PERSEPHONE

Membrane-supported capacitive deionization (MCDI) is an electrosorption process for the selective separation of ions with low energy and chemical consumption. The goal of this project is to develop a novel process for recovering phosphate from wastewater and/or surface water with low capital and operating costs, based on cotton and the MCDI process. The phosphate is concentrated, separated, and then recovered using two-phase capacitive membrane deionization. The recovered phosphate is intended to serve as a raw material for phosphorus fertilizers. More…