摘要：This study reports an investigation of the concept, application and performance of a novel bioelectrochemical nitritation-anammox microbial desalination cell (MDC) for resource-efficient wastewater treatment and desalination. Two configurations of anammox MDCs (anaerobic-anammox cathode MDC (AnA mox MDC) and nitration-anammox cathode MDC (NiA mox MDC)) were compared with an air cathode MDC (CMDC), operated in fed-batch mode. Results from this study showed that the maximum power density produced by NiA mox MDC (1,007 mW/m 3 ) was higher than that of AnA mox MDC (444 mW/m 3 ) and CMDC (952 mW/m 3 ). More than 92% of ammonium-nitrogen (NH 4 + -N) removal was achieved in NiA mox MDC, significantly higher than AnA mox MDC (84%) and CMDC (77%). The NiA mox MDC performed better than CMDC and AnA mox MDC in terms of power density, COD removal and salt removal in desalination chamber. In addition, cyclic voltammetry analysis of anammox cathode showed a redox peak centered at -140 mV Vs Ag/AgCl confirming the catalytic activity of anammox bacteria towards the electron transfer process. Further, net energy balance of the NiA mox MDC was the highest (NiA mox MDC-0.022 kWh/m 3 >CMDC-0.019 kWh/m 3 >AnA mox MDC-0.021 kWh/m 3 ) among the three configurations. This study demonstrated, for the first time, a N-E-W synergy for resource-efficient wastewater treatment using nitritation-anammox process.
