Resource recovery from low strength wastewater in a bioelectrochemical desalination process.

In this research, low strength synthetic wastewaters with chemical oxygen demand less than 300 mg L were treated at different concentrations in a bioelectrochemical desalination process. A process optimization model was utilized to study the performance of the photosynthetic bioelectrochemical desalination process. The variables include substrate (chemical oxygen demand) concentration, total dissolved solids, and microalgae biomass concentration in the cathode chamber.