Em processos de eletrodeposição, substâncias à base de cianeto são empregadas como complexantes e portadores do metal a ser depositado. Entretanto, a toxicidade associada ao cianeto e a evolução das legislações ambiental e trabalhista impulsionaram a exploração de matérias-primas alternativas aos sais cianídricos. Um estudo desenvolvido no Instituto de Pesquisas Tecnológicas avaliou a modificação de um banho comercial isento de cianeto para processos de deposição de cobre em substratos de Zamac. Neste estudo, foi utilizado um banho à base do ácido 1,hidroxietano-1,1- difosfônico, ou HEDP, um composto orgânico capaz de formar complexos estáveis com íons metálicos. Para viabilizar a substituição do cianeto pelo HEDP, deve-se consolidar uma metodologia para o tratamento do efluente gerado nas operações que o envolvam. A técnica de eletrodiálise surge como uma alternativa considerada limpa, que dispensa mudanças de fase e adição de produtos químicos ao processo. O método consiste na utilização de membranas íon-seletivas para promover a separação de espécies iônicas entre soluções utilizando a diferença de potencial elétrico entre dois pólos como força motriz. Neste trabalho, avaliou-se a aplicação da eletrodiálise no tratamento de um efluente galvânico à base de HEDP. Foram utilizadas soluções sintéticas simulando as águas de lavagem de um banho toque composto por complexos de cobre e HEDP. A construção das curvas de polarização permitiu a determinação da densidade de corrente limite a ser empregada na eletrodiálise. Nos ensaios de eletrodiálise, foi avaliada a extração percentual dos íons de cobre e de HEDP das soluções sintéticas. As membranas utilizadas também foram analisadas para investigação de possíveis alterações estruturais. Os resultados mostraram extração de até 99,7% de cobre e 94,4% de HEDP, possibilitando o reaproveitamento das soluções tratadas nos tanques de lavagem e, simultaneamente, a reutilização dos íons extraídos, compensando perdas por arraste. As análises químicas comprovaram a presença de complexos aniônicos formados entre o cobre e o HEDP. A alteração na acidez do meio permite a separação deste complexo e a recuperação de cobre e de HEDP em compartimentos separados. As análises realizadas por MEV/EDS mostraram a presença de picos de cobre e fósforo nas superfícies das membranas. A avaliação feita por um processo de lixiviação indicou a ocorrência de depósitos nas superfícies das membranas. Os incrementos na acidez das soluções finais indicam recuperação do HEDP e as análises de foto-oxidação do ácido orgânico apontaram degradação inferior a 7% nos ensaios avaliados. / In electroplating processes, cyanide-based substances are used as complexing agents and as raw materials in form of metal salts. However, the toxicity associated with cyanide and the evolution of environmental and employment laws have been promoting research for the development of new raw materials in electroplating processes. A study conducted at the Institute for Technological Research evaluated the modification of commercial cyanide free bath for processes of copper coating on zinc alloys. In the performed study, a news alkaline copper bath was formulated using 1 hydroxyethane-1, 1 diphosphonic, or HEDP, an organic compound known for forming stable complexes with metal ions. To support the replacement of cyanide, it becomes necessary to consolidate a methodology for treatment of the wastewaters generated by operations involving HEDP. Electrodialysis is considered a clean technology which dispenses phase changes and the addition of chemicals to the treatment process. The method consists in the use of ion-selective membranes to promote the separation of ionic species from solutions, using as driving force the difference of electrical potential between two electrodes. In this study the application of electrodialysis in the treatment of electroplating wastewaters containing HEDP was evaluated. Synthetic solutions were prepared, simulating the rinsing water from a bath composed of copper and HEDP complexes. The construction of the current-voltage-curves allowed the determination of the limiting current density applied in the electrodialysis stack. During electrodialysis, the percentage of extraction of copper and HEDP from synthetic solutions were evaluated. The membranes used were analyzed to investigate possible structural changes. The results showed extracting rates up to 99,7% copper and 94,4% HEDP, allowing the reuse of solutions in rinse steps and simultaneously reuse of copper and HEDP ions to compensate drag-out losses. Chemical analysis confirmed the presence of anionic complexes formed between copper and HEDP. The decrease of pH allows the separation of these complexes and the recovery of copper and HEDP in separate compartments. The results of SEM/EDS analysis of membranes showed the presence of peaks of copper and phosphorus. The analysis made by a leaching process showed the occurrence of deposits on the membranes surface. The increases in acidity of the final solutions indicate recovery of HEDP and the photooxidation analysis indicated degradation of the organic acid under 7% in evaluated samples.

