Energy efficient reconcentration of diluted human urine using ion exchange membranes in bioelectrochemical systems

Water Research

Volumn 64, Issue , 2014, Pages 61-72

  Tice, Ryan C ^a   Kim, Younggy ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Microbial electrolysis cell (MEC); Nutrient separation and recovery; Source separated urine; Sulfate reducing bacteria; Sustainable wastewater treatment; Volume reduction

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROLYTIC CELLS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ION EXCHANGE; ION EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; IONS; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; RECOVERY; REGENERATIVE FUEL CELLS; SEPARATION; SOURCE SEPARATION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIO-ELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEMS; BIO-ELECTROCHEMICAL TREATMENTS (BET); ENERGY-INTENSIVE TREATMENT; SOURCE SEPARATED URINE; SULFATE CONCENTRATIONS; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIA; SUSTAINABLE WASTEWATER TREATMENTS; VOLUME REDUCTIONS;

NUTRIENTS;

ACETIC ACID; AMMONIA; BICARBONATE; CHLORIDE; ION; PHOSPHATE; SULFATE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ELECTROKINESIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ION EXCHANGE; MEMBRANE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SUSTAINABILITY; URINE; VOLUME CHANGE; WASTE TREATMENT;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ANION EXCHANGE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BIOENGINEERING; CARBON SOURCE; CONDUCTANCE; CRYSTAL; DESALINATION; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRON; ENERGY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY RECOVERY; ENERGY RESOURCE; FERMENTATION; HUMAN; ION CURRENT; ION EXCHANGE; MASS; METHANOGEN; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL ELECTROLYSIS CELL; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; OXIDATION; PH; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTOR; REDUCTION; SULFATE REDUCER; TEMPERATURE; URINE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYSIS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE;

AMMONIA; ELECTROLYSIS; HUMANS; ION EXCHANGE; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOSPHATES; SULFATES; URINE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 84904515194     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.06.037     Document Type: Article

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