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Influence of the Cathode Platinum Loading and of the Implementation of Membranes on the Performance of Air-Breathing Microbial Fuel Cells
(Springer, 2017-06-27)
The use of catalysts and membranes in microbial fuel cells (MFCs) is rather controversial. Platinum is the best catalyst to improve the oxygen reduction reaction and the implementation of an ion exchange membrane may help ...
Optimization of the performance of an air–cathode MFC by changing solid retention time
(Wiley, 2017-01-10)
BACKGROUND
This work is focused on the optimization of the performances of air-cathode microbial fuel cells (MFC) by changing the solid retention time (SRT) of the suspended biomass culture.
RESULTS
Five MFCs inoculated ...
Irradiation-assisted electrochemical processes for the removal of persistent pollutants from wastewater
(ELSEVIER, 2017-03-24)
In this work, it is studied the treatment of real wastewater (intensified with two target compounds) using electro-irradiated technologies. Two types of effluents coming from an organic-synthesis pharmaceutical industry ...
Effect of sludge age on the consortium of microorganisms microbial consortia developed in MFCs
(Wiley, 2017-10)
BACKGROUND: This work is focused on the assessment of the performance of mini-scale air-breathing microbial fuel cells (MFCs),by monitoring the evolution of the bio-electrogenic activity for a period of 40 days and by ...
Effect of the polarity reversal frequency in the electrokinetic-biological remediation of oxyfluorfen polluted soil. 2017, 177
(Elsevier, 2017-06)
This work studies the feasibility of the periodic polarity reversal strategy (PRS) in a combined electrokinetic-biological process for the remediation of clayey soil polluted with a herbicide. Five two-weeks duration ...
Electrocoagulation as a key technique in the integrated urban water cycle – A case study in the centre of Spain
(Taylor & Francis, 2017-01-09)
Electrocoagulation (EC) presents operational advantages over chemical coagulation, including no requirement for the addition of chemicals. This work compares the performance of electrocoagulation in two stages of the urban ...
Improving the Efficiency of Carbon Cloth for the Electrogeneration of H2O2: Role of Polytetrafluoroethylene and Carbon Black Loading
(American Chemical Society, 2017)
In this work, H2O2 is electro-generated in the cathodic compartment of a divided filter-press cell with a carbon cloth in the configuration of a gas diffusion electrode using air as oxygen source. The effect of Teflon® ...
Selection of cheap electrodes for two-compartment microbial fuel cells
(ELSEVIER, 2017-01-15)
This work compares the performance of four microbial fuel cells (MFCs) equipped with different cheap electrodic materials during two-month long tests, in which they were operated under the same operating conditions. Despite ...
Treatment of ex-situ soil-washing fluids polluted with petroleum by anodic oxidation, photolysis, sonolysis and combined approaches
(ELSEVIER, 2017-02-15)
In this research, the treatment of soil spiked with petroleum was studied using a surfactant-aided soil-washing (SASW) process followed by sonolysis (US), photolysis and boron doped diamond electrolysis (BDD-electrolysis) ...
Applicability of Electrochemical Oxidation using Diamond anodes to the Treatment of a Sulfonylurea Herbicide
(ELSEVIER, 2017-02-01)
In this work, the electrolysis of chlorsulfuron (ClSF, a sulfonylurea herbicide) with conductive-diamond anodes is studied. The influences of the nature of the supporting electrolyte (0.05 mol dm−3 NaCl and Na2SO4), the ...