Electricity generating capacity and performance deterioration of a microbial fuel cell fed with beer brewery wastewater

This study focused on using beer brewery wastewater (BBW) to evaluate membrane concentrate disposal and production of electricity in microbial fuel cells. In the membrane treatment of BBW, the membrane permeate concentration was 570 ± 30 mg/L corresponding to a chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal e...

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Published in:Journal of bioscience and bioengineering 2014-12, Vol.118 (6), p.672-678
Main Authors: Köroğlu, Emre Oğuz, Özkaya, Bestamin, Denktaş, Cenk, Çakmakci, Mehmet
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Beer
Bioelectric Energy Sources
Biological and medical sciences
Biological Oxygen Demand Analysis
Biological treatment of waters
Biotechnology
Calorimetry, Differential Scanning
Electricity
Environment and pollution
Filtration
Food Industry - methods
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Industrial applications and implications. Economical aspects
Membrane concentrate
Membrane morphology
Microbial fuel cell
Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
Recycling
Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
Temperature
Thermal stability
Waste Disposal, Fluid
Waste Water
Wastewater treatment
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Summary:This study focused on using beer brewery wastewater (BBW) to evaluate membrane concentrate disposal and production of electricity in microbial fuel cells. In the membrane treatment of BBW, the membrane permeate concentration was 570 ± 30 mg/L corresponding to a chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal efficiency of 75 ± 5%, and the flux values changed between 160 and 40 L/m2-h for all membrane runs. For electricity production from membrane concentrate, the highest current density in the microbial fuel cell (MFC) was observed to be 1950 mA/m2 according to electrode surface area with 36% COD removal efficiency and 2.48% CE with 60% BBW membrane concentrate. The morphologies of the cation exchange membrane and the MFC deterioration were studied using a scanning electron microscope (SEM), attenuated total reflection-Fourier transform infrared (ATR-FTIR) spectroscopy, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA). A decrease in the thermal stability of the sulfonate (−SO3H) groups was demonstrated and morphological changes were detected in the SEM analysis.
ISSN:1389-1723
1347-4421
DOI:10.1016/j.jbiosc.2014.05.006