Microbial fuel cell treatment of fuel process wastewater

Borole, Abhijeet P; Tsouris, Constantino

Title: Microbial fuel cell treatment of fuel process wastewater

Patent · Tue Dec 03 00:00:00 EST 2013

OSTI ID:1109360

Borole, Abhijeet P; Tsouris, Constantino

The present invention is directed to a method for cleansing fuel processing effluent containing carbonaceous compounds and inorganic salts, the method comprising contacting the fuel processing effluent with an anode of a microbial fuel ell, the anode containing microbes thereon which oxidatively degrade one or more of the carbonaceous compounds while producing electrical energy from the oxidative degradation, and directing the produced electrical energy to drive an electrosorption mechanism that operates to reduce the concentration of one or more inorganic salts in the fuel processing effluent, wherein the anode is in electrical communication with a cathode of the microbial fuel cell. The invention is also directed to an apparatus for practicing the method.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

Assignee:: UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, TN)

Patent Number(s):: 8,597,513

Application Number:: 12/366,709

OSTI ID:: 1109360

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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