Long-term performance and characterization of microbial desalination cells in treating domestic wastewater

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 120, Issue , 2012, Pages 187-193

  Luo, Haiping ^a,b   Xu, Pei ^c   Ren, Zhiyong ^a  

^a The University of Colorado Denver   (United States)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Desalination; Electricity production; Membrane fouling; Microbial desalination cell; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

ANION EXCHANGE MEMBRANE; CATION EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; COLUMBIC EFFICIENCY; DOMESTIC WASTEWATER; ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION; ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; FOULING LAYERS; IONIC TRANSFER; LONG TERM PERFORMANCE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL DESALINATION CELLS; PROTEOBACTERIA; REACTOR PERFORMANCE; SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; SYSTEM RESISTANCE; WATER DESALINATION;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DESALINATION; MEMBRANE FOULING; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

WATER FILTRATION;

BACTERIUM; BIOFOULING; BIOFUEL; BIOMASS POWER; BIOREACTOR; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DESALINATION; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; ION EXCHANGE; MEMBRANE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WASTEWATER;

ANION EXCHANGE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BIOFOULING; CATION EXCHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESALINATION; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENERGY CONVERSION; FIRMICUTES; ION TRANSPORT; MEMBRANE REACTOR; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DESALINATION CELL; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; PROTEOBACTERIA; SURFACE PROPERTY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA; BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; BIOFOULING; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SALINITY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; TIME FACTORS; WASTE WATER; WATER PURIFICATION;

PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 84863760908     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.06.054     Document Type: Article

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