AWARD YEAR
2015
CATEGORY
Home
GOALS
Clean Water & Sanitation
KEYWORDS
water, purify, energy
COUNTRY
United States of America
DESIGNED BY
University of Colorado Denver
WEBSITE
http://cleantechnica.com/2010/12/04/new-low-energy-water-treatment-purifies-desalinates-and-makes-hydrogen-too/
Microbial Fuel Cells
New low energy water treatment purifies, desalinates and makes hydrogen too.
In an amazing sustainability quadruple play, researchers at the University of Colorado Denver are working on a fuel cell that can desalinate water, treat wastewater and generate electricity in a single process, while producing hydrogen gas that is re-used to make the treatment process run efficiently. What’s amazing about it is that the operation is run by microscopic living organisms that exist all around us and even inside of us, otherwise known as microbes