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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2013
Uchicago Argonne, Llc, Chicago, IL (US);
YuPo J. Lin, Naperville, IL (US);
Seth W. Snyder, Lincolnwood, IL (US);
Michael C. Trachtenberg, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
Robert M. Cowan, Dayton, NJ (US);
Saurav Datta, Chicago, IL (US);
UChicago Argonne, LLC, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a resin-wafer electrodeionization (RW-EDI) apparatus including cathode and anode electrodes separated by a plurality of porous solid ion exchange resin wafers, which when in use are filled with an aqueous fluid. The apparatus includes one or more wafers comprising a basic ion exchange medium, and preferably includes one or more wafers comprising an acidic ion exchange medium. The wafers are separated from one another by ion exchange membranes. The fluid within the acidic and/or basic ion exchange wafers preferably includes, or is in contact with, a carbonic anhydrase (CA) enzyme to facilitate conversion of bicarbonate ion to carbon dioxide within the acidic medium. A pH suitable for exchange of COis electrochemically maintained within the basic and acidic ion exchange wafers by applying an electric potential across the cathode and anode.