Process to clean wastewater also produces electricity and desalinates water
Penn State researchers, Bruce Logan, and Maha Mehanna, with the three-chambered microbial desalination cells (Photos: Dave Jones, Penn State)
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Desalination plants generally employ one of two methods to produce clean water – reverse osmosis or electrodialysis. Unfortunately, both processes require large amounts of energy, but an international team of researchers has proven a process that cleans wastewater can also remove 90 percent of salt from brackish water or seawater while generating electricity.
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