Air breathing cathode-microbial fuel cell with separator based on ionic liquid applied to slaughterhouse wastewater treatment and bio-energy production

Background: The present work explores the catalytic and electric performance of a microbial fuel cell (MFC) implementedwith high chemical oxygen demand (COD) industrial wastewater from Spain. The polymer inclusion membrane based on 70%[MTOA][Cl] IL was used as separator and showed a good efficiency...

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Autores: Mateo Ramírez, José Luis, Addi, Hasna, Hernández Fernández, Francisco José, Godínez Seoane, Carlos, Pérez de los Ríos, Antonia, Lofti, El Mostahpha, El Mahi, Mohammed, 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:10317/13291
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10317/13291
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jctb.5045
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Microbial fuel cell
Slaughterhouse wastewater
Ionic liquid
Polymer inclusion membrane
Water depuration
Electricity production
Ingeniería Química
3303 Ingeniería y Tecnología Químicas
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Sumario:Background: The present work explores the catalytic and electric performance of a microbial fuel cell (MFC) implementedwith high chemical oxygen demand (COD) industrial wastewater from Spain. The polymer inclusion membrane based on 70%[MTOA][Cl] IL was used as separator and showed a good efficiency in power production and COD removal .Results: Outputs of 72% in COD conversion, 200 mV voltage and 32 mW m−3power density were obtained, demonstrating thatslaughterhouse wastewater is a good feedstock for the scale-up of this technology. Furthermore, the effect of the microbialfuel cell on the physical/chemical parameters of the slaughterhouse wastewater was analyzed. The concentration of nitrite,orthophosphate, sulfate and ammonium was reduced by more than half. conclusions: Air breathing cathode-microbial fuel cells based on polymer ionic liquids inclusion membranes allow thetreatment of an industrial and high load slaughterhouse wastewater with good depuration and electrical performanceefficiency.