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Understanding nitrogen recovery from wastewater with a high nitrogen concentration using microbial electrolysis cells
This study was aimed at understanding the effect of applied voltage, catholyte and reactor scale on nitrogen recovery from two different organic wastes (digestate and pig slurry) by means of microbial electrolysis cell (MEC) technology. For this purpose, MEC sizes of 100, 500 and 1000 mL were tested at applied voltages of 0.6, 1 and 1.4 V using either a phosphate-buffered solution or NaCl solution as the catholyte. By increasing the reactor size from 500 to 1000 mL, a decrease in the ammonia recovery efficiency from 47 to 42% was observed. The results also showed that the phosphate-buffered solution is preferable as the catholyte and that the voltage applied does not have a noticeable effect on current production and ammonia recovery. Low biodegradability of the wastes was identified as the main bottleneck.
Understanding nitrogen recovery from wastewater with a high nitrogen concentration using microbial electrolysis cells
This study was aimed at understanding the effect of applied voltage, catholyte and reactor scale on nitrogen recovery from two different organic wastes (digestate and pig slurry) by means of microbial electrolysis cell (MEC) technology. For this purpose, MEC sizes of 100, 500 and 1000 mL were tested at applied voltages of 0.6, 1 and 1.4 V using either a phosphate-buffered solution or NaCl solution as the catholyte. By increasing the reactor size from 500 to 1000 mL, a decrease in the ammonia recovery efficiency from 47 to 42% was observed. The results also showed that the phosphate-buffered solution is preferable as the catholyte and that the voltage applied does not have a noticeable effect on current production and ammonia recovery. Low biodegradability of the wastes was identified as the main bottleneck.
Understanding nitrogen recovery from wastewater with a high nitrogen concentration using microbial electrolysis cells
San-Martín, M. Isabel (author) / Mateos, Raúl (author) / Escapa, Adrián (author) / Morán, Antonio (author)
Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A ; 54 ; 472-477
2019-04-16
6 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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