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A method comprising releasing a solute from a solute-supporting electrode into an exhaust liquid stream, wherein the exhaust liquid stream has a relatively higher concentration of solute than the original feed stream from which the solute-supporting electrode acquired the solute. ,Method. The electrode is a supercapacitor electrode, further comprising absorbing a solute from the supply stream onto the electrode to form a solute-supporting electrode and an output stream, wherein the output stream is relatively lower in solute concentration than the supply stream The method of claim 1, comprising: The electrode is disposed in the second demineralizer and further includes flowing a feed stream from the first demineralizer to the second demineralizer, or the electrode is in the second demineralizer The method of claim 2, further comprising flowing an output stream from the second desalter to the first desalter. The first demineralizer includes a membrane and a liquid stream is passed through the membrane to form a feed stream or an output stream is passed from the second desalter through the membrane to filter the output stream. The method of claim 3 comprising: 4. The method of claim 3, wherein the first desalting device comprises a dialysis device or a reverse osmosis device. The method according to claim 5, wherein the dialysis apparatus is an electrodialysis desalination or an electrodialysis reverse desalination apparatus. A desalination system comprising a first sub-system and a second sub-system in fluid communication with the first sub-system, wherein the second sub-system releases the solute from the solute carrying electrode into the discharged liquid stream Said desalination system, wherein the drained liquid stream has a higher concentration of solute than the original solute-supported feed stream from which the solute-supported electrode acquired solute. A first subsystem receives the feed fluid and generates first and second effluent fluid streams, the first effluent fluid stream having a solute concentration that is relatively lower than the solute concentration of the feed fluid; The desalination system of claim 7 , wherein the effluent fluid stream has a solute concentration that is relatively higher than a solute concentration of the feed fluid. 8. The desalination system of claim 7 , wherein the first subsystem comprises a reverse osmosis system, an electrodialysis desalination system, an electrodialysis reverse desalination system or a nanofiltration desalination system. The second subsystem has a charge operation mode and a discharge operation mode, and the second subsystem is:
A regeneration source that supplies an exhaust stream to the supercapacitor desalination unit when the supercapacitor desalination unit is in the second discharge mode of operation, and a first when the supercapacitor desalination unit is in the first charge mode of operation. The desalination system of claim 7 , comprising a supercapacitor desalination unit that receives a second effluent fluid stream from the subsystem. The desalination system of claim 10 , wherein the regeneration source receives an exhaust stream from the supercapacitor desalination unit when the supercapacitor desalination unit is in a second discharge mode of operation. A first subsystem,
A processing system comprising: a second subsystem in fluid communication with the first subsystem; and a controller connected to the second subsystem, wherein the second subsystem is responsive to a signal from the controller A processing system in which solute is discharged from a solute-carrying electrode into a discharge liquid stream, the discharge liquid stream having a relatively higher concentration of solute than the original solute-carrying supply stream from which the solute-carrying electrode acquired solute. A supercapacitor desalination unit operable in a charge operation mode and a discharge operation mode;
A source configured to supply a supply stream to the supercapacitor desalination unit when the supercapacitor desalination unit is in a charging operation mode, and a supercapacitor desalination when the supercapacitor desalination unit is in a discharge operation mode A desalination system comprising a regeneration source configured to supply a saturated or supersaturated feed stream to the unit. Supercapacitor desalination unit,
A first liquid flow path including a first feedback loop configured to guide liquid through the supercapacitor desalination unit when the system is in a first mode of operation; and the system is in a second mode of operation A desalination system that includes a second liquid flow path that includes a second feedback loop that is sometimes configured to guide liquid through a supercapacitor desalination unit. Supplying a first liquid stream from a first source through a supercapacitor desalination unit during a first period time charging mode of operation;
A liquid treatment method comprising supplying a second liquid stream from a second source through a supercapacitor desalination unit during a time discharge mode of operation for a second period.