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Improved petroleum refinery wastewater treatment and seawater desalination performance by combining osmotic microbial fuel cell and up-flow microbial desalination cell
Surajbhan Sevda, Ibrahim M. Abu-Reesh
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75% confidenceA novel combination of osmotic microbial fuel cell and up-flow microbial desalination cell improves petroleum refinery wastewater treatment and seawater desalination efficiency.
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- The combined system achieved higher power generation and water desalination rates compared to individual systems.
- The osmotic microbial fuel cell enhanced the removal of organic pollutants in wastewater.
- The up-flow microbial desalination cell improved the efficiency of seawater desalination.
Keywords
WastewaterRefineryMicrobial fuel cellSeawaterDesalinationOil refinery
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- Environmental Technology
- Year
- 2019