Ammonium-based polymer ionic liquid membrane for wastewater treatment and bioenergy production

Air-breathing cathode microbial fuel cells (MFCs) fed with citrus juice processing wastewater were employed for bioenergy production and simultaneously for wastewater treatment. Polymer inclusion membranes based on the ionic liquid methyltrioctylammonium chloride were tested as separator in this mic...

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Autores: Addi, Hasna, Mateo Ramírez, Francisco, Salar García, María José, Ortiz Martínez, Víctor Manuel, Hernández Fernández, Francisco José, Pérez de los Ríos, Antonia, Godínez Seoane, Carlos, Lofti, El Mostapha, Lozano Blanco, Luis Javier
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena(UPCT)
Repositorio:Repositorio Digital UPCT
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.upct.es:10317/13327
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10317/13327
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ceat.201700367
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Bioenergy
Ionic liquid
Microbial fuel cell
Polymer inclusion membrane
Wastewater treatment
Ingeniería Química
23 Química
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Sumario:Air-breathing cathode microbial fuel cells (MFCs) fed with citrus juice processing wastewater were employed for bioenergy production and simultaneously for wastewater treatment. Polymer inclusion membranes based on the ionic liquid methyltrioctylammonium chloride were tested as separator in this microbial fuel cell assembly. Regarding the wastewater treatment capacity, the evolution of the chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal over time reaches a maximum value of 45 %. In addition to COD removal, an electrochemical characterization of the wastewater before and after being treated was also performed. Despite this type of feedstock not being ideal for bioenergy production in air-breathing cathode MFCs due to the acidity of the substrate, enough amount of bioenergy is produced to consider this technology a suitable alternative for reusing citrus juice processing wastewater.