Electrosorption driven by microbial fuel cells to remove phenol without external power supply

Yang, Jie; Zhou, Minghua; Zhao, Yingying; Zhang, Chao; Hu, Youshuang

doi:10.1016/j.biortech.2013.09.107

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“…Up to now, numerous wastewater treatment processes based on MFCs have been developed to enhance pollutants removal efficiencies with bioelectricity generation [18][19][20], including the efforts on nitrogen-containing organic compounds removals [21,22]. Moreover, several studies have utilized bioelectricity produced from MFCs to generate active substances with added reactants to effectively treat wastewater containing pollutants, such as phenol [23,24], p-nitrophenol [25] and arsenic [26]. These bioelectro-Fenton systems enhance the efficiencies at the cost of large amount of reactants as well as sludge [27], while processes without reactants consumption and sludge generation can be more applicable.…”

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Utilization of single-chamber microbial fuel cells as renewable power sources for electrochemical degradation of nitrogen-containing organic compounds

Wang

Zhang

Borthwick

et al. 2015

Chemical Engineering Journal

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h i g h l i g h t sSingle-chamber microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are acted as renewable power sources. Enhanced degradation of nitrogen-containing organic compounds is realized. Higher applied voltage, lower initial concentration and pH improve the performance. Indirect electrochemical oxidation with generated H 2 O 2 is the main effect. a b s t r a c tBy employing promising single-chamber microbial fuel cells (MFCs) as renewable power sources, an aerated electrochemical system is proposed and for nitrogen-containing organic compounds (pyridine and methyl orange) removals. Carbon felt performed the best as electrode material while lower initial contaminant concentration and lower initial pH value could improve the performance. A degradation efficiency of 82.9% for pyridine was achieved after 360 min electrolysis with its initial concentration of 200 mg/L, initial pH of 3.0 and applied voltage of 700 mV. Mechanisms study implied that indirect electrochemical oxidation by generated hydrogen peroxide was responsible for their degradation. This study provides an alternative utilization form of low bioelectricity from MFCs and reveals that applying it to electrochemical process is highly-efficient as well as cost-effective for degradation of nitrogen-containing organic compounds.

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Utilization of single-chamber microbial fuel cells as renewable power sources for electrochemical degradation of nitrogen-containing organic compounds

Wang

Zhang

Borthwick

et al. 2015

Chemical Engineering Journal

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“…Phenol is used in chemical, petrochemical and pharmaceutical industries and is a very common organic pollutant according to the U.S. EPA list [30,31]. Even at low concentrations, phenol is highly toxic, carcinogenic, and teratogenic and a potential mutagen in aquatic environments [30,[32][33][34]. Azo orange II is a common dye that is used in textile, leather, painting and printing processes [35].…”

Section: Wastewatersmentioning

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Post-treatment of plywood mill effluent by Multi-Barrier Treatment: A pilot-scale study

Rueda-Márquez

Levchuk

Uski

et al. 2016

Chemical Engineering Journal

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“…The results showed that maximum PNP degradation was 64.69 % when PNP was used as a sole substrate. Electrosorption driven microbial fuel cells was used for the removal of phenol without external power supply (Yang et al, 2013). During MFC sorption, the operating parameters viz.…”

Section: Phenolic Compoundsmentioning

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Application of Microbial Fuel Cells for Bioremediation of Environmental Pollutants: An Overview

Mandal¹,

Das²

2018

J microb biotech food sci

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Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) have been demonstrated as a challenging and promising technology towards management of various environmental problems. Bioremediation has been accepted widely as viable option utilizing the naturally inhabited microorganisms, but sometimes the severe low efficiency of the microorganisms and poor controllability limits its application. In this context, MFC technology can be used as a potential means to stimulate bioremediation for effective removal of various pollutants. The special features including energy saving, less sludge and energy production make MFCs as outstanding technology compared to conventional technologies. This article is mainly focused on application of MFCs towards removal of various environmental pollutants viz. antibiotics, synthetic dyes, phenolic compounds, nitrogen based compounds, ethyl acetate, toluene, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, perchlorate, pesticide, sulphur, emerging contaminants, trace organic compounds etc. from aqueous environment. Although the current applications of MFC technology is still at laboratory level, it will definitely prove a great potential towards commercial applications in near future.

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Electrosorption driven by microbial fuel cells to remove phenol without external power supply

Cited by 35 publications

References 30 publications

Utilization of single-chamber microbial fuel cells as renewable power sources for electrochemical degradation of nitrogen-containing organic compounds

Utilization of single-chamber microbial fuel cells as renewable power sources for electrochemical degradation of nitrogen-containing organic compounds

Post-treatment of plywood mill effluent by Multi-Barrier Treatment: A pilot-scale study

Application of Microbial Fuel Cells for Bioremediation of Environmental Pollutants: An Overview

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