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cleantech.com - 8/10/2009

Penn State discovers new electricity-generating desal process

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U.S. and China researchers collaborate on modified microbial fuel cell that desalinates salty water and cleans wastewater.

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An electricity generating desalination process ?
Peak Energy — Cleantech.com has a post on research into using microbial fuel cells to desalinate water - Penn State discovers new electricity-generating desal process. Researchers from Pennsylvania State University and China have discovered a new desalination process that has a triple cleantech benefit. The process cleans wastewater, generates electricity and can remove 90 percent of salt from brackish water or seawater. The researchers are hoping to prove that desalination is possible without the large amounts of energy required by reverse osmosis or electrodialysis. The high energy and infrastructure cost of reverse osmosis has inhibited the ...