Dr Peter Kovalsky
Senior Lecturer
Qualifications: PhD in Chemical Engineering (UNSW)
Papers Taught
Research Interests
- Solar Powered Desalination
- Electrochemical Desalination
- Brackish Groundwater Desalination
- Desalination for Agriculture
- Capacitive Deionisation
- Membrane Filtration
- Solid-Liquid Separation
- Flocculation
- Microfluidics
- UN Sustainable Development Goal 2
- UN Sustainable Development Goal 6
- UN Sustainable Development Goal 13
Recent Publications
- Low cost desalination of brackish groundwaters by Capacitive Deionization (CDI) – implications for irrigated agriculture - C Bales, P Kovalsky, J Fletcher,TD Waite-
Desalination 453, 37-53, 2019 - Integration of photovoltaic energy supply with membrane capacitive deionization (MCDI) for salt removal from brackish waters -C Tan, C He, W Tang, P Kovalsky, J
Fletcher, TD Waite - Water Research 147, 276-286, 2018 - Comparison of Faradaic reactions in capacitive deionization (CDI) and membrane capacitive deionization (MCDI) water treatment processes-W Tang, D He, C Zhang, P Kovalsky, TD Waite-Water Research 120, 229-237, 2017
- Investigation of pH-dependent phosphate removal from wastewaters by membrane capacitive deionization (MCDI)-X Huang, D He, W Tang, P Kovalsky, TD Waite-Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology 3 (5), 875-882, 2017
- Development of redox-active flow electrodes for highperformance capacitive deionization-J Ma, D He, W Tang, P Kovalsky, C He, C Zhang, TD Waite-Environmental
science & technology 50 (24), 13495-13501, 2016 - Fluoride removal from brackish groundwaters by constant current capacitive deionization (CDI)-W Tang, P Kovalsky, B Cao, D He, TD Waite-Environmental science & technology 50 (19), 10570-10579, 2016
- Investigation of fluoride removal from low-salinity groundwater by single-pass constant-voltage capacitive deionization-W Tang, P Kovalsky, B Cao, TD Waite-Water Research 99, 112-121, 2016
- Faradaic reactions in water desalination by batch-mode capacitive deionization-D He, CE Wong, W Tang, P Kovalsky, TD Waite-Environmental Science & Technology Letters 3 (5), 222-226, 2016
- Fluoride and nitrate removal from brackish groundwaters by batch-mode capacitive deionization-W Tang, P Kovalsky, D He, TD Waite-Water Research 84, 342-349, 2015
Recent Publications
Bales, C., Kovalsky, P., Fletcher, J., & Waite, T. D. (2019). Low cost desalination of brackish groundwaters by Capacitive Deionization (CDI) – Implications for irrigated agriculture. Desalination, 453, 37-53. doi:10.1016/j.desal.2018.12.001
Tan, C., He, C., Tang, W., Kovalsky, P., Fletcher, J., & Waite, T. D. (2018). Integration of photovoltaic energy supply with membrane capacitive deionization (MCDI) for salt removal from brackish waters. Water Research, 147, 276-286. doi:10.1016/j.watres.2018.09.056
Huang, X., He, D., Tang, W., Kovalsky, P., & Waite, T. D. (2017). Investigation of pH-dependent phosphate removal from wastewaters by membrane capacitive deionization (MCDI). Environmental Science: Water Research and Technology, 3(5), 875-882. doi:10.1039/c7ew00138j
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Keywords
Energy; Engineering; Environment; Environmental Science and Technology; Sustainability
Contact Details
Email: [email protected]Room: G.3.32
Phone: +64 7 838 4582