A demanda atual por recursos hídricos com quantidade e qualidade exige que todos os efluentes domésticos sejam tratados de maneira adequada para minimizar os impactos ambientais causados no meio ambiente. As estações de tratamento de efluentes domésticos que utilizam sistemas tradicionais de tratamento em muitos casos não conseguem atingir os valores de remoção de poluentes exigidos pelas legislações ambientais e, portanto, processos avançados de tratamento de efluentes devem ser realizados para garantir tal atendimento. No presente trabalho foi realizada a coleta e caracterização físico-química de amostras em diferentes pontos de processo na estação de tratamento de efluentes do Campus Litoral Norte da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. O monitoramento foi realizado durante 33 semanas e mostrou que o efluente tratado final da ETE apresentou valores elevados de poluentes como, por exemplo, nitrogênio total Kjeldahl (NTK), amônia e demanda química de oxigênio (DQO), o que impossibilita seu lançamento. O processo de eletrodiálise do efluente tratado da ETE foi realizada em uma planta piloto onde foram realizados 2 diferentes tipos de ensaios de eletrodiálise. No 1º ensaio o objetivo era avaliar o transporte iônico de poluentes do efluente após a eletrodiálise e os resultados encontrados mostram que, o efluente tratado por eletrodiálise, foram encontrados valores de concentração média abaixo de 1 mg/L para os ânions fluoreto, cloreto, nitrito e nitrato e para os cátions sódio, amônio, potássio e magnésio. Os resultados encontrados na caracterização fisico-química do efluente tratado indicam que o mesmo pode ser utilizado como água de reúso na agricultura, para fins urbanos e na psicicultura se for realizada a correção do pH. O 2º ensaio tinha como objetivo avaliar o comportamento das membranas através da qualidade do efluente após sucessivas eletrodiálises sem realizar a limpeza do sistema e os resultados encontrados mostram que foram obtidos valores de concentração média abaixo de 10 mg/L para todos os ânions e cátions. Os resultados encontrados pela caracterização fisico-química deste efluente tratado por eletrodiálise indicam que o mesmo pode ser utilizado como água de reúso na agricultura e reúso para fins urbanos se for realizada a correção do pH e a remoção da turbidez do efluente. Para o reúso na psicicultura, além da correção do pH, deve ser realizada a remoção do ânion nitrato para valores inferiores a 5 mg/L. / The current demand for water resources with quantity and quality requires that all domestic effluents must be adequately treated to minimize the environmental impacts caused on the environment. Municipal sewage treatment plants (MSTP) using traditional process in many cases fail to achieve the pollutant removal required by environmental. Therefore, advanced wastewater treatment processes must be carried out to ensure such care. The present work carried out the sampling and characterization samples at different process points from the wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) of Campus Litoral Norte of the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. The monitoring was performed during 33 weeks and showed that the final treated effluent of the WWTP showed high values of pollutants such as NTK, ammonia and COD, which makes it impossible to discharge in nature. The process of electrodialysis of the final effluent, after the treatment at the WWTP, was carried out in the pilot plant. Two different electrodialysis tests were carried out. On the first test, the objective was to evaluate the ionic transport of pollutants from the effluent after the electrodialysis and the results found show that the effluent treated were found values of average concentration below 1 mg / L were obtained for fluoride, chloride, nitrite and nitrate anions and for sodium, ammonium, potassium and magnesium cations. The results found by the physicochemical characterization of the effluent indicate that it can be used as reuse water in agriculture, for urban proposes and in pisciculture if the pH correction is performed. In the second test, the objective was to evaluate the behavior of the membranes through the quality of the effluent after successive electrodialysis without cleaning the system. The results obtained in the effluent after the second test showed that mean values below 10 mg/L were obtained for all anions and cations. The results obtained by the physicochemical characterization of the effluent indicates that it can be used as reuse water in agriculture and for urban proposes reuse if the correction of the pH and the removal of the turbidity of the effluent is carried out. For reuse in the pisciculture, besides the correction of the pH, the removal of the nitrate anion should be carried out to values below 5 mg/L.

