Abstract
The wide application of organic acids in the food, chemical and pharmaceutical industry is responsible for the increased interest in the development of new technologies for their isolation, separation and concentration from the complex solutions. The electro-membrane processes are promising. The difficulty to understand the transport mechanisms of the amphoteric solution in the electromembrane system is the coupling of chemical reactions: the ionic forms composition can vary depending on the pH of the solution.The main objectives are the study of the behavior of membrane systems containing ampholyte solutions in a steady state (without transfer force or under very low AC) and in a non-equilibrium state such as in electrodialysis regime (applying a current). In both cases, a study includes the experimental and theoretical parts of characterization of the complex solution transport. In the context of modeling a model of the membrane system which can calculate the ampholyte form distribution inside and outside the membrane depending on the external parameters was developed.The comparison of experimental data and results obtained from the simulation of membrane systems containing ampholytes solutions, shows and explains the specific features in the transfer mechanism of ampholyte ions which associated with changes of the solution pH during electrodialysis and, as a consequence, with modification of ampholyte forms.