Effect of External load and Salt Concentration on the Performance of Microbial Desalination Cell

Microbial desalination cell (MDC) is one of the cost and energy effective methods that can help people in countries with low income rural areas without infrastructure, get access to desalinated water while treating their wastewater. Despite advantages technology, less known about behavior internal resistance MDCs. Therefore, this study mainly focused on MDC from external point view. The rate saltwater at different applied (995 , 464 220 74 ) was studied. Moreover, polarization capacity established investigated. salt concentrations chamber (35-1 g/l) also analyzed discussed. findings showed decreasing could increase current generation as main driving force desalination. Furthermore, it found concentration middle plays a significant role hence rate. Lower lower be explained by high system. integrating other suitable techniques, e.g., reverse osmosis (RO), for overcome challenge. standalone system stage technology might not practical due performance However, worth considering green low-cost pretreatment conventional systems, like RO savings