Journal
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
Volume 109, Issue -, Pages 70-76Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.01.044
Keywords
Forward osmosis; Osmotic microbial fuel cell; Wastewater treatment; Water flux; Draw solution
Funding
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
- College of Engineering & Applied Science at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
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This study provided an early effort to investigate the draw solutions as catholytes, FO membrane conditions, and backwash for membrane cleaning in an osmotic microbial fuel cell (OsMFC). The results demonstrated that sodium chloride was a suitable candidate as a catholyte solute with good performance in both electricity generation and water flux, although its pH required buffering via acid addition. Adding a small amount of hydrochloric acid decreased the catholyte pH from 9.0 to 2.5 and increased the current generation by 50%, but did not affect water flux. It was also found that the fouled FO membrane improved electricity generation but lost the function of water flux. The damaged FO membrane resulted in a water flux of 0.39 LMH, much lower than 2-3 LMH with a new FO membrane. Backwash with adding NaCl (0.2-0.5 M) into the anolyte was examined but did not obviously alleviate membrane fouling. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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