美国宾州州立大学Bruce E. Logan院士讲学通知

应城市水资源与水环境国家重点实验室邀请，美国宾州州立大学Bruce E. Logan院士将于2017年8月27日—8月30日访问我校城市水资源与水环境国家重点实验室，并作学术报告，欢迎全校感兴趣的师生参加。

学术讲座信息如下：

题目：Scaling Up Microbial Fuel Cells and Practical Limits in Power Production

时间：2017年8月28日（周一）上午9:30 —11：30

地点：城市水资源与水环境国家重点实验室612会议室

摘要：Substantial progress has been made in treating wastewater using anaerobic technologies such as microbial fuel cells (MFCs) that can also produce electricity. Two different designs have emerged based on tubular cells or plate-andframe (flat) geometries. For both cases, the choice of the electrode size and spacing can impact cathode packing densities and thus possible volumetric performance. The cathode has been the main focus of MFC research in recent years, with modifications of activated carbon cathodes that have resulted in power densities of 2.5 to 4.7 W/m2 in laboratory scale MFCs using acetate, and up to 0.8 W/m2 with typical low-strength domestic wastewater. How much higher could these power densities go? What are the limits? Based on an intra- and inter-laboratory comparisons of MFCs, it is now possible to understand the limits of power production both in terms of electrode area and volume. New data will be presented that examines limits in power production from the perspective of minimizing electrodes spacing while utilizing reactor configurations that promise to be effective in wastewater treatment.

       Bruce E. Logan 院士简介：Professor Bruce E. Logan is a member of the US National Academy of Engineering (NAE), the Editor of ES&T Letters, and a former Associate Editor of ES&T, both published by the American Chemical Society (ACS). He is an Evan Pugh Professor, the Stan & Flora Kappe Professor of Environmental Engineering, and Director of the Engineering Energy & Environmental Institute at Penn State University. His current research efforts are in bioenergy production and the development of an energy sustainable water infrastructure. Dr. Logan has mentored over 115 graduate students and post docs, and is the author or co-author of over 470 refereed publications ( hindex=119) and several books. He is a fellow of the American Association Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the International Water Association (IWA), the Water Environment Federation (WEF), and the Association of Environmental Engineering & Science Professors (AEESP). Dr. Logan is a visiting professor at several universities including HIT, Tsinghua University, Dalian University of Technology (China), with ties to several other universities in Saudi Arabia, the UK, and Belgium.