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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2021
Aquacycl, Inc., Escondido, CA (US);
Orianna Bretschger, San Diego, CA (US);
Sofia Malinova Babanova, San Diego, CA (US);
Carlo Abraham Angulo Rodriguez, Lakeside, CA (US);
Jaime Octavio GarcĂa Cornejo, La Mesa, CA (US);
Pedro Izarael Huerta Virgen, San Ysidro, CA (US);
Ryoji Naito, San Diego, CA (US);
AQUACYCL, INC., Escondido, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are modular microbial fuel cell (MFC) devices, systems and methods for treating wastewater and generating electrical energy through a bioelectrochemical waste-to-energy conversion process. In some aspects, a modular MFC system includes a wastewater pretreatment system to receive and pre-treat raw wastewater for feeding pre-treated wastewater for bioelectrochemical processing; one or more modular MFC devices to bioelectrochemically process the pre-treated wastewater by concurrently generating electrical energy and digesting organic contaminants and particulates in the wastewater to yield treated, cleaner water; and a water collection module to receive the treated water from the one or more modular MFC devices and store the treated water and/or route the treated water from the system.