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researchers developed a new type of low-temperature fuel cell
Mar 6, 2014Although low temperature fuel cells powered by methanol or hydrogen have been well studied, existing low temperature fuel cell technologies cannot directly use biomass as a fuel because of the lack of an effective catalyst system for ...
Tags: Hybrid Fuel Cell, Electricity
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Startup Cambrian Innovation Announced Its New Technology
Feb 26, 2014People have long known there is energy in wastewater; extracting it economically is the problem. Startup Cambrian Innovation claims its technology can do it and a brewery and a winery are now using it to clean their wastewater while ...
Tags: energy in wastewater, reduced energy costs, wastewater reuse
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MFC Can Simultaneously Generate Electricity and Treat Wastewater
Sep 25, 2013A Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC) can simultaneously generate electricity and treat wastewater, but currently used materials and catalysts lead to high operational costs. This work investigates the use of sulfonated poly ether ether ketone ...
Tags: Microbial Fuel Cell, Electrical, Electronics
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OsMFC Containing a Forward-Osmosis Membrane Greatly Improved Desalination Efficiency
Aug 30, 2013An osmotic microbial fuel cell (OsMFC) containing a forward-osmosis membrane, is hydraulically coupled with a microbial desalination cell (MDC) with ion-exchange membranes, for greatly improved desalination efficiency. It also achieves more ...
Tags: Microbial Fuel Cell, Cell, Electrical, Electronics
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A Way to Generate Electricity From Bacteria Has Been Discovered by Researchers
Mar 26, 2013A way to generate electricity from bacteria has been discovered by researchers at the University of East Anglia. The researchers have found that proteins on the surface of bacteria can produce an electric current by simply touching a ...
Tags: bio-batteries, Electrical, Electronics
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This Chinese Work Has Developed a New Anodic Fenton System for Energy-Efficient Treatment
Sep 24, 2012This study demonstrates that the anodic Fenton process could be integrated with a microbial fuel cell to develop a self-sustained system for energy-efficient electrochemical treatment of organic wastewater pollutants. ...
Tags: Fenton, Microbial Fuel, wastewater
