In:
ChemElectroChem, Wiley, Vol. 4, No. 12 ( 2017-12), p. 3081-3090
Abstract:
This study focuses on improving the treatment capacity and current output of electrochemically active microorganisms (EAM) during real wastewater treatment. A multi‐carbon‐source artificial wastewater consisting of several carbon sources, which represent typical fermentation and hydrolysis products derived from the otherwise myriad wastewater constituents, was developed as a more realistic simulation thereof. An electrochemically preselected inoculum was obtained by means of re‐suspension of a well‐established EAM biofilm, which was subsequently used to inoculate sterile electrodes. Repeating this procedure yielded increasingly enriched and conditioned biofilms with improved performance. After cultivation in the complex artificial medium, highly efficient fourth generation EAM biofilms were fed real wastewater (i. e. effluent after primary settling) and outperformed those cultivated using a single substrate (i. e. acetate) in terms of current output and chemical oxygen demand (COD) degradation rates.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
2196-0216
,
2196-0216
DOI:
10.1002/celc.201700929
Language:
English
Publisher:
Wiley
Publication Date:
2017
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2724978-5