Researchers develop new wastewater desalination technique (IMAGE)

Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology

Researchers develop new wastewater desalination technique

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Xiao Su, a researcher at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology and an assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Nayeong Kim; a Ph.D. student in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at UIUC; and research scientist Johannes Elbert were part of a team to develop a new water purification system that separates out salt and other unnecessary particles with an electrified version of dialysis. Successfully applied to wastewater with planned expansion into rivers and seas, the method saves money and saps 90% less energy than its counterparts.

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