Potentiality of petrochemical wastewater as substrate in microbial fuel cell
The petrochemical wastewater (PCW) from acrylic acid plant possesses very high chemical oxygen demand (COD) due to presence of acrylic acid along with other organic acids. The treatment of PCW by conventional methods is energy intensive. The treatment of PCW with concurrent power generation by emplo...
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| author | Sarmin, Sumaya Asmida, Ideris Ethiraj, Baranitharan Amirul Islam, Mohammad Chin, Sim Yee Khan, Md. Maksudur Rahman |
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| description | The petrochemical wastewater (PCW) from acrylic acid plant possesses very high chemical oxygen demand (COD) due to presence of acrylic acid along with other organic acids. The treatment of PCW by conventional methods is energy intensive. The treatment of PCW with concurrent power generation by employing microbial fuel cell (MFC) could be a potential alternative solving the problem of energy and environment. The goal of the present paper is to evaluate the viability of treating the wastewater using anaerobic sludge as biocatalyst in a dual- chamber MFC for simultaneous power generation and wastewater treatment. This study demonstrates that anaerobic sludge (AS) could work as a biocatalyst producing maximum power density of 0.75 W/m3at current density and open circuit voltage (OCV) of 412 mA/m2 and 0.45 V respectively using PCW with an initial COD of 45,000 mg/L. The COD removal efficiency and the columbic efficiency (CE) were found 40% and 13.11%, respectively. The mechanism of electron transfer in the anode was analyzed by cyclic voltammetry (CV) and the resistances across the electrode/biofilm/solution interface were investigated by employing impedance spectroscopy (EIS). The current work proves the capability of the MFC for the treatment of acrylic acid plant PCW using anaerobic sludge (AS) as biocatalyst. |
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| spelling | ump-360142023-03-17T06:59:16Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/36014/ Potentiality of petrochemical wastewater as substrate in microbial fuel cell Sarmin, Sumaya Asmida, Ideris Ethiraj, Baranitharan Amirul Islam, Mohammad Chin, Sim Yee Khan, Md. Maksudur Rahman QD Chemistry T Technology (General) TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) TP Chemical technology The petrochemical wastewater (PCW) from acrylic acid plant possesses very high chemical oxygen demand (COD) due to presence of acrylic acid along with other organic acids. The treatment of PCW by conventional methods is energy intensive. The treatment of PCW with concurrent power generation by employing microbial fuel cell (MFC) could be a potential alternative solving the problem of energy and environment. The goal of the present paper is to evaluate the viability of treating the wastewater using anaerobic sludge as biocatalyst in a dual- chamber MFC for simultaneous power generation and wastewater treatment. This study demonstrates that anaerobic sludge (AS) could work as a biocatalyst producing maximum power density of 0.75 W/m3at current density and open circuit voltage (OCV) of 412 mA/m2 and 0.45 V respectively using PCW with an initial COD of 45,000 mg/L. The COD removal efficiency and the columbic efficiency (CE) were found 40% and 13.11%, respectively. The mechanism of electron transfer in the anode was analyzed by cyclic voltammetry (CV) and the resistances across the electrode/biofilm/solution interface were investigated by employing impedance spectroscopy (EIS). The current work proves the capability of the MFC for the treatment of acrylic acid plant PCW using anaerobic sludge (AS) as biocatalyst. Institute of Physics Publishing 2020-03-04 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed pdf en cc_by http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/36014/1/Potentiality%20of%20petrochemical%20wastewater%20as%20substrate%20in%20microbial%20fuel%20cell.pdf Sarmin, Sumaya and Asmida, Ideris and Ethiraj, Baranitharan and Amirul Islam, Mohammad and Chin, Sim Yee and Khan, Md. Maksudur Rahman (2020) Potentiality of petrochemical wastewater as substrate in microbial fuel cell. In: IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering; Energy Security and Chemical Engineering Congress 2019, ESChE 2019 , 17-19 July 2019 , Kuala Lumpur. pp. 1-11., 736 (032015). ISSN 1757-8981 (Published) https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/736/3/032015 |
| spellingShingle | QD Chemistry T Technology (General) TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) TP Chemical technology Sarmin, Sumaya Asmida, Ideris Ethiraj, Baranitharan Amirul Islam, Mohammad Chin, Sim Yee Khan, Md. Maksudur Rahman Potentiality of petrochemical wastewater as substrate in microbial fuel cell |
| title | Potentiality of petrochemical wastewater as substrate in microbial fuel cell |
| title_full | Potentiality of petrochemical wastewater as substrate in microbial fuel cell |
| title_fullStr | Potentiality of petrochemical wastewater as substrate in microbial fuel cell |
| title_full_unstemmed | Potentiality of petrochemical wastewater as substrate in microbial fuel cell |
| title_short | Potentiality of petrochemical wastewater as substrate in microbial fuel cell |
| title_sort | potentiality of petrochemical wastewater as substrate in microbial fuel cell |
| topic | QD Chemistry T Technology (General) TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) TP Chemical technology |
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