Scaling up a novel denitrifying microbial fuel cell with an oxic-anoxic two stage biocathode

2013, Volume 7, Issue 6

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Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering >> 2013, Volume 7, Issue 6 doi: 10.1007/s11783-013-0583-3

Scaling up a novel denitrifying microbial fuel cell with an oxic-anoxic two stage biocathode

State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

Available online: 2013-12-01

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A scaled up microbial fuel cell (MFC) of a 50 L volume was set up with an oxic-anoxic two-stage biocathode and activated semicoke packed electrodes to achieve simultaneous power generation and nitrogen and organic matter removals. An average maximum power density of 43.1 W·m was obtained in batch operating mode. By adjusting the two external resistances, the denitrification in the A-MFC and power production in the O-MFC could be enhanced. In continuous mode, when the hydraulic retention times were set at 6 h, 8 h and 12 h, the removal efficiencies of COD, and total nitrogen (TN) were higher than 95%, 97%, and 84%, respectively. Meanwhile the removal loads for COD, and TN were10, 0.37 and 0.4 kg·(m ·d) , respectively.

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microbial fuel cell (MFC) ; oxic-anoxic two stage biocathode ; denitrifying

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