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Major Advance Made in Generating Electricity from Wastewater

science daily -- Engineers at Oregon State University have made a breakthrough in the performance of microbial fuel cells that can produce electricity directly from wastewater, opening the door to a future in which waste treatment plants not only will power themselves, but will sell excess electricity. The new technology developed at OSU can now produce 10 to 50 more times the electricity, per volume, than most other approaches using microbial fuel cells, and 100 times more electricity than some.

Researchers say this could eventually change the way that wastewater is treated all over the world, replacing the widely used "activated sludge" process that has been in use for almost a century. The new approach would produce significant amounts of electricity while effectively cleaning the wastewater.

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Submitted Aug 13, 2012 By: fracknsave

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DanMtz Champion Author Oakland Posts:3,355 Points:1,243,325 Joined:Oct 2009	Message Posted: Aug 14, 2012 6:54:37 PM Ignore DanMtz Report Abuse Sounds good.
manaknight14 All-Star Author Pennsylvania Posts:538 Points:429,885 Joined:Oct 2011	Message Posted: Aug 14, 2012 9:00:05 AM Ignore manaknight14 Report Abuse Great article. Reminds me of the article about a new drilling technique that used CO2 to extract natural gas. So much of the green movement is focused on making less waste; turning waste into something useful is a much better approach.
crep1291 Champion Author Ottawa Posts:2,579 Points:481,045 Joined:Dec 2010	Message Posted: Aug 14, 2012 8:57:30 AM Ignore crep1291 Report Abuse They should make a smaller version of the system that work for a septic tank.
MeiThink Veteran Author Mississippi Posts:356 Points:66,065 Joined:Oct 2010	Message Posted: Aug 14, 2012 7:43:14 AM Ignore MeiThink Report Abuse @anascom - Too funny!!
anascom Champion Author Hamilton Posts:1,593 Points:553,115 Joined:Feb 2011	Message Posted: Aug 14, 2012 1:52:23 AM Ignore anascom Report Abuse oh great! this means we might sell our poop to the government, or at least get tax rebates, in the future!
ExplorerWA Champion Author Washington Posts:4,083 Points:797,250 Joined:Feb 2011	Message Posted: Aug 13, 2012 11:58:51 PM Ignore ExplorerWA Report Abuse They may have something with this.
TableTalk Champion Author Virginia Posts:1,184 Points:557,200 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Aug 13, 2012 11:23:18 PM Ignore TableTalk Report Abuse Electricity from poop. Only in America.
98 Sophomore Author Madison Posts:100 Points:68,600 Joined:Aug 2012	Message Posted: Aug 13, 2012 11:11:00 PM Ignore 98 Report Abuse Ok
cheapchickKY Champion Author Lexington Posts:4,022 Points:797,265 Joined:Jan 2011	Message Posted: Aug 13, 2012 11:07:32 PM Ignore cheapchickKY Report Abuse A promising premise.
fuel2use Champion Author Seattle Posts:3,488 Points:733,325 Joined:Dec 2010	Message Posted: Aug 13, 2012 10:37:13 PM Ignore fuel2use Report Abuse Go Beavers. I hope it works.
fowlcan Champion Author Oklahoma City Posts:2,115 Points:684,590 Joined:Feb 2011	Message Posted: Aug 13, 2012 10:35:46 PM Ignore fowlcan Report Abuse Ok
dave27johnson Champion Author Chicago Posts:1,788 Points:409,045 Joined:Feb 2012	Message Posted: Aug 13, 2012 10:28:59 PM Ignore dave27johnson Report Abuse Makes sense.
Cothrom Champion Author South Carolina Posts:1,757 Points:725,600 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Aug 13, 2012 10:24:20 PM Ignore Cothrom Report Abuse Oh! It almost sounds to good to be true
52MPG Champion Author Dayton Posts:7,267 Points:1,742,680 Joined:Apr 2006	Message Posted: Aug 13, 2012 10:11:42 PM Ignore 52MPG Report Abuse Waste water we have pleanty of.
andy1024 Champion Author Allentown Posts:1,702 Points:448,150 Joined:Dec 2011	Message Posted: Aug 13, 2012 10:10:59 PM Ignore andy1024 Report Abuse Good to see energy generation from the recycling process.
graceman Champion Author Baltimore Posts:4,968 Points:1,158,725 Joined:Jun 2008	Message Posted: Aug 13, 2012 9:24:09 PM Ignore graceman Report Abuse Great news for the environment!
Darwin00 All-Star Author Mississippi Posts:830 Points:270,405 Joined:Dec 2010	Message Posted: Aug 13, 2012 9:21:48 PM Ignore Darwin00 Report Abuse Sounds promising!I would rather be doing this and making a difference if I could.
carranco Champion Author Georgia Posts:1,027 Points:269,015 Joined:Dec 2008	Message Posted: Aug 13, 2012 9:14:46 PM Ignore carranco Report Abuse Well, even though they have been duped into the global warming hoax, it still sounds feasible that they might be able to get this idea to work commercially.
jeskibuff Champion Author Tampa Posts:7,882 Points:1,448,135 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: Aug 13, 2012 9:10:51 PM Ignore jeskibuff Report Abuse Just when you thought you had the worst job on the planet, along comes someone who gets to play around in sewer water all day long!
TomT2Lee Champion Author Cincinnati Posts:5,357 Points:1,597,980 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Aug 13, 2012 9:05:29 PM Ignore TomT2Lee Report Abuse There is always a high cost and usually a big "gotcha".
doeslayersr Champion Author Illinois Posts:9,116 Points:872,005 Joined:Dec 2010	Message Posted: Aug 13, 2012 8:59:27 PM Ignore doeslayersr Report Abuse Interesting.
RONALD777 Champion Author Houston Posts:2,437 Points:363,730 Joined:Nov 2007	Message Posted: Aug 13, 2012 8:55:11 PM Ignore RONALD777 Report Abuse Sounds good but probably smells bad!