Ke holo nei ka ʻōnaehana ma o ka electrolysis o ka wai kai, kahi kaʻina e hoʻokaʻawale ai ke au uila i ka wai a me ka paʻakai (NaCl) i loko o nā pūhui reactive:

• Anode (Oxidation):Hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā ion kekili (Cl⁻) e hana i ke kinoea chlorine (Cl₂) a i ʻole nā ​​ion hypochlorite (OCl⁻).
  Pane:2Cl⁻ → Cl₂ + 2e⁻
• Cathode (Hoemi):Hoʻemi ka wai i ke kinoea hydrogen (H₂) a me nā ion hydroxide (OH⁻).
  Pane:2H₂O + 2e⁻ → H₂ + 2OH⁻
• Pane holoʻokoʻa: 2NaCl + 2H₂O → 2NaOH + H₂ + Cl₂a i ʻoleNaCl + H₂O → NaOCl + H₂(inā mālama ʻia ka pH).

Hoʻohui ʻia ka chlorine a hypochlorite i hana ʻia i loko o kawai kaito pepehi i na mea kai.

Nā mea nui

• Kelepona Electrolytic:Loaʻa nā anodes (hana pinepine ʻia me nā anodes paʻa dimensionally, e laʻa, DSA) a me nā cathodes e hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ka electrolysis.
• Lako ikehu:Hāʻawi i ke au uila no ka hopena.
• Pum/Kāna:Kaʻapuni i ka wai kai a hoʻoneʻe i nā ʻāpana e pale ai i ka hewa electrode.
• Pūnaehana Mana pH:Hoʻoponopono i nā kūlana e makemake i ka hana hypochlorite (ʻoi aku ka palekana ma mua o ke kinoea chlorine).
• Pūnaehana Injection/Dosing System:Hāʻawi i ka disinfectant i loko o ka wai i manaʻo ʻia.
• Nā mea ʻike maka:Mālama i nā pae chlorine, pH, a me nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe no ka palekana a me ka pono.

Nā noi

• Hoʻomaʻamaʻa wai Ballast:Hoʻohana nā moku iā ia e pepehi i nā ʻano invasive i ka wai ballast, e hoʻokō ana i nā lula IMO.
• Aquaculture:Hoʻopau i ka wai ma nā māla iʻa e hoʻomalu i nā maʻi a me nā parasites.
• Nā Pūnaehana Wai Hoʻoluʻu:Kāohi i ka biofouling i nā mea kanu mana a i ʻole nā ​​ʻoihana kahakai.
• Nā mea kanu desalination:Hoʻomaʻamaʻa mua i ka wai kai e hōʻemi i ka hoʻokumu ʻana o biofilm ma nā membrane.
• Wai leʻaleʻa:Hoʻomaʻemaʻe i nā loko ʻauʻau a i ʻole nā ​​paka wai ma kahi kokoke i kahakai.