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Simultaneous wastewater treatment and power generation with innovative design of an upflow membrane-less microbial fuel cell

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Main Authors: Thung, Wei Eng, Ong, Soon-An, Ho, Li Ngee, Wong, Yee Shian, Oon, Yoong Ling, Oon, Yoong Sin, Harvinder Kaur, Lehl
Other Authors: yswong@unimap.edu.my
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Language:English
Published: Springer International Publishing 2016
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Carbon flake
Cathode material
COD
Membrane-less
MFC
Upflow
Online Access:http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/xmlui/handle/123456789/41189
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spelling my.unimap-411892017-11-29T07:03:29Z Simultaneous wastewater treatment and power generation with innovative design of an upflow membrane-less microbial fuel cell Thung, Wei Eng Ong, Soon-An Ho, Li Ngee Wong, Yee Shian Oon, Yoong Ling Oon, Yoong Sin Harvinder Kaur, Lehl yswong@unimap.edu.my Carbon flake Cathode material COD Membrane-less MFC Upflow Link to publisher's homepage at http://link.springer.com Abstract The objective of this study was to evaluate the performance of an upflow membrane-less microbial fuel cell (UFML MFC) with various types of carbon material as cathodes in power output and chemical oxygen demand (COD) reduction. The UFML MFC was designed with carbon felt as anode material, and the bioreactor was filled with 0.6-cm diameter of gravel at the anode region. Carbon flake, Pt-loaded carbon paper, and carbon felt were used as cathode electrodes. The voltage output (power density) for the carbon flake cathode and Pt-loaded carbon paper cathode was 384±16 mV (44.4±2.5 mW/m2) and 399±9 mV (44.1±3 mW/m2), respectively. The percentage of COD reduction at the anode region and effluent was above 75 and 85 %, respectively, for all cathode materials. The coulombic efficiency was 15.95, 6.09, and 15.32 % for Pt-loaded carbon paper, carbon felt, and carbon flake, respectively. The result suggests that power generation and COD reduction were influenced by the cathode material. Carbon flake can be considered as a cost-effective cathode material in UFML MFC for future application in real biological wastewater treatment process. 2016-03-22T05:12:10Z 2016-03-22T05:12:10Z 2015-05-01 Article Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, vol. 226 (5), 2015 : 165 0049-6979 1573-2932 (online) http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/xmlui/handle/123456789/41189 10.1007/s11270-015-2410-x en Springer International Publishing
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topic Carbon flake
Cathode material
COD
Membrane-less
MFC
Upflow
spellingShingle Carbon flake
Cathode material
COD
Membrane-less
MFC
Upflow
Thung, Wei Eng
Ong, Soon-An
Ho, Li Ngee
Wong, Yee Shian
Oon, Yoong Ling
Oon, Yoong Sin
Harvinder Kaur, Lehl
Simultaneous wastewater treatment and power generation with innovative design of an upflow membrane-less microbial fuel cell
description Link to publisher's homepage at http://link.springer.com
author2 yswong@unimap.edu.my
author_facet yswong@unimap.edu.my
Thung, Wei Eng
Ong, Soon-An
Ho, Li Ngee
Wong, Yee Shian
Oon, Yoong Ling
Oon, Yoong Sin
Harvinder Kaur, Lehl
format Article
author Thung, Wei Eng
Ong, Soon-An
Ho, Li Ngee
Wong, Yee Shian
Oon, Yoong Ling
Oon, Yoong Sin
Harvinder Kaur, Lehl
author_sort Thung, Wei Eng
title Simultaneous wastewater treatment and power generation with innovative design of an upflow membrane-less microbial fuel cell
title_short Simultaneous wastewater treatment and power generation with innovative design of an upflow membrane-less microbial fuel cell
title_full Simultaneous wastewater treatment and power generation with innovative design of an upflow membrane-less microbial fuel cell
title_fullStr Simultaneous wastewater treatment and power generation with innovative design of an upflow membrane-less microbial fuel cell
title_full_unstemmed Simultaneous wastewater treatment and power generation with innovative design of an upflow membrane-less microbial fuel cell
title_sort simultaneous wastewater treatment and power generation with innovative design of an upflow membrane-less microbial fuel cell
publisher Springer International Publishing
publishDate 2016
url http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/xmlui/handle/123456789/41189
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