A hypochlorous acid water preparation agent merely contains elements without concern for the human body, allows hypochlorous acid water to be prepared without effort, and can be stored or transported easily. The hypochlorous acid water preparation agent is an additive for preparing hypochlorous acid water by electrolyzing an electrolytic solution obtained by dissolving an electrolyte in a specified amount of water. The additive consists of sodium chloride, sodium diacetate, and optional sodium hydrogencarbonate. The additive is in powder form, particle form, granule form, or tablet form.

A capacitive adsorption module assembly is proposed. The capacitive adsorption module assembly includes a plurality of capacitive adsorption modules, each having a disk-shaped spacer configured to form a flow path through which feed flows, a cation exchange membrane attached to any one of an upper surface and a lower surface of the spacer, a first electrode attached to the cation exchange membrane, an anion exchange membrane attached to the other of the upper surface and the lower surface of the spacer, and a second electrode attached to the anion exchange membrane, wherein the capacitive adsorption modules are vertically stacked such that adjacent capacitive adsorption modules share or contact the first electrode or the second electrode, and at least one first terminal and second terminal passing through the stacked modules being provided, wherein the first terminal is electrically connected to the first electrode of an odd-numbered module, and the second terminal is electrically connected to the second electrode of an even-numbered module.

A method for operating a wastewater treatment system is disclosed wherein the wastewater treatment system comprises at least one electrochemical cell comprising dimensionally stable electrodes having the same catalyst composition, the electrodes being immersed in wastewater and being connected to a power supply and wherein the voltage at the power supply is monitored and the polarity of the electrochemical cell(s) is reversed when the recorded voltage increases by a predetermined voltage difference. The wastewater treatment system can comprise at least one electrochemical cell which is kept inactive while the active electrochemical cells are operating. The inactive cell(s) can be activated when all the electrodes of the active cells are consumed as indicated by another increase in voltage at the power supply after the polarity of the active cells has been once reversed.

Provided are a system for treating wastewater and a cleaning method thereof. The wastewater treatment system includes: a wastewater compartment, a first electrode, a second electrode, an acid compartment, a base compartment, an acid supply apparatus, a base supply apparatus, a control apparatus, and a power supply device. During the cleaning process, the power supply device provides reverse potential to the first and the second electrodes. The control apparatus shut off a first channel so that the acid supply apparatus provides an acid solution to the base compartment through a second channel, and shut off a third channel so that the base supply apparatus provides an alkaline solution to the acid compartment through a fourth channel, without shutting off the wastewater treatment system.

An electrical water filter device includes a plurality of porous electrodes and one or more porous separators. Each of the one or more porous separators is interposed between two adjacent porous electrodes. A respective porous electrode includes a connection portion extending outside an edge of a porous separators next to the respective porous electrode.

A chlorinating system includes an electrode assembly comprising a plurality electrode blades, a cap electrically and mechanically coupled to the electrode assembly, and a housing for enveloping the electrode assembly in an interior compartment of the housing. The housing exposes the electrode assembly to an inlet and outlet of the housing. The cap is removable from the housing and allows for the individual replacement of single electrode blades forming the electrode blade assembly.

Disclosed is a water treatment device such as a water purifier. In particular, a water treatment device capable of producing sterilizing water is disclosed. The device includes a sterilizing water producing module for electrolyzing raw water to produce sterilizing water, wherein the sterilizing water producing module includes a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes arranged alternately with each other and spaced from each other, wherein the first and second electrodes have opposite polarities to each other, wherein a polarity of each of the first electrode and the second electrode is switchable to between a positive potential and a negative potential, such that the sterilizing water producing module operates such that a positive potential operation and a negative potential operation are alternately repeated, wherein a magnitude of voltage or current applied to the sterilizing water producing module under the negative potential operation is smaller than a magnitude of voltage or current applied to the module under the positive potential operation.

A boron doped diamond electrode and its preparation method and application, the electrode is deposited with a boron or nitrogen doped diamond layer or a boron or nitrogen doped diamond layer composite layer on the surface of the electrode substrate, or after a transition layer is disposed on the surface of the substrate, a boron or nitrogen doped diamond layer or a composite layer of boron or nitrogen doped diamond layer is disposed on the surface of transition layer. The preparation method is depositing or plating a boron or nitrogen doped diamond layer on the surface of the electrode substrate, or providing a transition layer on the surface of the electrode substrate, and then depositing or plating a boron or nitrogen doped diamond layer or a composite layer of boron or nitrogen doped diamond layer on the surface of the transition layer.

The present invention relates to the technical field of electrocatalytic electrode preparation, and discloses a lead dioxide-carbon nanotube adsorptive electrochemical submicroelectrode, a preparation method, and use thereof. The electrochemical submicroelectrode according to the present invention comprises multiple layers of orderly arranged spherical lead dioxide submicroholes communicating with each other, where the carbon nanotubes are partially or completely inserted (in the form of twigs) in the lead dioxide hole and in the wall of the hole. The combined effect of adsorption and catalysis inside the submicroreactor effectively solves the problems of low catalytic efficiency and diffusion control associated with the conventional flat lead dioxide electrode, thus greatly improving the electrochemical catalytic performance of the electrode.

This publication relates to a method and a system for producing freshwater through a reverse osmosis process in a submerged membrane system requiring a differential pressure over the membrane system. The differential pressure is provided by introducing gas bubbles in the riser device (2) downstream the outlet (7) for fresh water in the riser device (2). The system comprises at least one submerged, reverse osmosis unit (1), with an inlet (4) for water and an outlet (7) for fresh water, a riser device (2) extending from the outlet (7) of the submerged membrane system to at, above or below sea level and a system for providing a low pressure side for the reverse osmosis process.