Influence of sludge age on the performance of MFC treating winery wasterwater

The objective of this paper was to determine the influence of sludge age on microbial fuel cell (MFC) performance for generating electricity and removing organic matter from winery wastewater. Six Solid Retention Times (SRT) were used: 1.2, 1.4, 1.8, 2.3, 3.5 and 7.0 d. Results demonstrate that the...

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Autores: Dellosso Penteado, Eduardo, Fernández Marchante, Carmen María, Zaiat, Marcelo, Cañizares Cañizares, Pablo, González, Ernesto Rafael, Rodrigo Rodrigo, Manuel Andrés
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha
Repositorio:RUIdeRA. Repositorio Institucional de la UCLM
OAI Identifier:oai:ruidera.uclm.es:10578/29163
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10578/29163
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Ingeniería Química
Tratamiento de aguas residuales
Recuperación de energía
Aguas residuales de bodega
Pila de combustible microbiana
Tiempo de retención de lodos
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Sumario:The objective of this paper was to determine the influence of sludge age on microbial fuel cell (MFC) performance for generating electricity and removing organic matter from winery wastewater. Six Solid Retention Times (SRT) were used: 1.2, 1.4, 1.8, 2.3, 3.5 and 7.0 d. Results demonstrate that the electricity generation increases by decreasing the SRT, selecting electrogenic microorganisms, once the specific organic loading rate (SOLR) increased and the competition for substrate was reduced. Decreasing the SRT, coulombic efficiency can be increased from 3.4% to almost 42.2% and maximum power density from 58 to 890 mW m−2. However the SRT did not influence on organic matter removal in biological treatment, because only a small part of COD was removed oscillating around 600 mg L−1 d−1and it was very similar at all SRT studied.