MUMBAI, India, Jan. 9 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202511117835 A) filed by Sharda University, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, on Nov. 27, 2025, for 'bio-electrochemical salinity-gradient assembly for wastewater treatment and electrical power output.'
Inventor(s) include Dr. Soumya Pandit; Rahul Kumar Mishra; and Dr. Mohit Sahni.
The application for the patent was published on Jan. 9, under issue no. 02/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A multifunctional electrochemical treatment assembly (100) has been presented for concurrent reduction of organic loading of a wastewater stream, partial desalination of a saline stream and generation of electrical power. A multi-compartment enclosure (102) houses a first bioanodic compartment (104), a first concentrated electrolyte compartment (106), a dilute electrolyte compartment (108), a second concentrated electrolyte compartment (110) and an oxidant reduction compartment (112). Ion-selective partitions (114, 116, 118, 120) enable sequential anion and cation transfer driven by a salinity gradient. A first electrically conductive element (124) supports microbial oxidation of organic constituents. A second electrically conductive element (128) receives electrons for oxygen reduction. Spacer elements (122) provide reduced internal resistance. An external electrical conductor (132) with a resistive element (134) enables power extraction. Concurrent reduction of chemical oxygen demand and total dissolved solids is achieved during operation."
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