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Carlotta-Jones, Daniel Indiana, Purdy, Kevin J., Kirwan, Kerry, Stratford, James P. and Coles, Stuart R. (2020) Improved hydrogen gas production in microbial electrolysis cells using inexpensive recycled carbon fibre fabrics. Bioresource Technology, 304 . 122983. doi:10.1016/j.biortech.2020.122983
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2020.122983
Abstract
Growing energy demands of wastewater treatment have made it vital for water companies to develop less energy intensive processes for treating wastewater if net zero emissions are to be achieved by 2050. Microbial electrolysis cells (MECs) have the potential to do this by treating water and producing renewable hydrogen gas as a product, but capital and operational costs have slowed their deployment. By using recycled carbon fibre mats, commercially viable MECs can brought closer to reality, where recycled carbon fibre anode MECs treating real wastewater (normalised ~3100 L d−1) were producing 66.77 L H2 d−1 while graphite felt anode MECs produced 3.65 L H2 d−1 per 1 m3 reactor, anodes costing £5.53 m−2 and £88.36 m−2 respectively, resulting in a total anode cost saving of 93%. This could incentivise the development of larger pilot systems, opening the door for generating greater value and a more sustainable wastewater treatment industry.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | |||||||||
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| Subjects: | T Technology > TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering T Technology > TP Chemical technology |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science > Life Sciences (2010- ) Faculty of Science > WMG (Formerly the Warwick Manufacturing Group) |
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| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Sewage disposal plants, Sewage disposal plants -- Efficiency, Microbial fuel cells , Hydrogen—Biotechnology | |||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Bioresource Technology | |||||||||
| Publisher: | Elsevier BV | |||||||||
| ISSN: | 0960-8524 | |||||||||
| Official Date: | May 2020 | |||||||||
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| Volume: | 304 | |||||||||
| Article Number: | 122983 | |||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.biortech.2020.122983 | |||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | |||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | |||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access | |||||||||
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