Treatment of domestic sewage with anoxic/oxic membrane-less microbial fuel cell with intermittent aeration

Guodong Zhang; Duu-Jong Lee; Fangqin Cheng

doi:10.1016/j.biortech.2016.07.006

Treatment of domestic sewage with anoxic/oxic membrane-less microbial fuel cell with intermittent aeration

Guodong Zhang, Duu-Jong Lee^*, Fangqin Cheng

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Abstract

An anoxic/oxic microbial fuel cell (MFC) reactor was applied to treat domestic sewage with intermittent aeration at cathodic chamber. The MFC yielded maximum power density of 2.05 W/m³ at current density 6.05 A/m³, 91.7 ± 0.3% chemical oxygen demand (COD) and 98.2 ± 0.3% ammonia-nitrogen (NH₃-N) removals could be reached with most of the hydrophilic (HPI), hydrophobic acid (HPO-A), transphilic acid (TPI-A) of the former being consumed with minimal residual aromatics and the most of NH₃-N being converted to N₂. When the circuit was opened, the COD removal was dropped to 81.1 ± 0.6% and NH₃-N to 80.4 ± 0.9% with most of the HPI, TPI-A and hydrophobic neutral (HPO-N) fractions of the former being consumed with excess aromatic residue and 60% of the latter being converted to NO₂⁻-N or NO₃⁻-N in effluent. Bioelectrochemical reactions in the tested MFC enhance COD and NH₃-N removals from domestic sewage.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	680-686
Journal	Bioresource Technology
Volume	218
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2016.07.006
Publication status	Published - 1 Oct 2016
Externally published	Yes

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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

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Ammonium-nitrogen
Dissolved organic matters
Domestic sewage
Removal

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