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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2012
Voltea B.v., AE Sassenheim, NL;
Albert Van Der Wal, Oegstgeest, NL;
Hank Robert Reinhoudt, Wassenaar, NL;
Piotr Edward Dlugolecki, Gdansk, PL;
Thomas Richard Bednar, Brookfield, WI (US);
George Shoemaker Ellis, Brookfield, WI (US);
David Jeffrey Averbeck, Brookfield, WI (US);
VOLTEA B.V., Sassenheim, NL;
Abstract
A method of producing an apparatus to remove ions from water is disclosed, wherein the apparatus includes a first electrode having a first current collector, a second electrode having a second current collector, and a spacer between the first and second electrodes to allow water to flow in between the electrodes. The method includes flushing water through the spacer and subsequently exerting a force on the stack so as to compress the first and second electrodes and the spacer. Exerting a force on the stack may result in a pressure of less than 5 bar, less than 2 bar, or between 1 bar and 0.5 bar, between the electrodes and the spacer.