Electrodialysis (ED) experiments were conducted on reverse osmosis (RO)-concentrated solutions of NOM from six rivers. The ED processes successfully recovered 88 11% of TOC, and removed 83% 19% of SO42- and 67% 18% of H4SiO4. More importantly, the molar ratios of SO42- /TOC and H4SiO4 /TOC were reduced to a mean value of 0.0046 and 0.032, respectively, surpassing the goal for removal of SO42- (0.008) and almost achieving the goal for removal of H4SiO4 (0.021). The ED process can lower the SO42- /TOC ratio in samples whose initial SO42- /TOC ratios are already far below the limit of 0.008 used in this study. The coupled RO/ED process that has been described here offers a fast, simple, chemically mild (relative to other methods), and reproducible method of isolation of large quantities of relatively unfractionated, low-ash NOM from freshwaters. RO/ED was also successfully used for isolating and concentrating marine dissolved organic matter (DOM). The effort successfully recovered a median of 72% of the TOC from 200 L samples within six to nine hours of processing through a combination of ED and RO, greatly exceeding the current norm of 30%. The relatively high recovery of DOM implies that classes of DOM previously missing are included in these samples and should yield new insight into the chemistry of marine DOM. Freshwater samples processed by electrodialysis were analyzed for elemental composition and by capillary zone electrophoresis (CZE), 1H and 13C nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR), and electro-spray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS). Bulk elemental composition, 1H- and 13C-NMR, and ESI-MS data provide evidence linking bioavailabilty to the bulk chemistry of NOM: the H/C and N/C molar ratios are positively and strongly correlated with bioavailability, as hypothesized. Using an independent dataset (STORET) of water quality parameters, calculated BOD/TOC ratios were found to be moderately correlated with measured bioavailabilities and can be used as a surrogate for bioavailability of geochemically diverse riverine DOM.

In this work, membrane set(s) had been incorporated into different crossflow electrofiltration (CEF) /electrodialysis (ED) treatment modules for treating various CMP wastewaters and simultaneously generating two streams of electrolytic ionized water (EIW). In general, CMP wastewaters have high alkalinity, turbidity, total solids content and silica content. In this investigation, CMP wastewaters were obtained from two wafer fabs in Taiwan and characterized by various standard methods. Then they were treated by the aforementioned treatment modules. Experiments were carried out based on the fractional factorial design and the L8 orthogonal arrays of the Taguchi method. Experimental factors such as electric field strength, transmembrane pressure for CEF, etc. were used to investigate their effects on the permeate qualities (i.e., oxidation-reduction potential, pH, etc.). According to the results of analysis of normal probability plots, analysis of variance (ANOVA) and regular analysis, the electric field strength was presumed to be a very significant parameter. Experimental results showed that filtrate flux increased with the increasing applied electric field strength. The permeate has a turbidity of below 1 NTU, TOC of below 3 mg/L, and TDS of below 250 mg/L under various operating conditions. Other permeate qualities were 15~22 mg/L of K, 53~68 mg/L of silica, 2~4 mg/L of NH4+ and 134~680 £gS/cm of electrical conductivity. But the values of electrical conductivity, pH, and oxidation-reduction potential (ORP) varied substantially for the anolyte EIW and catholyte EIW. Using these novel treatment modules, the optimal ORP and pH values of the anolyte EIW were 211.8 mV, 4.52 and 214.1 mV, 4.83, respectively, for single- and multi-membrane sets. The optimal ORP and pH values of the catholyte EIW were -165.0 mV, 11.21 and -172.0 mV, 10.81, respectively, for single- and multi-membrane sets. It is clear that permeate obtained in this study is suitable for high-level recycling. To further upgrade the water quality of permeate obtained above, a reverse osmosis (RO) unit was added to the treatment system. The water quality of silica for post-RO permeate were decreased from 53.7 to 0.98 mg/L for the anolyte EIW and from 68.05 to 1.32 mg/L for the catholyte EIW. The removal rates of Na and K by the RO unit were not significant. In addition, other unique properties of EIW (e.g., pH, ORP, and cluster size of water molecules) remained almost the same in post-RO permeate. The total recovery rate of the treated water could be above 85%. Therefore, the treated water at this stage could be reused as the cleaning media for the wafer surfaces or reused for the DI water production apparatus.

