Series assembly of microbial desalination cells containing stacked electrodialysis cells for partial or complete seawater desalination

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 5840-5845

  Kim, Younggy ^a   Logan, Bruce E ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID SOLUTIONS; ANOLYTES; CATHOLYTES; CHLORIDE IONS; CURRENT EFFICIENCY; ELECTRICAL CURRENT; FRESH WATER; INTERMEMBRANES; INTERNAL RESISTANCE; LOW SALINITY; POWER DENSITIES; RESISTIVE LOSS; SEAWATER DESALINATION; SYNTHETIC SEAWATER; WATER BASED;

ELECTRODIALYSIS; FUEL CELLS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEAWATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER FILTRATION;

DESALINATION;

CHLORIDE ION; FRESH WATER; SODIUM ION;

BACTERIUM; CHLORIDE; DESALINATION; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; ELECTROLYTE; ELECTRON; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUEL CELL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SEAWATER; SODIUM;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; DESALINATION; ELECTRODIALYSIS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MICROBIAL DESALINATION CELL; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; SALINITY; SEAWATER DESALINATION;

BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; DIALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; SALINITY; SEAWATER; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 79959903351     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es200584q     Document Type: Article

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