Reduced energy consumption during low strength domestic wastewater treatment in a semi-pilot tubular microbial electrolysis cell

2013 ◽  
Vol 122 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Gil-Carrera ◽  
A. Escapa ◽  
R. Moreno ◽  
A. Morán
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Domestic Wastewater ◽  
Electrolysis Cell ◽  
Microbial Electrolysis Cell ◽  
Domestic Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Low Strength ◽  
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.

Production of hydrogen from domestic wastewater in a pilot-scale microbial electrolysis cell

2012 ◽  
Vol 97 (15) ◽  
pp. 6979-6989 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. S. Heidrich ◽  
J. Dolfing ◽  
K. Scott ◽  
S. R. Edwards ◽  
C. Jones ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Wastewater ◽  
Pilot Scale ◽  
Electrolysis Cell ◽  
Microbial Electrolysis Cell ◽  
Production Of Hydrogen ◽  
Microbial Electrolysis

Microbial electrolysis cell with spiral wound electrode for wastewater treatment and methane production

2015 ◽  
Vol 50 (7) ◽  
pp. 1103-1109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanping Hou ◽  
Renduo Zhang ◽  
Haiping Luo ◽  
Guangli Liu ◽  
Younggy Kim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Methane Production ◽  
Electrolysis Cell ◽  
Microbial Electrolysis Cell ◽  
Microbial Electrolysis ◽  
Spiral Wound
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