MICROBIAL DESALINATION CELL CASCADE

I. Merino-Jimenez; Alexey Serov; C. Santoro; P. Atanassov; J. Greenman; I. Ieropoulos

MICROBIAL DESALINATION CELL CASCADE

I. Merino-Jimenez, Alexey Serov, C. Santoro, P. Atanassov, J. Greenman, I. Ieropoulos

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Abstract

Microbial desalination cell (MDC) offers a decentralized wastewater treatment solution as well as an energy-efficient saline water desalination system, which also produces electricity. However, several factors need to be optimised such as: i) the membrane materials properties; ii) overall power density ouptup; and iii) increase of the desalination efficiency. This work focuses on the third part (iii). To enhance the desalination rate and improve the wastewater treatment, a system with 6 MDCs stacked in a cascade configuration has been tested. All three chambers had a volume of 33 mL with a cross-membrane area 25 cm². The results showed that by cascading the MDCs the total desalination efficiency was susbstantially increased over 20% compared to that achieved from a single stage MDC, which is an excellent initial demonstration of the benefits of sequential treatment. As shown in this work, the MDCs cascade can be effectively optimised to achieve the desired desalination level whilst generating power. To the best of the Authors' knowledge, this is the first report in open literature that described the MDC cascade principles.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	EFC 2017 - Proceedings of the 7th European Fuel Cell Piero Lunghi Conference
Editors	Viviana Cigolotti, Chiara Barchiesi, Michela Chianella
Publisher	ENEA
Pages	203-204
Number of pages	2
ISBN (Electronic)	9788882863241
State	Published - 2017
Externally published	Yes
Event	7th European Fuel Cell Piero Lunghi Conference, EFC 2017 - Naples, Italy Duration: Dec 12 2017 → Dec 15 2017

Publication series

Name	EFC 2017 - Proceedings of the 7th European Fuel Cell Piero Lunghi Conference

Conference

Conference	7th European Fuel Cell Piero Lunghi Conference, EFC 2017
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Naples
Period	12/12/17 → 12/15/17

Funding

The authors would like to acknowledge the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for the financial support to this project under the grant no. OPP1094890 and OPP OPP1139954.

Funders	Funder number
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation	OPP OPP1139954, OPP1094890

Keywords

Microbial fuel cell
cascade effect
desalination
wastewater treatment

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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Merino-Jimenez, I, Serov, A, Santoro, C, Atanassov, P, Greenman, J & Ieropoulos, I 2017, MICROBIAL DESALINATION CELL CASCADE. in V Cigolotti, C Barchiesi & M Chianella (eds), EFC 2017 - Proceedings of the 7th European Fuel Cell Piero Lunghi Conference. EFC 2017 - Proceedings of the 7th European Fuel Cell Piero Lunghi Conference, ENEA, pp. 203-204, 7th European Fuel Cell Piero Lunghi Conference, EFC 2017, Naples, Italy, 12/12/17.

MICROBIAL DESALINATION CELL CASCADE. / Merino-Jimenez, I.; Serov, Alexey; Santoro, C. et al.
EFC 2017 - Proceedings of the 7th European Fuel Cell Piero Lunghi Conference. ed. / Viviana Cigolotti; Chiara Barchiesi; Michela Chianella. ENEA, 2017. p. 203-204 (EFC 2017 - Proceedings of the 7th European Fuel Cell Piero Lunghi Conference).

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