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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 1994
Filed:
May. 12, 1993
Philippe Rychen, Muesbach-le-Haut, FR;
Samuel Alonso, Aesch, CH;
Hans P Alt, Rheinfelden, DE;
Dominique Gensbittel, Huningue, FR;
Christ AG, Aesch, CH;
Abstract
An apparatus for the continuous electrochemical desalination of aqueous solutions includes a wound module having a central electrode, around which are wound an anion exchanger membrane and a cation exchanger membrane, and an outer counterelectrode. Each membrane is sealed at an inner edge thereof and at a outer edge by a respective clamping device, or are anchored in a synthetic resin block, in such a way that a dilution chamber and a concentrate chamber are defined. The dilution chamber and/or the concentrate chamber may contain an ion exchanger resin. The central electrode and the outer counterelectrode each may have a constriction over at least a part of the circumference thereof. The central electrode may furthermore have a recess for receiving the inner clamping device or the inner synthetic resin block in order to achieve a winding having as spiral a cross section as possible.