TY - JOUR
T1 - Electricity harvest from wastewaters using microbial fuel cell with sulfide as sole electron donor
AU - Lee, Chin Yu
AU - Ho, Kuo Ling
AU - Lee, Duu Jong
AU - Su, Ay
AU - Chang, Jo Shu
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was financially supported by the National Taiwan University (Toward Top University Project) and project NSFC No. 51176037 .
PY - 2012/10
Y1 - 2012/10
N2 - Toxicity prevents the bioenergy content of certain industrial effluents from being recovered. In operation of microbial fuel cell (MFC), microorganisms can be inhibited with high levels of sulfides. This study applied a pure culture, an autotrophic denitrifier, Pseudomonas sp. C27, to start up a two-chambered MFC using sulfide as the sole electron donor. The experimental results revealed that the MFC can successfully convert sulfide to elementary sulfur with electricity generation at a maximum power density of 29.3 mW m -2. With no use of external organic carbon sources, the present device introduces a route for treating sulfide laden wastewaters with electricity harvest.
AB - Toxicity prevents the bioenergy content of certain industrial effluents from being recovered. In operation of microbial fuel cell (MFC), microorganisms can be inhibited with high levels of sulfides. This study applied a pure culture, an autotrophic denitrifier, Pseudomonas sp. C27, to start up a two-chambered MFC using sulfide as the sole electron donor. The experimental results revealed that the MFC can successfully convert sulfide to elementary sulfur with electricity generation at a maximum power density of 29.3 mW m -2. With no use of external organic carbon sources, the present device introduces a route for treating sulfide laden wastewaters with electricity harvest.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2012.03.114
DO - 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2012.03.114
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84866462291
VL - 37
SP - 15787
EP - 15791
JO - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
JF - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
SN - 0360-3199
IS - 20
ER -
