Electroporation for water disinfection: a proof of concept experimentation

Mohamed A. Elgenedy; Jake T. Simpson; Mohamed E. Farrag

doi:10.1109/UPEC57427.2023.10294337

Electroporation for water disinfection: a proof of concept experimentation

Mohamed A. Elgenedy^*
, Jake T. Simpson
, Mohamed E. Farrag

^*Corresponding author for this work

Electrical Power Engineering

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Abstract

This paper is a proof of concept showing the effectiveness of using irreversible electroporation (IRE) as a stage of water disinfection in the water treatment process. The IRE process essentially requires relatively high voltage pulses to pose a pulsed electric field across harmful microorganisms. In this paper, a laboratory-based solid-state Marx generator was built for this purpose and untreated water samples have been used to test the effectiveness of applying variable pulse width, magnitude and rate. All the pulses are unipolar rectangular. The tested samples are all from the same water source with the same coliform count. After performing the electroporation disinfection process the coliform count reached zero proving the effectiveness of IRE.

Original language	English
Number of pages	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/UPEC57427.2023.10294337
Publication status	Published - 1 Nov 2023

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation
SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

Keywords

Coliform, Electric Field, Electroporation, Marx Generator, Power electronics, Pulsed Power, Voltage Pulses.
Electric Field
Coliform
Marx Generator
Electroporation
Power electronics
Voltage Pulses
Pulsed Power

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Artificial Intelligence
Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Modelling and Simulation

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