Evaluation of energy-distribution of a hybrid microbial fuel cell-membrane bioreactor (MFC-MBR) for cost-effective wastewater treatment.

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Author	Wang, Jie Bi, Fanghua Guo, Wenshan Zhang, Hongwei Zhang, Xinbo
Copyright Year	2016
Abstract	A low-cost hybrid system integrating a membrane-less microbial fuel cell (MFC) with an anoxic/oxic membrane bioreactor (MBR) was studied for fouling mitigation. The appended electric field in the MBR was supplied by the MFC with continuous flow. Supernatant from an anaerobic reactor with low dissolved oxygen was used as feed to the MFC in order to enhance its performance compared with that fed with synthetic wastewater. The voltage output of MFC maintained at 0.52±0.02V with 1000Ω resister. The electric field intensity could reach to 0.114Vcm(-1). Compared with the conventional MBR (CMBR), the contents rather than the components of foulants on the cake layer of fouled MFC-MBR system was significantly reduced. Although only 0.5% of the feed COD was translated into electricity and applied to MBR, the hybrid system showed great feasibility without additional consumption but extracting energy from waste water and significantly enhancing the membrane filterability.
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DOI	10.1016/j.biortech.2015.10.042
PubMed reference number	26512867
Journal	Medline
Volume Number	200
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Alternate Webpage(s)	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2015.10.042
Journal	Bioresource technology
Language	English
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