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Kategorie Textpublikation
Referenztyp Zeitschriften
DOI 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.04.044
Titel (primär) Evaluating the effects of scaling up on the performance of bioelectrochemical systems using a technical scale microbial electrolysis cell
Autor Brown, R.K.; Harnisch, F. ORCID logo ; Wirth, S.; Wahlandt, H.; Dockhorn, T.; Dichtl, N.; Schröder, U.
Quelle Bioresource Technology
Erscheinungsjahr 2014
Department UMB
Band/Volume 163
Seite von 206
Seite bis 213
Sprache englisch
Keywords Bioelectrochemical system; Microbial electrolysis cell; Scaling up; Technical scale; Modeling
UFZ Querschnittsthemen RU4;
Abstract This study focuses on the challenges of the scaling up process of bioelectrochemical systems on the example of a technical scale microbial electrolysis cell referred to as the “prototype”. Anodically treating real wastewater and operated in continuous mode at a hydraulic retention time of 1.23 d with an average chemical oxygen demand (COD)-loading rate of 0.5 g O2 d−1 LReactor−1 the prototype on average showed COD removal efficiency of 67% with effluent concentrations of 210 mg O2 L−1 and an ammonium elimination rate of 17.8 ± 3.9 mg N d−1 LReactor−1 resulting in effluent concentrations of 30.7 ± 3.7 mg N L−1 with a removal efficiency of 40% at a current generation of 72 μA cm−2 and Coulomb efficiency of 11%. A model is described as a method for comparing conventional and BES based technology using the above mentioned criteria and balancing them against the respective loading rates.
Brown, R.K., Harnisch, F., Wirth, S., Wahlandt, H., Dockhorn, T., Dichtl, N., Schröder, U. (2014):
Evaluating the effects of scaling up on the performance of bioelectrochemical systems using a technical scale microbial electrolysis cell
Bioresour. Technol. 163 , 206 - 213 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.04.044