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Abstract

Objective:Seawater has a potential for managing the intensive potable drinking water demand. The recentconventional desalinating technologies are environmentally unsustainable and energy intensive. Thus, in the quest to find an alternative to the traditional desalination technologies, microbial desalination cells (MDC) have come into limelight. MDCs are considered the promising technologies for treating wastewater while simultaneously producing electricity, which can be utilized for desalinating seawater along with production of some value added products. However, some technical limitations associated with the practical usage of MDCs are pH maintenance at the cathodic side, internal resistance along with membrane fouling and its durability.Methods:These challenges can be dealt by utilizing various integrated configurations.Results and Discussion:Based on the study, the conventional technologies require less operational and maintenance cost but also less environmentally sustainable in comparison to these integrated MDC configurations.Conclusion:This review summarizes the basic working principles of MDCs, its types and factors affecting its performance and also several other applications associated with MDCs. This review also highlights various integrated MDC configurations which can be utilized for reducing the limitations associated to the conventional MDC system.

Keywords

DesalinationSewage treatmentWastewaterWaste managementMicrobial fuel cellEnvironmentally friendlyEnvironmental scienceSeawaterEngineeringEnvironmental engineeringProcess engineeringBiochemical engineeringElectricity generationMembraneChemistry

Identifiers

DOI
10.4491/ksee.2020.42.7.360
Journal
Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
Year
2020