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Algae powered Microbial Desalination Cells

Girme, Gauri Manik
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1397735584

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2014, Master of Science, Ohio State University, Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering.
Microbial Fuel cells (MFCs) can be used to generate bioenergy in the form of electricity using microorganisms and natural biological processes. The need for a supply of fresh water in many parts of the world has led to the innovation of modifying an MFC into a Microbial Desalination Cell (MDC) that adds the function of desalination to the MFC's existing ability to generate electricity directly from cellulosic feedstocks. The goal of this project was to design and analyze the use of a Microbial Desalination Cell (MDC) for the generation of electricity while simultaneously desalinating saline water. Potential applications include desalinating seawater for coastal drinking water supplies or ocean-going shipboard water supplies, and decontaminating oil shale hydraulic fracturing wastewaters. The newly designed MDC incorporates marine algae Nanochloropsis Salina in the MDC's cathodic chamber to harvest solar energy and maintain a fresh supply of oxygen to the cathode electrode. The anodic chamber incorporates the use of enriched cellulose degrading rumen microbial consortium. This system, which was operated in a fed batch mode, included a central desalination chamber with 35 parts per thousand of saline water. The fully functional MDC had the salt removal efficiency of 100% and the maximum power density of 35.73 micro-Watt per square meter.
Ann Christy, Ph.D., P.E., (Advisor)
Zhongtang Yu, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Yebo Li, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
58 p.
Biology; Electrical Engineering
Microbial Fuel Cell; Microbial Desalination Cell; Nanochloropsis salina

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  • Girme, G. M. (2014). Algae powered Microbial Desalination Cells [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1397735584

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Girme, Gauri. Algae powered Microbial Desalination Cells. 2014. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1397735584.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Girme, Gauri. "Algae powered Microbial Desalination Cells." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1397735584

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