As freshwater resources are limited and stressed, and as the cost of conventional drinking water treatment continues to increase, interest in the development of non-traditional water resources such as desalination and water reuse increases. Reverse osmosis (RO) is the predominant technology employed in inland brackish groundwater desalination in the United States, but the potential for membrane fouling and scaling generally limits the system recovery. The general hypothesis of this research is that electrodialysis (ED) technology can be employed to minimize the volume of concentrate waste from RO treatment of brackish water (BW) and thereby improve the environmental and economic feasibility of inland brackish water desalination. The objective of this research was to investigate the performance sensitivity and limitations of ED for treating BWRO concentrate waste through careful experimental and mathematical analysis of selected electrical, hydraulic, and chemical ED variables. Experimental evaluation was performed using a laboratory-scale batch-recycle ED system in which the effects of electrical, hydraulic, and chemical variations were observed. The ED stack voltage showed the greatest control over the rate of ionic separation, and the specific energy invested in the separation was approximately proportional to the applied voltage and equivalent concentration separated. An increase in the superficial velocity showed marginal improvements in the rate of separation by decreasing the thickness of the membrane diffusion boundary layers. A small decrease in the nominal recovery was observed because of water transport by osmosis and electroosmosis. Successive concentration of the concentrate by multiple ED stages demonstrated that the recovery of BWRO concentrate could significantly improve the overall recovery of inland BWRO systems. A mathematical model for the steady-state performance of an ED stack was developed to simulate the treatment of BWRO concentrates by accounting for variation of supersaturated multicomponent solution properties. A time-dependent model was developed that incorporated the steady-state ED model to simulate the batch-recycle experimentation. Comparison of the electrical losses revealed that the electrical resistance of the ion exchange membranes becomes more significant with increasing solution salinity. Also, a simple economic model demonstrated that ED could feasibly be employed, especially for zero-liquid discharge. / text

Thesis (M.S.)--Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1961. / Vita. Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 83-89). Also available via the Internet.

Thesis (Ph.D.(Chemistry))--University of Pretoria, 2000. / Includes abstracts in English and Afrikaans. Includes bibliographical references. Also available online.

Este trabalho teve como objetivo avaliar a aplicação da eletrodiálise reversa no tratamento de efluente final de refinaria para reuso em sistema de resfriamento. O estudo foi conduzido nas instalações da Refinaria Gabriel Passos (REGAP)- MG, com efluente real, proveniente da saída da Estação de Tratamento de Despejos Industriais (E.T.D.I.), e utilizando para os testes uma unidade-piloto de eletrodiálise reversa com capacidade de tratamento de 2 m3/h. A utilização do processo de dessalinização por EDR teve o objetivo de reduzir sólidos totais dissolvidos no efluente de aproximadamente 1.240 mg/L para 310 mg/L, o que equivale a cloretos de 460 mg/L e 100 mg/L respectivamente, para atingir a qualidade requerida para água de make-up da torre de resfriamento da REGAP. Inicialmente foi feita uma avaliação comparativa com o processo de osmose inversa, no qual foi constatada, com o uso da EDR, a maior continuidade operacional, menores problemas de incrustação e menor exigência para o pré-tratamento do efluente. No estudo com a EDR foram realizados testes variando-se a vazão, de 600 a 2000 L/h de produto; voltagem de 200 a 370V e número de estágios. Durante os testes foi realizado o monitoramento operacional e analítico da água de alimentação da EDR, do produto (solução diluída) e do rejeito (concentrado salino), sendo os dados avaliados e correlacionados para determinação da densidade de corrente, taxa hidráulica, eficiência e taxa de remoção de sais. A análise da formação de incrustações e deposições na superfície das membranas levou ao estabelecimento de um procedimento de limpeza química. O estudo foi conduzido de forma a obter a otimização da operação com rendimento necessário na remoção de sólidos dissolvidos, menor custo energético e de manutenção. Após os testes foi selecionada a condição otimizada da unidade piloto: módulo em 2 estágios, vazão de 1,1 m3/h e voltagem de 275V. Para este condição o consumo energético foi de 1,95 KWh/m3 de efluente tratado. Os resultados mostraram a viabilidade técnica-econômica do uso da EDR para remoção de sais de efluente final de refinaria para aplicação em reposição de sistemas de resfriamento. / This study aimed the evaluation of the application of electrodialysis reversal in final effluent treatment targeting the reuse in cooling towers. The study was done in Gabriel Passos Refinery (REGAP) - MG, with real effluent, from the Industrial Effluent Treatment Station (ETDI), and was held in a pilot plant of electrodialysis reversal with a treatment capacity of 2 m3 / h. The use of the desalination process with EDR target the reduction of total dissolved solids in the effluent of about 1.240 mg / L to 310 mg / L, equivalent to chlorides of 460 mg / L and 100 mg / L respectively, to reach the required quality of make-up water in the REGAP cooling tower. It was originally done a comparative evaluation with reverse osmosis process, another method of membrane desalination. Electrodialysis was selected because of its operating stability, less problems with scaling and fouling, dispensing the use of conditioning chemicals, and the requirement of a simpler pre- treatment The tests with EDR were carried out ranging the product flux for 600 to 2.000 L/h, the voltage for 200 to 370V and the number of hydraulic stages. During the tests were analyzed operational and analytical data in the EDR feed, product (diluted solution) and reject (concentrated solution), being the parameters analyzed and correlated to determine the current density, hydraulic rate, efficiency and salts removal rate. The analysis of fouling and deposition formation on the membranes surface led to an establishment of a chemical cleaning procedure. This study was conducted in order to obtain the operational optimizing with the necessary income to remove dissolved solids, with lower energy cost and maintenance. After the tests was selected the optimum condition for the pilot plant: stack in 2 stages, flow rate of 1.1 m3/h and voltage of 275V. In this condition the power consumption was 1.95 KWh/m3 of treated effluent. The results showed the technical and economic feasibility for the EDR in removing salts from refinery effluents for reuse in make up of cooling systems.

