System development and environmental performance analysis of a pilot scale microbial electrolysis cell for hydrogen production using urban wastewater

2019 ◽  
Vol 193 ◽  
pp. 52-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jingwei Chen ◽  
Wenwen Xu ◽  
Xiaomin Wu ◽  
Jiaqiang E ◽  
Na Lu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Performance Analysis ◽  
Hydrogen Production ◽  
Environmental Performance ◽  
System Development ◽  
Pilot Scale ◽  
Electrolysis Cell ◽  
Microbial Electrolysis Cell ◽  
Urban Wastewater ◽  
Microbial Electrolysis

Hydrogen production in a microbial electrolysis cell fed with a dark fermentation effluent

2015 ◽  
Vol 45 (11) ◽  
pp. 1223-1229 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isaac Rivera ◽  
Germán Buitrón ◽  
Péter Bakonyi ◽  
Nándor Nemestóthy ◽  
Katalin Bélafi-Bakó
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Production ◽  
Dark Fermentation ◽  
Electrolysis Cell ◽  
Microbial Electrolysis Cell ◽  
Microbial Electrolysis

Enhancement of sludge decomposition and hydrogen production from waste activated sludge in a microbial electrolysis cell with cheap electrodes

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (6) ◽  
pp. 761-768 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yinghong Feng ◽  
Yiwen Liu ◽  
Yaobin Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Production ◽  
Activated Sludge ◽  
Waste Activated Sludge ◽  
Electrolysis Cell ◽  
Microbial Electrolysis Cell ◽  
Graphite Electrodes ◽  
Sludge Digestion ◽  
Microbial Electrolysis

Cheap Fe/graphite electrodes substantially enhanced hydrogen production from anaerobic waste activated sludge digestion in a microbial electrolysis cell.

scholarly journals Improved hydrogen production in the single-chamber microbial electrolysis cell with inhibition of methanogenesis under alkaline conditions

RSC Advances ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (52) ◽  
pp. 30207-30215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wanjun Cui ◽  
Guangli Liu ◽  
Cuiping Zeng ◽  
Yaobin Lu ◽  
Haiping Luo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Production ◽  
Electrolysis Cell ◽  
Microbial Electrolysis Cell ◽  
Single Chamber ◽  
Alkaline Conditions ◽  
Microbial Electrolysis

Effective methanogenesis inhibition was achieved in a single-chamber MEC at pH 11.2 with the H2 percentage of 85–90% for 50 days.

Hydrogen production from crude glycerol in an alkaline microbial electrolysis cell

2019 ◽  
Vol 44 (32) ◽  
pp. 17204-17213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marina Badia-Fabregat ◽  
Laura Rago ◽  
Juan A. Baeza ◽  
Albert Guisasola
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Production ◽  
Crude Glycerol ◽  
Electrolysis Cell ◽  
Microbial Electrolysis Cell ◽  
Microbial Electrolysis

scholarly journals Optimising the Hydraulic Retention Time in a Pilot-Scale Microbial Electrolysis Cell to Achieve High Volumetric Treatment Rates Using Concentrated Domestic Wastewater

Molecules ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (12) ◽  
pp. 2945 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel D. Leicester ◽  
Jaime M. Amezaga ◽  
Andrew Moore ◽  
Elizabeth S. Heidrich
Keyword(s):  
Retention Time ◽  
Hydraulic Retention Time ◽  
Oxygen Demand ◽  
Domestic Wastewater ◽  
Direct Analysis ◽  
Pilot Scale ◽  
Electrolysis Cell ◽  
Treatment Technique ◽  
Microbial Electrolysis Cell ◽  
Microbial Electrolysis

Bioelectrochemical systems (BES) have the potential to deliver energy-neutral wastewater treatment. Pilot-scale tests have proven that they can operate at low temperatures with real wastewaters. However, volumetric treatment rates (VTRs) have been low, reducing the ability for this technology to compete with activated sludge (AS). This paper describes a pilot-scale microbial electrolysis cell (MEC) operated in continuous flow for 6 months. The reactor was fed return sludge liquor, the concentrated filtrate of anaerobic digestion sludge that has a high chemical oxygen demand (COD). The use of a wastewater with increased soluble organics, along with optimisation of the hydraulic retention time (HRT), resulted in the highest VTR achieved by a pilot-scale MEC treating real wastewater. Peak HRT was 0.5-days, resulting in an average VTR of 3.82 kgCOD/m3∙day and a 55% COD removal efficiency. Finally, using the data obtained, a direct analysis of the potential savings from the reduced loading on AS was then made. Theoretical calculation of the required tank size, with the estimated costs and savings, indicates that the use of an MEC as a return sludge liquor pre-treatment technique could result in an industrially viable system.

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