Breakthrough that combines fuel cell with other technologies could provide power for entire water grids, scientists sayDamian Carrington, guardian.co.uk, Thursday 1 March 2012
Sewage can be used to generate electricity using a new device revealed by scientists on Thursday. It combines a fuel cell with other technologies to convert waste water treatment stations into power plants, which the researchers believe could provide the power for entire water grids.
"We certainly could take care of the whole water system: the treating and pumping of water, which currently requires substantial amounts of power," said Prof Bruce Logan at Pennsylvania State University in the US. "We also treated the organic matter much faster."
His team's work is published in the journal Science and is "the proof of concept", Logan said. "Our hope now is to optimise the electricity generation as much as possible."...
It certainly looks promising !Ak Malten, Pro Peaceful Energy Use
New device heralds potential to turn sewage plants into power stations
And here is a link to the publication: "Energy Capture from Thermolytic Solutions in Microbial Reverse-Electrodialysis Cells" by Roland D. Cusick, Younggy Kim, Bruce E. Logan
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