Method for treating sea water by anodic oxidation of organic colloidal proteins

摘要

A sea water desalination plant operates with filtration membranes and electrodes for the removal or oxidation of organic colloidal proteins. The novelty is that before passing through the main desalination plant, the sea water (a) passes through a membrane surrounded by a porous cylindrical anode (2) fabricated from sintered metal, and which (b) encloses a co-axial cathode (1). The water and its organic load pass first through the chamber formed by the anode and membrane where a water jet (8) then sets up rotary motion reinforced if required by a turbine (11). The water then flows through the porous anode on the surface of which nascent oxygen is generate, whose free radicals oxidise the organic components. This oxidation process is repeated within the anode to remove any organic residues.