Removal of organic matter and electricity generation of sediments from Progreso, Yucatan, Mexico, in a sediment microbial fuel cell

González-Gamboa, Nancy; Valdés-Lozano, David; Barahona-Pérez, Luis Felipe; Alzate‐Gaviria, Liliana; Domínguez‐Maldonado, Jorge

doi:10.1007/s11356-016-8286-5

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“…This behavior was observed in the BMFC evaluated in the study by González et al (2017), where an increase in the ratios of up to 6.7 in HA and 5.8 in FA was found during 120 days of evaluation, obtaining the degradation of aromatic compounds [45].…”

Section: Variation Of E 4 /E 6 In the Application Of Bmfcsupporting

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“…This high percentage suggests the presence of electron donors or acceptors of methanol, nitrates and sulphates, which increase the efficiency of the removal of OM [44]. Gonzalez et al (2017) evaluated sediments from Yucatan where the OM that was found was around 6.74 to 13.13%, removing a maximum of 18% OM, which indicates that BMFC favor sedimentary bioremediation [45]. Zhou et al (2015) removed 9%, which was attributed to the design and configuration of the BMFC [46].…”

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Effect of Operating Parameters on the Performance Evaluation of Benthic Microbial Fuel Cells Using Sediments from the Bay of Campeche, Mexico

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Benthic microbial fuel cells (BMFC) are devices that remove organic matter (OM) and generate energy from sediments rich in organic nutrients. They are composed of electrodes with adequate different distances and floating air cathodes in an aqueous medium with saturated oxygen. In this study we proposed to design, build, analyze and evaluate a set of BMFCs with floating air cathodes to test the optimal distance between the electrodes, using sediment from the Bay of Campeche as a substrate. For the analysis of OM removal, COD tests, volatile solids (VS), E 4 /E 6 study and FTIR analysis were performed. Power generation was evaluated through polarization curves, cyclic voltammetry and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). We achieved a current density and power density at 10 cm depth of 929.7 ± 9.5 mA/m 2 and 109.6 ± 7.5 mW/m 2 respectively, with 54% removal of OM from the sediment, obtaining formation of aliphatic structures. BMFCs are proposed as adequate systems for bioremediation and power generation. The system at 10 cm depth and 100 cm distance between sediment and the floating air cathode had a good performance and therefore the potential for possible scaling.

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Effect of Operating Parameters on the Performance Evaluation of Benthic Microbial Fuel Cells Using Sediments from the Bay of Campeche, Mexico

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“…Previous study by González-Gamboa et al (2017) reported the 0.6 V with 1000 Ω after 120 days of open SMFCs operation because during this phase, exoelectrogens deliver the maximum electron to the electrodes. In the closed SMFCs, the external resistance after 13 days was 10 Ω and optimal external resistance after 120 days was 500 Ω.…”

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Bioremediation and Electricity Generation by Using Open and Closed Sediment Microbial Fuel Cells

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The industrial contamination of marine sediments with mercury, silver, and zinc in Penang, Malaysia was studied with bio-remediation coupled with power generation using membrane less open (aerated) and closed (non-aerated) sediment microbial fuel cells (SMFCs). The prototype for this SMFC is very similar to a natural aquatic environment because it is not stimulated externally and an oxygen sparger is inserted in the cathode chamber to create the aerobic environment in the open SMFC and no oxygen supplied in the closed SMFC. The open and closed SMFCs were showed the maximum voltage generation 300.5 mV (77.75 mW/m2) and 202.7 mV (45.04 (mW/m2), respectively. The cyclic voltammetry showed the oxidation peak in open SMFCs at +1.9 μA and reduction peak at -0.3 μA but in closed SMFCs oxidation and reduction peaks were noted at +1.5 μA and -1.0 μA, respectively. The overall impedance (anode, cathode and solution) of closed SMFCs was higher than open SMFCs. The charge transfer impedance showed that the rates of substrate oxidation and reduction were very low in the closed SMFCs than open SMFCs. The Nyquist arc indicated that O2 act as electron acceptor in the open SMFCs and CO2 in the closed SMFCs. The highest remediation efficiency of toxic metals [Hg (II) ions, Zn (II) ions, and Ag (I) ions] in the open SMFCs were 95.03%, 86.69%, and 83.65% in closed SMFCs were 69.53%, 66.57%, and 65.33%, respectively, observed during 60–80 days. The scanning electron microscope and 16S rRNA analysis showed diverse exoelectrogenic community in the open SMFCs and closed SMFCs. The results demonstrated that open SMFCs could be employed for the power generation and bioremediation of pollutants.

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“…The relationship between two main factors that simultaneously affect the DCMFC performance in the previous study has not yet been analyzed; therefore, it is substantial to know with regard to answering its optimum achievement. This is enlightening because MFCs can generate electricity directly and degrade organic matter while producing other important substances [18][19][20][21][22][23][24].…”

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Relationship between organic removal and power production in a dual-chamber microbial fuel cell with intermittent mode

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Oktiawan,

Imai

et al. 2023

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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Unoptimised simultaneous performance in microbial fuel cell (MFC) is still a big concern due to a lack of information on the correlation between organic removal and power production. Its correlation becomes more substantial owing to the main factors which affect a concurrent condition. To contribute new insight, this study aimed to analyze the relationship between the main factors for determining the optimal condition of MFC performance. Dual-chamber MFC (DCMFC) was designed by modifying the anode chamber into two compartments, namely double anode chamber DCMFC (DAC-DCMFC), operated within 8 days running with intermittent mode. The differences of organic loading rate (OLR), 0.4; 1.0; 2.5 kg.m−3.d−1 represented low to high organic loadings and electrode material-based reactor types, were used to assign the optimal concomitant performance in DCMFC. A closed circuit voltage (CCV) wiring system plugged onto the data logger within running time was employed to evaluate the synchronous achievement. This study result was medium OLR 1.0 kg.m−3.d−1, and GNPs anode-PTFE cathode attained optimally in the performance. In addition, higher OLR does not indicate higher organic removal correlating linearly with power production. This finding contributes to the limitation of organic loading that biological role capabilities can use.

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Removal of organic matter and electricity generation of sediments from Progreso, Yucatan, Mexico, in a sediment microbial fuel cell

Cited by 9 publications

References 31 publications

Effect of Operating Parameters on the Performance Evaluation of Benthic Microbial Fuel Cells Using Sediments from the Bay of Campeche, Mexico

Effect of Operating Parameters on the Performance Evaluation of Benthic Microbial Fuel Cells Using Sediments from the Bay of Campeche, Mexico

Bioremediation and Electricity Generation by Using Open and Closed Sediment Microbial Fuel Cells

Relationship between organic removal and power production in a dual-chamber microbial fuel cell with intermittent mode

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