A demanda atual por recursos hídricos com quantidade e qualidade exige que todos os efluentes domésticos sejam tratados de maneira adequada para minimizar os impactos ambientais causados no meio ambiente. As estações de tratamento de efluentes domésticos que utilizam sistemas tradicionais de tratamento em muitos casos não conseguem atingir os valores de remoção de poluentes exigidos pelas legislações ambientais e, portanto, processos avançados de tratamento de efluentes devem ser realizados para garantir tal atendimento. No presente trabalho foi realizada a coleta e caracterização físico-química de amostras em diferentes pontos de processo na estação de tratamento de efluentes do Campus Litoral Norte da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. O monitoramento foi realizado durante 33 semanas e mostrou que o efluente tratado final da ETE apresentou valores elevados de poluentes como, por exemplo, nitrogênio total Kjeldahl (NTK), amônia e demanda química de oxigênio (DQO), o que impossibilita seu lançamento. O processo de eletrodiálise do efluente tratado da ETE foi realizada em uma planta piloto onde foram realizados 2 diferentes tipos de ensaios de eletrodiálise. No 1º ensaio o objetivo era avaliar o transporte iônico de poluentes do efluente após a eletrodiálise e os resultados encontrados mostram que, o efluente tratado por eletrodiálise, foram encontrados valores de concentração média abaixo de 1 mg/L para os ânions fluoreto, cloreto, nitrito e nitrato e para os cátions sódio, amônio, potássio e magnésio. Os resultados encontrados na caracterização fisico-química do efluente tratado indicam que o mesmo pode ser utilizado como água de reúso na agricultura, para fins urbanos e na psicicultura se for realizada a correção do pH. O 2º ensaio tinha como objetivo avaliar o comportamento das membranas através da qualidade do efluente após sucessivas eletrodiálises sem realizar a limpeza do sistema e os resultados encontrados mostram que foram obtidos valores de concentração média abaixo de 10 mg/L para todos os ânions e cátions. Os resultados encontrados pela caracterização fisico-química deste efluente tratado por eletrodiálise indicam que o mesmo pode ser utilizado como água de reúso na agricultura e reúso para fins urbanos se for realizada a correção do pH e a remoção da turbidez do efluente. Para o reúso na psicicultura, além da correção do pH, deve ser realizada a remoção do ânion nitrato para valores inferiores a 5 mg/L. / The current demand for water resources with quantity and quality requires that all domestic effluents must be adequately treated to minimize the environmental impacts caused on the environment. Municipal sewage treatment plants (MSTP) using traditional process in many cases fail to achieve the pollutant removal required by environmental. Therefore, advanced wastewater treatment processes must be carried out to ensure such care. The present work carried out the sampling and characterization samples at different process points from the wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) of Campus Litoral Norte of the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. The monitoring was performed during 33 weeks and showed that the final treated effluent of the WWTP showed high values of pollutants such as NTK, ammonia and COD, which makes it impossible to discharge in nature. The process of electrodialysis of the final effluent, after the treatment at the WWTP, was carried out in the pilot plant. Two different electrodialysis tests were carried out. On the first test, the objective was to evaluate the ionic transport of pollutants from the effluent after the electrodialysis and the results found show that the effluent treated were found values of average concentration below 1 mg / L were obtained for fluoride, chloride, nitrite and nitrate anions and for sodium, ammonium, potassium and magnesium cations. The results found by the physicochemical characterization of the effluent indicate that it can be used as reuse water in agriculture, for urban proposes and in pisciculture if the pH correction is performed. In the second test, the objective was to evaluate the behavior of the membranes through the quality of the effluent after successive electrodialysis without cleaning the system. The results obtained in the effluent after the second test showed that mean values below 10 mg/L were obtained for all anions and cations. The results obtained by the physicochemical characterization of the effluent indicates that it can be used as reuse water in agriculture and for urban proposes reuse if the correction of the pH and the removal of the turbidity of the effluent is carried out. For reuse in the pisciculture, besides the correction of the pH, the removal of the nitrate anion should be carried out to values below 5 mg/L.

