An apparatus includes a conduit including an inlet to receive a liquid and an outlet to discharge the liquid. A first porous electrode, a second porous electrode, and a third porous electrode are disposed in the conduit between the inlet and the outlet. A first porous separator is interposed between the first porous electrode and the second porous electrode. A second porous separator is interposed between the second porous electrode and the third porous electrode. A power source configured to provide power to the first porous electrode, the second porous electrode, and the third porous electrode. While the liquid is flowing through the conduit, the power source supplies a first type of voltage to the first porous electrode and the third porous electrode, and supplies a second type of voltage to the second porous electrode, the second type being opposite to the first type.

A water treatment apparatus including: discharge treatment units each including a ground electrode and a discharge electrode opposing the ground electrode, and water to be treated is treated by forming a discharge between the ground electrode and the discharge electrode, and generating ozone by the discharge, and moreover causing the water to be treated to contact the discharge; a water reservoir portion that collects, in the interior of the treatment tank, the water to be treated having been subject to water treatment by one of the discharge treatment units; and an ozone supply section that supplies the ozone in the treatment tank to the water to be treated in the water reservoir portion are provided, and wherein the water to be treated passes through the plurality of discharge treatment units as a continuous flow.

An aquaculture system is provided. The aquaculture system includes a cultivation pond, a water circulation unit, a water quality detector, and a water processing module. The cultivation pond for storing the cultivation water has a recirculation inlet and recirculation outlet. The water circulation unit is in fluid communication with the cultivation pond to allow the cultivation water in the cultivation pond to circulate through the water circulation unit. The water quality detector is used to detect the quality of the water to obtain water quality information. The water processing module includes an electrolytic gas generator and a control unit to improve the quality of water. The control unit receives the water quality information and adjusts the applied voltage on the electrolytic gas generator according to the water quality information to control the gas species and a ratio of the gases generated by the electrolytic gas generator.

An irrigation system is provided. The irrigation system includes a reservoir for storing irrigation water, an electrolytic gas generator, a detector, and a control unit. The electrolytic gas generator is in fluid communication with the reservoir to output a first gas and a second gas generated by the electrolytic gas generator to the irrigation water. The detector is arranged in the water reservoir to detect the concentrations of dissolved first gas and dissolved second gas of the irrigation water to obtain dissolved gas concentration information. The control unit electrically connects to the detector and the electrolytic gas generator receives the dissolved gas concentration information and adjusts the voltage applied to the electrolytic gas generator according to the dissolved gas concentration information to control the type of gas generated by the electrolytic gas generator and the concentrations of dissolved first and second gas of the irrigation water.

A high-specific surface area and super-hydrophilic gradient boron-doped diamond electrode is disclosed. The electrode directly uses a substrate as an electrode matrix; or a transition layer is disposed on a surface of the substrate and used as the electrode matrix. A gradient boron-doped diamond layer is disposed on a surface of the electrode matrix, and a contact angle of the electrode is θ<40°. The gradient boron-doped diamond layer includes: a gradient boron-doped diamond bottom layer, a gradient boron-doped diamond middle layer, and a gradient boron-doped diamond top layer, a boron content of which gradually increases, so the gradient boron-doped diamond layer has high adhesion, high corrosion resistance, and high catalytic activity. The high-content boron of the top layer is combined with a one-time high-temperature treatment, so the gradient boron-doped diamond electrode has a high-specific surface area and superhydrophilicity, which may greatly improve the mineralization and degradation efficiency of the electrode.

The invention of the current application is directed to a wastewater treatment apparatus. The invention includes a divided membrane electrochemical cell including an anode contained within a anode compartment and cathode contained within a cathode compartment. The anode compartment and said cathode compartment are separated by a proton selective membrane. The invention also includes a voltage source, and a liquid-gas separator. The invention is an economically viable electrochemical advanced oxidation system that can cost-effectively treat recalcitrant COD with low energy, without the necessity for chemicals, and reduce or prevent sludge production in a single step.

A method and apparatus break down organic materials, typically contaminants, through oxidation. The method for the treatment of a volume of material, provides: a) introducing at least two electrodes into a location, the location containing the volume of material and the volume of material containing one or more species for treatment; b) providing connections between a voltage source and the at least two electrodes; c) applying a voltage of a first polarity to the connections for a first period of time, under the control of a voltage controller; d) applying a voltage of a second, reversed, polarity to the connections for a second period of time, under the control of the voltage controller; e) repeating steps c) and d) a plurality of times; preferably with steps c), d) and e) promoting oxidation of one or more of the one or more species for treatment.

A boron-doped diamond electrode with an ultra-high specific surface area, and a preparation method therefor and the application thereof are provided. The boron-doped diamond electrode includes a substrate and an electrode working layer arranged on a surface thereof, the substrate is polysilicon or monocrystal silicon with a high specific surface area, and the electrode working layer is a boron-doped diamond layer. The polysilicon with a high specific surface area is obtained by anisotropIc etching and/or isotropic etching, and the monocrystal silicon with a high specific surface area is obtained by anisotropic etching. The boron-doped diamond layer includes a highly conductive layer, a corrosion-resistant layer, and a strongly electrocatalytically active layer, which have different boron contents. Compared with a traditional plate electrode, the present disclosure has a low cost and an extremely high specific surface area, provides a larger current intensity with a lower current density, and has broad application prospects.

Provided is a method for treating a liquid, the method including: receive a liquid; passing the liquid through a generator to cut and shear the liquid and releasing the resultant liquid for use. Also provided is a liquid treatment system including: a source of liquid; a generator in fluid communication with the liquid source which cuts and shears the liquid; a pump which produces liquid flow through the system; and an outlet through which the treated liquid flows.

A method for electrochemical disinfection of an aqueous solution, the method comprising the steps of: providing one or more disinfecting cells for retaining an aqueous solution, each disinfecting cell including one or more electrode pairs positioned therein; arranging the one or more disinfecting cells along a flow path, the flow path including an inlet to and an outlet from the one or more disinfecting cells; determining at the one or more disinfecting cells the electrical conductivity, or specific conductance of the aqueous solution; determining from the electrical conductivity, or specific conductance of the aqueous solution a voltage to apply across the one or more electrode pairs at a current sufficient to produce disinfection species therein; and passing the current from the one or more electrode pairs to the aqueous solution to produce a modified aqueous solution.