Biological treatment of steroidal drug industrial effluent and electricity generation in the microbial fuel cells.
Bioresour Technol
; 123: 86-91, 2012 Nov.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-22940303
ABSTRACT
The single chamber microbial fuel cells (MFCs) were used to treat steroidal drug production wastewater (SPW) and generate electricity simultaneously. The results indicated that the maximum COD removal efficiency reached 82%, total nitrogen and sulfate removal rate approached 62.47% and 26.46%, respectively. The maximum power density and the Coulombic efficiency reached to 22.3Wm(-3) and 30%, respectively. The scanning electron microscope showed that the dominant microbial populations were remarkably different in morphology on the surface of SPW and acetate-fed anodes. PCR-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis profiles revealed that the microbial community structure fed with different concentrations of SPW presented a gradual succession and unique bacterial sequences were detected on the SPW and acetate-fed anodes. This research demonstrates that MFCs fed with SPW achieved a high efficiency of power density and simultaneous nutrient removal, and the dominant microorganisms on the anode were related to the types and the concentrations of substrates.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Steroids
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Bioelectric Energy Sources
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Pharmaceutical Preparations
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Waste Disposal, Fluid
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Electricity
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Industrial Waste
Language:
En
Journal:
Bioresour Technol
Journal subject:
ENGENHARIA BIOMEDICA
Year:
2012
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
China
Publication country:
ENGLAND
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ESCOCIA
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GB
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GREAT BRITAIN
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INGLATERRA
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REINO UNIDO
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SCOTLAND
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UK
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UNITED KINGDOM