Este trabalho teve como objetivo avaliar a aplicação da eletrodiálise reversa no tratamento de efluente final de refinaria para reuso em sistema de resfriamento. O estudo foi conduzido nas instalações da Refinaria Gabriel Passos (REGAP)- MG, com efluente real, proveniente da saída da Estação de Tratamento de Despejos Industriais (E.T.D.I.), e utilizando para os testes uma unidade-piloto de eletrodiálise reversa com capacidade de tratamento de 2 m3/h. A utilização do processo de dessalinização por EDR teve o objetivo de reduzir sólidos totais dissolvidos no efluente de aproximadamente 1.240 mg/L para 310 mg/L, o que equivale a cloretos de 460 mg/L e 100 mg/L respectivamente, para atingir a qualidade requerida para água de make-up da torre de resfriamento da REGAP. Inicialmente foi feita uma avaliação comparativa com o processo de osmose inversa, no qual foi constatada, com o uso da EDR, a maior continuidade operacional, menores problemas de incrustação e menor exigência para o pré-tratamento do efluente. No estudo com a EDR foram realizados testes variando-se a vazão, de 600 a 2000 L/h de produto; voltagem de 200 a 370V e número de estágios. Durante os testes foi realizado o monitoramento operacional e analítico da água de alimentação da EDR, do produto (solução diluída) e do rejeito (concentrado salino), sendo os dados avaliados e correlacionados para determinação da densidade de corrente, taxa hidráulica, eficiência e taxa de remoção de sais. A análise da formação de incrustações e deposições na superfície das membranas levou ao estabelecimento de um procedimento de limpeza química. O estudo foi conduzido de forma a obter a otimização da operação com rendimento necessário na remoção de sólidos dissolvidos, menor custo energético e de manutenção. Após os testes foi selecionada a condição otimizada da unidade piloto: módulo em 2 estágios, vazão de 1,1 m3/h e voltagem de 275V. Para este condição o consumo energético foi de 1,95 KWh/m3 de efluente tratado. Os resultados mostraram a viabilidade técnica-econômica do uso da EDR para remoção de sais de efluente final de refinaria para aplicação em reposição de sistemas de resfriamento. / This study aimed the evaluation of the application of electrodialysis reversal in final effluent treatment targeting the reuse in cooling towers. The study was done in Gabriel Passos Refinery (REGAP) - MG, with real effluent, from the Industrial Effluent Treatment Station (ETDI), and was held in a pilot plant of electrodialysis reversal with a treatment capacity of 2 m3 / h. The use of the desalination process with EDR target the reduction of total dissolved solids in the effluent of about 1.240 mg / L to 310 mg / L, equivalent to chlorides of 460 mg / L and 100 mg / L respectively, to reach the required quality of make-up water in the REGAP cooling tower. It was originally done a comparative evaluation with reverse osmosis process, another method of membrane desalination. Electrodialysis was selected because of its operating stability, less problems with scaling and fouling, dispensing the use of conditioning chemicals, and the requirement of a simpler pre- treatment The tests with EDR were carried out ranging the product flux for 600 to 2.000 L/h, the voltage for 200 to 370V and the number of hydraulic stages. During the tests were analyzed operational and analytical data in the EDR feed, product (diluted solution) and reject (concentrated solution), being the parameters analyzed and correlated to determine the current density, hydraulic rate, efficiency and salts removal rate. The analysis of fouling and deposition formation on the membranes surface led to an establishment of a chemical cleaning procedure. This study was conducted in order to obtain the operational optimizing with the necessary income to remove dissolved solids, with lower energy cost and maintenance. After the tests was selected the optimum condition for the pilot plant: stack in 2 stages, flow rate of 1.1 m3/h and voltage of 275V. In this condition the power consumption was 1.95 KWh/m3 of treated effluent. The results showed the technical and economic feasibility for the EDR in removing salts from refinery effluents for reuse in make up of cooling systems.