The flow characteristics of the practical-scale electrodialytic apparatus of filter-press type possessing 301 pairs of membrane cells with an effective membrane area of 113 dm
2 were examined under operation for sea water concentration at the current density of 3A/dm
2.
The results obtained were as follows:
1. The hydrostatic pressure drop in membrane cell (ΔH) was found to increase in proportion to the 1.3-1.26 power of amount of flow (Q).
2. Among the three feeding systems tested (A, B and C), the C system showed the smallest variation of flow rate (u) in diluting compartment and the B system showed the largest.
In case of the A system which is usually used for practical apparatus, the ratio of Umax to Umin ranged from 1.2 to 1.6.
3. The effect of equalizing conduit, which was designed to decrease the changes of hydrostatic pressure Ha and Hb in the internal conduit of dialysate and to improve the distribution of flow rate in the diluting compartment, was found to be small.
4. The voltage of the cell block decreased in proportion to about the -0.07--0.11 power of U.
5. The hydrostatic pressure drop in the membrane cell (ΔH) was discussed.
6. The distribution of the flow rate (ν) in the internal conduit of dialysate was obtained from the distribution of U.
It was found that variations of Ha and Hb became large in the part of the conduit where ν exceeded about 30 cm/sec.
7. The relations between the hydrostatic pressure difference (Δha) in the internal conduit and Ha, and between Δh
b and Hb were also discussed.
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