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DEIONIZER

INTRODUCTION

 For many laboratory & industrial applications high Purity


water which is essential free from ionic contaminates is
required and this type of water is produced by
“ DE ION IZAT ION ”.
 Deionization is the process by which mineral ions in water

are removed and the apparatus used for deionization is


known as deionizer.
INTRODUCTION

 Deionization water purification can be done by using ion


exchange method.
 Deionizers are most commonly used when ionic
contamination is such that reverse osmosis alone cannot be
relied upon to produce water of acceptable quality.
Principle Of Deionizer

 “Deionizers remove both cations & anions, releasing


hydrogen ions (H+) in exchange for the former and hydroxyl
ions (OH-) for the latter.
 The hydrogen and hydroxyl ions subsequently combine to
form pure water”.
 The following Figure illustrates the ion exchange
process
Schematic representation of Ion Exchange
Working of deionizer

The hard water is passed through cation exchange


column ,which removes all the cations ( Ca2+, Mg2+)
from it and equivalent amount of H+ ions are released.
2RH+ + Ca2+ → R 2Ca 2+ + 2 H +

2RH+ + Mg 2+ → R2Mg2+ + 2H+

For every monovalent cation, one hydrogen ion is


exchanged and for every divalent cation, two hydrogen
ions are exchanged .
Working of deionizer

 After cation exchange column , the hard water is passed


through anion exchange column, which

removes all the anions (SO 2- , Cl-) and equivalent


amount of O H - ions are released from this column to water.

R O H + Cl - → RCl - + O H -
2ROH + CO 3 2- → R 2 CO 3 2- + 2OH -

H + & O H - ions released from cation & anion exchange


column respectively get combine to form water .
H+ + OH- → H2O

This water is know as deionized or dimineralized water.


Types of deionizer

There are two types of deionizer

 Two bed deionizer

 Mixed bed deionizer


Two bed deionizer

 The two bed deionizer consists of two vessels –one


containing a cation exchange resin in the hydrogen (H+) form
and the other containing an anion resin in the hydroxyl (OH - )
form .
 Water flow through the cation column , where upon all
the cations are exchanged for hydrogen ions .
 The same principle applies when considering anion –
exchange .
 The decationised water then flows through the anion
column. This time, all the negatively charged ions are
exchanged for hydroxide ions which then combine with the
hydrogen ions to form water .
Two bed deionizer
Mixed bed deionizer

 In mixed bed deionizers the cation – exchange and


anion exchange resins are intimately mixed and
contained in a single pressure vessel .
 The thorough mixture of cation- exchangers and anion –
exchangers in a single column makes a mixed – bed
deionizer equivalent to a lengthy series of two- bed
plants . Water quality obtained is appreciably higher .
 More sensitive towards the impurities in the water
supply
Mixed bed deionizer
Applications

 Boilers feed water


 Textiles
 Pharmaceuticals
 Chemicals
 Swimming pools
 Hospitals
 Automobile
 Battery and
 Fertilizers

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