2-in-1 device uses sewage as fuel to make electricity and clean the sewage
Thursday, March 29, 2012 - 03:31
in Physics & Chemistry
Scientists today described a new and more efficient version of an innovative device the size of a home washing machine that uses bacteria growing in municipal sewage to make electricity and clean up the sewage at the same time. Their report here at the 243rd National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS) suggested that commercial versions of the two-in-one device could be a boon for the developing world and water-short parts of the U.S.