Salt removal using multiple microbial desalination cells under continuous flow conditions

Desalination

Volumn 317, Issue , 2013, Pages 17-22

  Qu, Youpeng ^a   Feng, Yujie ^a   Liu, Jia ^a   He, Weihua ^a   Shi, Xinxin ^a   Yang, Qiao ^a   Lv, Jiangwei ^a   Logan, Bruce E ^a,b  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous flow; Microbial desalination cell; PH imbalance

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL METABOLISM; COMMUNITY ANALYSIS; CONTINUOUS FLOWS; COULOMBIC EFFICIENCY; FERMENTING BACTERIA; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; KLEBSIELLA ORNITHINOLYTICA; MICROBIAL DESALINATION CELLS;

BACTERIA; WATER FILTRATION;

DESALINATION;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DESALINATION; METABOLISM; PH; RESIDENCE TIME; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GEOBACTER METALLIREDUCENS; KLEBSIELLA; RAOULTELLA ORNITHINOLYTICA;

EID: 84875532295     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2013.02.016     Document Type: Article

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