A combined microbial desalination cell and electrodialysis system for copper-containing wastewater treatment and high-salinity-water desalination

Yue Dong; Junfeng Liu; Mingrui Sui; Youpeng Qu; John J. Ambuchi; Haiman Wang; Yujie Feng

doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2016.08.034

A combined microbial desalination cell and electrodialysis system for copper-containing wastewater treatment and high-salinity-water desalination

Yue Dong
, Junfeng Liu
, Mingrui Sui
, Youpeng Qu^*
, John J. Ambuchi
, Haiman Wang
, Yujie Feng

^*Corresponding author for this work

School of Environment

Harbin Institute of Technology
School of Life Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology

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A new concept for heavy metal removal by forming hydroxide precipitation using alkalinity produced by microbial desalination cell (MDC) was proposed. Four five-chamber MDCs were hydraulically connected to concurrently produce alkalinity to treat synthetic copper-containing wastewater and salt removal. There was nearly complete removal of copper, with a maximum removal rate of 5.07 kg/(m³ d) under the initial copper concentration of 5000 mg/L (final pH of 7). The final copper concentration met the emission standard for electroplating of China (0.5 mg/L, GB 21900-2008). XRD analysis indicated copper was precipitated as Cu₂Cl(OH)₃. The best performance of MDCs in terms of average power density, salt removal and COD removal rate achieved in stage 3 were 737.3 ± 201.1 mW/m², 53.6 ± 0.8 kg/(m³ d), and 1.84 ± 0.05 kgCOD/(m³ d) respectively. For purposes of water recovery, an electrodialysis (ED) system was presented based on in-situ utilization of generated electricity by MDCs as post-desalination treatment for salt effluent after sedimentation. The maximum discharging voltage of 12.75 ± 1.26 V at switching time (T_s) of 15 min using a capacitor-based circuit produced a maximum desalination efficiency of 30.4 ± 2.6%. These results indicated that this combined system holds great promise for real-world treatment of copper-containing wastewater and deep desalination of high-salinity-water.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	307-315
Number of pages	9
Journal	Journal of Hazardous Materials
Volume	321
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2016.08.034
State	Published - 5 Jan 2017

Keywords

Alkalinity production
Copper-containing wastewater treatment
High-salinity-water desalination
Microbial desalination cell

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