Browsing by Author "Yuan, Heyang"
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Bioelectricity generation from treatment of petroleum refinery wastewater with simultaneous seawater desalination in microbial desalination cells
Sevda, Surajbhan; Abu-Reesh, Ibrahim M.; Yuan, Heyang; He, Zhen ( Elsevier Ltd , 2017 , Article)Petroleum refinery wastewater (PRW) contains a high concentration of pollutants and may pose serious environmental risks. Conventional treatment methods of PRW are energy intensive, and thus there is an urgent need to ... -
Bioelectrochemical production of hydrogen in an innovative pressure-retarded osmosis/microbial electrolysis cell system: experiments and modeling
Yuan, Heyang; Lu, Yaobin; Abu‑Reesh, Ibrahim M.; He, Zhen ( BioMed Central , 2015 , Article)Background While microbial electrolysis cells (MECs) can simultaneously produce bioelectrochemical hydrogen and treat wastewater, they consume considerable energy to overcome the unfavorable thermodynamics, which is not ... -
Effects of electron acceptors on removal of antibiotic resistant Escherichia coli, resistance genes and class 1 integrons under anaerobic conditions
Yuan, Heyang; Miller, Jennifer H.; Abu-Reesh, Ibrahim M.; Pruden, Amy; He, Zhen ( Elsevier B.V. , 2016 , Article)Anaerobic biotechnologies can effectively remove antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARB) and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs), but there is a need to better understand the mechanisms. Here we employ bioelectrochemical systems ... -
Enhancing desalination and wastewater treatment by coupling microbial desalination cells with forward osmosis
Yuan, Heyang; Abu-Reesh, Ibrahim M.; He, Zhen ( Elsevier , 2015 , Article)Both microbial desalination cells (MDCs) and forwards osmosis (FO) are emerging technologies for energy-efficient water/wastewater treatment. However, incomplete treatment/desalination in both technologies creates challenges ... -
Life cycle environmental impact comparison of bioelectrochemical systems for wastewater treatment
Zhang, Jingyi; Yuan, Heyang; Abu-Reesh, Ibrahim M.; He, Zhen; Yuan, Chris ( Elsevier B.V. , 2019 , Conference Paper)Bioelectrochemical systems (BESs) are developed to transform the energy harvested from the biomass into electricity. Different types of BESs including microbial fuel cell (MFC), microbial electrolysis cell (MEC), and ... -
Mathematical modeling assisted investigation of forward osmosis as pretreatment for microbial desalination cells to achieve continuous water desalination and wastewater treatment
Yuan, Heyang; Abu-Reesh, Ibrahim M.; He, Zhen ( Elsevier , 2016 , Article)Coupling forward osmosis (FO) with microbial desalination cells (MDCs) can lead to some synergistic benefits, i.e. simultaneous water recovery, desalination and removal of COD (chemical oxygen demand). Herein, an FO-MDC ... -
Microbial desalination cells as a versatile technology: Functions, optimization and prospective
Sevda, Surajbhan; Yuan, Heyang; He, Zhen; Abu-Reesh, Ibrahim M. ( Elsevier , 2015 , Other)Saline water such as seawater or brackish water is a potential source for drinking water or for non-potable applications, but the existing desalination techniques are energy intensive. Therefore, there is an urgent need ... -
Oxygen reduction reaction catalysts used in microbial fuel cells for energy-efficient wastewater treatment: A review
Yuan, Heyang; Hou, Yang; Abu-Reesh, Ibrahim M.; Chen, Junhong; He, Zhen ( Royal Society of Chemistry , 2016 , Article Review)Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) as an energy-efficient wastewater treatment technology have attracted increasing interest in the past decade. Cathode catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) present a major challenge ... -
Oxygen reduction reaction catalysts used in microbial fuel cells for energy-efficient wastewater treatment: A review
Yuan, Heyang; Hou, Yang; Abu-Reesh, Ibrahim M.; Chen, Junhong; He, Zhen ( Royal Society of Chemistry , 2016 , Other)Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) as an energy-efficient wastewater treatment technology have attracted increasing interest in the past decade. Cathode catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) present a major challenge ... -
Unravelling and Reconstructing the Nexus of Salinity, Electricity, and Microbial Ecology for Bioelectrochemical Desalination
Yuan, Heyang; Sun, Shan; Abu-Reesh, Ibrahim M.; Badgley, Brian D.; He, Zhen ( American Chemical Society , 2017 , Article)Microbial desalination cells (MDCs) are an emerging concept for simultaneous water/wastewater treatment and energy recovery. The key to developing MDCs is to understand fundamental problems, such as the effects of salinity ... -
When bioelectrochemical systems meet forward osmosis: Accomplishing wastewater treatment and reuse through synergy
Lu, Yaobin; Qin, Mohan; Yuan, Heyang; Abu-Reesh, Ibrahim M.; He, Zhen ( MDPI AG , 2015 , Other)Bioelectrochemical systems (BES) and forward osmosis (FO) are two emerging technologies with great potential for energy-efficient water/wastewater treatment. BES takes advantage of microbial interaction with a solid electron ...