화학공학소재연구정보센터
홈 로그인 로그아웃 연락처 사이트맵
Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.58, 131-139, February, 2018
DOI10.1016/j.jiec.2017.09.017  Export Citation
Bioelectricity production in photosynthetic microbial desalination cells under different flow configurations
Bahareh Kokabian, Renotta Smith1, John P. Brooks1, and Veera Gnaneswar Gude†
  • Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762, United States, USA
  • 1USDA-ARS, Genetics and Sustainable Agriculture Unit, Mississippi State, MS 39762, United States, USA
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This study presents the first report on the performance of Photosynthetic microbial desalination cells under different flow configurations. Three different photosynthetic MDCs (using Chlorella vulgaris) were evaluated for their performance and energy generation potentials. Static (fed-batch, SPMDC), continuous flow (CFPMDC) and a photobioreactor MDC (PBMDC, resembling lagoon type PMDCs) were developed to study the impact of process operation and design on wastewater treatment, electricity generation, nutrient removal, and biomass production capacities. A maximum power density of 753.75 mW m-3 was produced in a SPMDC while a higher biomass growth rate of 7 mg L-1 h-1 was recorded for CFPMDC. In addition, PMDCs showed high removal rates of organic carbon and nutrient compounds. Experimental studies revealed that PMDCs can be configured to maximize energy recovery through either biomass or bioelectricity production. Finally, microbial composition analysis on different biosolids samples in the PMDCs revealed very diverse groups of microbial communities.
Keywords:Photosynthetic microbial desalination cells;Flow configurations;Photobioreactor;Bioelectricity;Electroactive bacteria
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