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| Development of a Deionizer for Water Purification |
Daniyan Ilesanmi Afolabi, Umakhihe Arnold
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Abstract:
Pure water is a basic need for humans, whether for industrial or domestic purposes. Dirty water can be harmful to humans, animals and machines. This work develops a deionization device for water purification. It uses ionization technique which involves the ion exchange method to remove soluble ions in water so as to make it fit for drinking, domestic and industrial uses. The deionizer was designed to accommodate and deionize 40 L of water in 36 seconds. This results in a flow rate of 4. The recommended velocity of 1.524 m/s was chosen. Using Lewatit design software, 25 L of Strong Acid Cation (SAC) and Strong Base Anion (SBA) resins were employed for the performance evaluation. This was done by comparing the resistivity of the deionized water and the ionized water using a conductivity monitor. The conductivity and resistivity were discovered to vary with change in the flow rate of water. This indicates that the operational capacity of the deionizer varies with the flow rate.
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