TY - JOUR
T1 - A hybrid microbial fuel cell membrane bioreactor with a conductive ultrafiltration membrane biocathode for wastewater treatment
AU - Malaeb, Lilian
AU - Katuri, Krishna
AU - Logan, Bruce E.
AU - Maab, Husnul
AU - Nunes, Suzana Pereira
AU - Saikaly, Pascal
N1 - KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01
Acknowledged KAUST grant number(s): KUS-I1-003-13
Acknowledgements: This work was supported by SABIC Fellowship (K.K.) and discretionary investigator funds (P.S.), and award KUS-I1-003-13 (B.E.L.) from the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Dr. Cyril Aubry and Dr. Rachid Sougrat are acknowledged for their assistance with SEM and TEM analysis, respectively.
PY - 2013/9/25
Y1 - 2013/9/25
N2 - A new hybrid, air-biocathode microbial fuel cell-membrane bioreactor (MFC-MBR) system was developed to achieve simultaneous wastewater treatment and ultrafiltration to produce water for direct reclamation. The combined advantages of this system were achieved by using an electrically conductive ultrafiltration membrane as both the cathode and the membrane for wastewater filtration. The MFC-MBR used an air-biocathode, and it was shown to have good performance relative to an otherwise identical cathode containing a platinum catalyst. With 0.1 mm prefiltered domestic wastewater as the feed, the maximum power density was 0.38 W/m2 (6.8 W/m3) with the biocathode, compared to 0.82 W/m2 (14.5 W/m3) using the platinum cathode. The permeate quality from the biocathode reactor was comparable to that of a conventional MBR, with removals of 97% of the soluble chemical oxygen demand, 97% NH3-N, and 91% of total bacteria (based on flow cytometry). The permeate turbidity was <0.1 nephelometric turbidity units. These results show that a biocathode MFC-MBR system can achieve high levels of wastewater treatment with a low energy input due to the lack of a need for wastewater aeration. © 2013 American Chemical Society.
AB - A new hybrid, air-biocathode microbial fuel cell-membrane bioreactor (MFC-MBR) system was developed to achieve simultaneous wastewater treatment and ultrafiltration to produce water for direct reclamation. The combined advantages of this system were achieved by using an electrically conductive ultrafiltration membrane as both the cathode and the membrane for wastewater filtration. The MFC-MBR used an air-biocathode, and it was shown to have good performance relative to an otherwise identical cathode containing a platinum catalyst. With 0.1 mm prefiltered domestic wastewater as the feed, the maximum power density was 0.38 W/m2 (6.8 W/m3) with the biocathode, compared to 0.82 W/m2 (14.5 W/m3) using the platinum cathode. The permeate quality from the biocathode reactor was comparable to that of a conventional MBR, with removals of 97% of the soluble chemical oxygen demand, 97% NH3-N, and 91% of total bacteria (based on flow cytometry). The permeate turbidity was <0.1 nephelometric turbidity units. These results show that a biocathode MFC-MBR system can achieve high levels of wastewater treatment with a low energy input due to the lack of a need for wastewater aeration. © 2013 American Chemical Society.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10754/563042
UR - https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/es4030113
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84886909481&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1021/es4030113
DO - 10.1021/es4030113
M3 - Article
C2 - 24016059
SN - 0013-936X
VL - 47
SP - 11821
EP - 11828
JO - Environmental Science & Technology
JF - Environmental Science & Technology
IS - 20
ER -