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Provedor de dados: | 63
País: | Brazil
Título: | Energy generation in a Microbial Fuel Cell using anaerobic sludge from a wastewater treatment plant
Autores: | Passos,Vinicius Fabiano; Aquino Neto,Sidney; Andrade,Adalgisa Rodrigues de; Reginatto,Valeria.
Data: | 2016-10-01
Ano: | 2016
Palavras-chave: | Microbial consortia; Anode; Power density; Effluent.
Resumo: | ABSTRACT In microbial fuel cells (MFCs), the oxidation of organic compounds catalyzed by microorganisms (anode) generates electricity via electron transfer to an external circuit that acts as an electron acceptor (cathode). Microbial fuel cells differ in terms of the microorganisms employed and the nature of the oxidized organic compound. In this study, a consortium of anaerobic microorganisms helped to treat the secondary sludge obtained from a sewage treatment plant. The microorganisms were grown in a 250 mL bioreactor containing a carbon cloth. The reactor was fed with media containing acetate (as the carbon source) for 48 days. Concomitantly, the electrochemical data were measured with the aid of a digital multimeter and data acquisition system. At the beginning of the MFC operation, power density was low, probably due to slow microorganism growth and adhesion. The power density increased from the 15th day of operation, reaching a value of 13.5 μW cm–2 after ca. 24 days of operation, and remained stable until the end of the process. Compared with data in the literature, this power density value is promising; improvements in the MFC design and operation could increase this value even further. The system investigated herein employed excess sludge as a biocatalyst in an MFC. This opens up the possibility of using organic acids and/or carbohydrate-rich effluents to feed MFCs, and thereby provide simultaneous effluent treatment and energy generation.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-90162016000500424
Editor: | São Paulo - Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz"
Relação: | 10.1590/0103-9016-2015-0194
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Scientia Agricola  v.73 n.5 2016
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess