Spiral wound bipolar electrodialysis cell

A method for assembling an electrodialysis cell, said method comprising:

• coupling a membrane assembly to a core including a first electrode, the membrane assembly including a plurality of ion exchange membranes spaced from each other to define a plurality of fluid channels;
• winding the membrane assembly around the core in a spiral wound configuration;
• inserting the wound membrane assembly and the core into an internal chamber of a housing, the housing including an inlet end and an outlet end, wherein the plurality of fluid channels facilitate fluid communication between the inlet end and the outlet end;
• positioning, within the internal chamber, a second electrode between the housing and the wound membrane assembly, wherein the membrane assembly is positioned between the first electrode and the second electrode;
• and
• sealing the membrane assembly within the internal chamber, wherein the inlet end includes at least one inlet nozzle to transfer at least one feed fluid to the plurality of fluid channels and the outlet end includes a set of outlet nozzles to transfer at least one output fluid from the plurality of fluid channels.