Electricity generation from synthetic penicillin wastewater in an air-cathode single chamber microbial fuel cell

Wen, Quan; Kong, Fantao; Zheng, Hongtao; Cao, Dianxue; Ren, Yueming; Yin, Jinling

doi:10.1016/j.cej.2011.01.025

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“…However, only a few studies have assessed the capacity of traditional MFCs to treat biorefractory wastewater, such as oil refining wastewater (Guo et al, 2016), pharmaceutical wastewater (Wen et al, 2011), and dye wastewater (Kalathil et al, 2012). This is attributed to the fact that biorefractory materials are unsuitable for bioelectricity generation.…”

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Electrode and azo dye decolorization performance in microbial-fuel-cell-coupled constructed wetlands with different electrode size during long-term wastewater treatment

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Chen

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Bioresource Technology

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Microbial-fuel-cell-coupled constructed wetlands (CW-MFCs) with various cathode layers were used for long-term azo dye wastewater treatment. Their performance was assessed using cathode diameters ranging from 20 to 27.5cm and the influence of plants at the cathode was also examined. Bioelectricity generation, ABRX3 decolorization, and chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal performances first increased and then decreased with increasing cathode diameter. The CW-MFCs with larger cathodes had an anoxic region at the cathode where ABRX3 was decolorized. This phenomenon has not been reported in previous research on MFCs using traditional air cathodes. Anode performance was influenced by the cathode. The CW-MFC with a cathode diameter of 25cm showed the best electrode performance, and the highest voltage and power density were 560mV and 0.88W/m, respectively. The highest ABRX3 decolorization and COD removal volumes were 271.53mg/L and 312.17mg/L, respectively.

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Electrode and azo dye decolorization performance in microbial-fuel-cell-coupled constructed wetlands with different electrode size during long-term wastewater treatment

Fang

Chen

et al. 2017

Bioresource Technology

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“…Compared with the electricity production from simple organics and organic wastewater, the internal resistance of the MFC in this study was higher. For example, Tang et al [36] obtained a 263 internal resistance using acetate, and Wen et al [37] obtained a 19 internal resistance using synthetic penicillin wastewater. The higher internal resistance may be one of the reasons for the lower electricity production (power density) from alkaline pretreated sludge.…”

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Evaluation of electricity production from alkaline pretreated sludge using two-chamber microbial fuel cell

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Liu

2013

Journal of Hazardous Materials

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“…Meanwhile, a large amount of wastewater was generated from the antibiotics production, and the wastewater treatment has attracted more and more attention due to the high difficulty in its treatment [2]. As a kind of typical antibiotics, penicillin G has been widely used in curing bacterial infection and restraining pathogenic micro-organism infection [3,4]. Much attention has been paid to the penicillin G-processing wastewater treatment by enterprises and experts.…”

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Utilization of micro-electrolysis, up-flow anaerobic sludge bed, anoxic/oxic-activated sludge process, and biological aerated filter in penicillin G wastewater treatment

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A B S T R A C TSystem which included micro-electrolysis (ME), up-flow anaerobic sludge bed (UASB), anoxic/oxic (A/O) activated sludge process and biological aerated filter (BAF) were investigated in penicillin G-processing wastewater treatment. The main quality of the wastewater was shown as follows: chemical oxygen demand (CODcr) of 1,4507-1,5280 mg L −1 , ammonium nitrogen (NH 3 -N) of 598-826 mg L −1 , suspended solid of 1,850-2,190 mg L −1 , and pH of 3.5-5.2. Moreover, penicillin G residue in the wastewater was 130-150 mg L −1 . ME was utilized as the pretreatment method, UASB and A/O process were designed for the secondary treatment, and BAF was used as the advanced treatment. The results revealed that biodegradability of the wastewater could be effectively improved by ME, and most of CODcr and NH 3 -N in the wastewater could be removed by UASB and A/O process, and the residual COD and NH 3 -N could be removed by BAF. The average COD and NH 3 -N in final effluent was about 275.3 and 19.8 mg L −1 , respectively, and the treated wastewater quality reached the requirement of the national discharge standards (wastewater quality standards for discharging into municipal sewer pipelines, China, COD ≤ 300 mg L −1 , NH 3 -N ≤ 25 mg L −1 in C standard). Especially, about 80% of penicillin G residue in the wastewater could be removed or converted by ME reactor, and the wastewater could be effectively deposed in this system.

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Electricity generation from synthetic penicillin wastewater in an air-cathode single chamber microbial fuel cell

Cited by 113 publications

References 22 publications

Electrode and azo dye decolorization performance in microbial-fuel-cell-coupled constructed wetlands with different electrode size during long-term wastewater treatment

Electrode and azo dye decolorization performance in microbial-fuel-cell-coupled constructed wetlands with different electrode size during long-term wastewater treatment

Evaluation of electricity production from alkaline pretreated sludge using two-chamber microbial fuel cell

Utilization of micro-electrolysis, up-flow anaerobic sludge bed, anoxic/oxic-activated sludge process, and biological aerated filter in penicillin G wastewater treatment

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