Effects of number of cell pairs on the performance of microbial desalination cells

Desalination

Volumn 341, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 101-106

  Ge, Zheng ^a   Dosoretz, Carlos G ^b   He, Zhen ^a  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cell pairs; Microbial desalination cells; Microbial fuel cells; Wastewater treatment; Water recovery

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; ION EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; RECOVERY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER FILTRATION;

ANION EXCHANGE MEMBRANE; CELL PAIRS; CHARGE TRANSFER EFFICIENCY; CURRENT GENERATION; DESALINATION TECHNOLOGIES; EXTERNAL VOLTAGES; MICROBIAL DESALINATION CELLS; WATER RECOVERY;

DESALINATION;

DESALINATION; FUEL CELL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84896473441     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2014.02.029     Document Type: Article

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