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Nakyung Yoon¹, Sanghun Park², Moon Son³

¹Department of Urban and Environmental Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, UNIST-gil 50, Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea; Center for Water Cycle Research, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, 5 Hwarang-ro 14-gil, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea.

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Deep reinforcement learning (DRL) optimizes membrane capacitive deionization (MCDI) for efficient water desalination. This AI approach significantly reduces energy use and increases desalted water output, paving the way for automated water treatment systems.

Keywords:

Automation Deep reinforcement learning Membrane capacitive deionization Optimization

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Area of Science:

Water Desalination Technologies
Electrochemical Separation Processes
Artificial Intelligence in Environmental Engineering

Background:

Capacitive deionization (CDI) offers an electrochemical approach to desalination.
Optimizing CDI processes is challenging due to complex interactions between operational conditions and feed water composition.
Conventional control methods struggle to maximize energy efficiency and productivity.

Purpose of the Study:

To apply deep reinforcement learning (DRL) for automated control of membrane capacitive deionization (MCDI).
To achieve high energy efficiency and maximize desalted water volume per cycle in MCDI.
To develop a foundation for fully automated water desalination processes.

Main Methods:

Integrated a numerical model as the environment for the DRL agent.
Simulated random salt concentrations and constant foulant concentrations in feed water.
Trained the DRL model over 1,000 episodes to minimize energy consumption and maximize water output.

Main Results:

Achieved a 22.07% reduction in specific energy consumption (0.054 to 0.042 kWh m⁻³).
Increased desalted water volume per cycle by 11.60% (1.96×10⁻⁵ to 2.19×10⁻⁵ m³).
Optimized operational parameters including current, voltage, and flushing strategies.

Conclusions:

DRL effectively enhances MCDI performance for water desalination.
The DRL model demonstrates adaptability by modifying reward functions for demand-driven operation.
This study provides a fundamental framework for automated MCDI systems.