Abstract
Microbial desalination cells (MDCs) exhibited an economical value with large promises as a useful desalination treatment solution. MDCs threefold applications to efficiently treat wastewater and to produce electricity and simultaneously accomplish desalination were investigated in this work. The study examined the influence of various performance parameters including co-substrate, temperature, pH, and salt concentrations on the response of three-chamber MDCs with respect to energy recovery and contaminant removal (Phenol). The system evaluation criteria encompassed chemical oxygen demand (COD), phenol removal efficiency, Coulombic efficiency, desalination efficiency, and other system parameters such as voltage generation and power density. The maximum COD and phenol removal efficiencies obtained at temperature = 37 °C, pH = 7, and salt concentration = 10,000 ppm, were 80% and 74%, respectively. The maximum Coulombic efficiency was 5.3% and was observed at temperature = 18 °C, pH = 7, and salt concentration = 10,000 ppm. The results show that the presence of a co-substrate improved power density; the maximum power density obtained was 52.9 mW/m2. The principal component analysis elucidated the impact of pH on COD and phenol removal rates. With our findings confirmed trends in the improvement of the voltage generation, COD and phenol removal efficiencies with the addition of a co-substrate, the temperature and pH increase.
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