Wastewater treatment, energy recovery and desalination using a forward osmosis membrane in an air-cathode microbial osmotic fuel cell

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 428, Issue , 2013, Pages 116-122

  Werner, Craig M ^a   Logan, Bruce E ^b   Saikaly, Pascal E ^a   Amy, Gary L ^a  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b The Center for Nanotechnology Education and Utilization   (United States)

Author keywords

Desalination; Forward osmosis; Fouling; Microbial osmotic fuel cell

Indexed keywords

ANION EXCHANGE MEMBRANE; BATCH CYCLE; CARBON SOURCE; CATHODE CHAMBERS; DESALINATED WATER; ENERGY RECOVERY; FORWARD OSMOSIS; INTERNAL RESISTANCE; MAXIMUM POWER; NEW DESIGN; SEAWATER DESALINATION; SYNTHETIC SEAWATER; WATER FLUX;

CATHODES; COMPUTATIONAL ELECTROMAGNETICS; DESALINATION; DESIGN; FOULING; ION EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; MEMBRANE FOULING; OSMOSIS; OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; RECOVERY; SEAWATER; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER FILTRATION;

WATER SUPPLY;

ACETIC ACID; ANION; CATION; SEA WATER;

AIR; ANION EXCHANGE; ARTICLE; BATCH PROCESS; BIOFOULING; CARBON SOURCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESALINATION; ENERGY RECOVERY; MEMBRANE BIOLOGY; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; OSMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTOR; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER TRANSPORT;

EID: 84870933273     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2012.10.031     Document Type: Article

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