCl2 (1.458) 33 54.2 Ωcm2 0.60 1.32
NaCl (0.03) Brine : NaCl (5) + 2–3% Non-NaCl ions Fujifilm AEM RP1 80045-01and Fujifilm CEM RP1 80050-04 90 - 2.7 - [33]
BW: NaCl (0.03) + K+, Mg2+, Ca2+, SO42− Brine: NaCl (4–5) + K+, Mg2+, Ca2+, SO42− 90 - 1.6 -
BW: NaCl (0.1) Brine; NaCl (5) Fujifilm-AEM- 80045 and Fujifilm-CEM- 80050 - 3.83 Ω 3.04 3.4 [9]
BW Na+ (0.066), Cl (1), SO42− (0.0035), Ca2+ (0.003) Mg2+ (0.0014), K+ (0.001), HCO3 (8.3 × 10−6) Exhaust brine: Na+ (2.9), Cl (4.8), SO42− (0.67), Ca2+ (0.006) Mg2+ (1.6), K+ (0.2), HCO3 (0.0008) - 6.76 Ω 1.13 2.77
NaCl: (0.0999975) + NaHCO3 (8.5 × 10−6), [Cl]/[HCO3] = 11,717 NaCl: (4.99915) + NaHCO3 (8.5 × 10−4), [Cl]/[HCO3] = 5841 - 3.79 Ω 3.03 3.39
NaCl: (0.098) + KCl (0.002), [Na+]/[K+] = 52.1 NaCl: (4.68) + KCl (0.32), [Na+]/[K+] = 14.5 - 4.08 Ω 2.84 3.4
NaCl: (0.096) + CaCl2 (0.004), [Na+]/[Ca2+] = 26.4 NaCl: (4.99) + CaCl2 (0.01), [Na+]/[Ca2+] = 474 - 3.84 Ω 2.84 3.27
NaCl: (0.0966) + Na2SO4 (0.0034), [Na+]/[SO42−] = 28.8 NaCl: (4.39) + Na2SO4 (0.61), [Na+]/[SO42−] = 7.15 - 4.15 Ω 2.79 3.40
NaCl: (0.083) + MgCl2 (0.017), [Na+]/[Mg2+] = 4.99 NaCl: (3.25) + MgCl2 (1.75), [Na+]/[Mg2+] = 1.86 - 6.69 Ω 1.11 2.73
NaCl (0.5) NaCl: (4) Fujifilm-AEM- 80045 and Fujifilm-CEM- 80050 - 2.78 Ω 1.06 1.70 [5]
NaCl (0.45) + MgCl2 (0.05) NaCl (3.60) + MgCl2 (0.40) - 4.44 Ω 0.43 1.36
NaCl (0.40) + MgCl2 (0.10) NaCl (3.2) + MgCl2 (0.80) - 4.67 Ω 0.36 1.3
NaCl (0.30) + MgCl2 (0.20) NaCl (2.40) + MgCl2 (1.6) - 5.11 Ω 0.32 1.29
NaCl (0.20) + MgCl2 (0.30) NaCl (1.60) + MgCl2 (2.40) - 6.38 Ω 0.21 1.15
MgCl2 (0.50) MgCl2 (4) - 8.92 Ω 0.06 0.72
RW: Na+ (0.001), Cl (0.0005) SW: Na+ (0.78), Cl (0.59) Fujifilm-AEM- 80045 and Fujifilm-CEM- 80050 68 12.8 Ω 1.41 4.09 [6]
RW: Na+ (0.001), Cl (0.0005), K+ (0.0001), Mg2+ (0.001), Ca2+ (0.0038), SO42− (0.0001) SW: Na+ (0.78), Cl (0.59), K+ (0.017), Mg2+ (0.088), Ca2+ (0.01), SO42− (0.027) 68 30.5 Ω 0.46 3.68
RW: NaCl (0.017) SW: NaCl (0.513) Fujifilm-CEM-Type I and Fujifilm-AEM- type I - 1.9 Ωcm2 - - [38]
RW: NaCl (0.017) SW: NaCl (0.4617 + 0.02565 (MgCl2) - 2.77 Ωcm2 - -
RW: NaCl (0.017) SW: NaCl (0.4617 + 0.02565 (CaCl2) - 3.29 Ωcm2 - -
RW: NaCl (0.017) SW: NaCl (0.4617 + 0.02565 (BaCl2) - 3.8 Ωcm2 - -
RW: NaCl (0.017) SW: NaCl (0.5) Fujifilm Type I AEM and homogeneous T0 CEM - - - 1 [26]
RW: NaCl (0.0153) + MgCl2 (0.0017) SW: NaCl (0.5) - - - 0.966
RW: NaCl (0.0153) + MgCl2 (0.0017) RW NaCl (0.45) + MgCl2 (0.05) - - - 0.925
Pure NaCl: (0.5) Pure NaCl (4) Fujifilm-CEM T1 87–91 1.69 Ω/cm2 1 0.21 [39]
NaCl (0.35) + MgCl2 (0.15) NaCl (2.8) + MgCl2 (1.2) - - 0.41 0.15
Pure: NaCl: (0.008) Pure: NaCl (0.5) Fumatech-AEM-FKS-50 and Fumatech-CEM-FAS-50 0.92–0.96 - 1.6 - [35]
RW: Na+ (0.008), Mg2+ (0.0014), Ca2+ (0.0014), SO42− (0.00026) RW: Na+ (0.5), Mg2+ (0.056), Ca2+ (0.009), SO42− (0.03) 0.92–0.96 - 1.42 -

1 BW: Brackish water; 2 SW: Seawater; 3 RW: River water; 4 SW: Seawater; 5 GW: Groundwater; 6 RO: Reverse osmosis.