Patent ID: 8313630

Claim:
Device for the removal of ions from a polar liquid in which the device comprises at least one housing containing at least one compartment and in which an electrode and a counter-electrode are located at two different ends of the device, and containing an ion-exchange membrane, wherein an electrochemically regenerable ion-exchange material is placed between the electrode and the counter electrode, the housing comprising one inlet for an entering liquid flow, said inlet being located at the electrode end of the device, and an outlet for a deionized liquid, said outlet being located at the counter-electrode end of the device or at an ion-exchange membrane end of the device, said ion-exchange membrane being a bipolar membrane and being placed between the electrodes, wherein the device comprises valves for splitting the entering liquid flow and at least a second outlet for a liquid used to rinse the electrode, said second outlet being located at the electrode end of the device.