US Patent Issued to San Diego State University (SDSU) Foundation on Aug. 12 for "Bioelectrochemical system for water deionization and desalination, wastewater treatment and energy recovery" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,705, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to San Diego State University (SDSU) Foundation (San Diego).

"Bioelectrochemical system for water deionization and desalination, wastewater treatment and energy recovery" was invented by Tyler Myers (San Diego) and Christine M. Dykstra (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In alternative embodiments, provided are BioElectrochemical Systems (BESs) and methods using them for removing ionic compounds from water, treating organics in wastewater, and for energy recovery from the conversion of CO2 to CH4 in an anaerobic setting, for example, for biogas upgrading, or the production of H2 from water e...