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Cynthia J. Castro, Kamal Ziad Taha, Itzé Kenney, Daniel H. Yeh
This study evaluates carbon-to-nitrogen (C:N) ratios and operational parameters affecting nitrate removal in denitrifying biocathodes within two-chamber microbial fuel cells for decentralized wastewater treatment. Testing C:N ratios of 4, 8, 16, and 32 under batch and continuous anode operation revealed that C:N ratios of 4 and 8 achieved complete nitrogen removal at rates of 0.97 and 1.15 mg N L⁻¹ d⁻¹ respectively under continuous anode feeding. Cathode potential decreased with increasing C:N ratio, correlating with microbial community composition dominated by Proteobacteria, Acidobacteria, Bacteroidetes, and Nitrospirae.
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Bioelectrochemical systems with denitrifying biocathodes have been of interest for the removal of nitrate in decentralized wastewater treatment applications. Only a few studies have directly focused on this application, but the removal rates have been very low. This study evaluated the operational parameters that affect the nitrate removal of two-chambered microbial fuel cells (MFCs) with a biocathode, particularly, the carbon to nitrogen ratio (C:N) and proton diffusivity across electrode chambers. The results show that proton diffusion across a proton exchange membrane is not a limiting step in nitrogen removal performance. At C:N ratios of 4 and 8, biocathodes with a continuously supplied carbon source at the anode were able to achieve complete nitrogen removal at a rate of 0.97 ± 0.21 and 1.15 ± 0.13 mg N L−1 d−1, respectively. However, as the C:N ratio increased from 4, 8, 16, and 32, the electrode potentials decreased accordingly. Ratio 4 C:N had a cathodic reduction potential of +66.1 ± 5.3 mV vs. SHE and dropped to −78.6 ± 9.8 mV vs. SHE at 32 C:N. The cathode electrode potential can be controlled by way of the carbon concentrations at the anode, which can have major indirect implications on the evolution of cathodic microbial communities that have preference to particular ranges of reduction potentials. The cathodic biofilms in this study were dominated by the phyla Proteobacteria, Acidobacteria, Bacteroidetes and Nitrospirae, which are known to have key denitrifying microorganisms. The genus Stenotrophomonas was found in abundance within the attached cathode biofilm and to a lesser extent in the suspended biomass. Vibrio, Acidobacteria_Gp4, Nitrosomonas, and Candidatus Competibacter were also cultivated in both the suspended and attached biomass. Nitrospira was only found in the attached biofilm. Regardless of operational scheme, nitrogen removal was improved at low C:N ratios, with 8 C:N having the best performance overall. This indicates that higher C:N ratios than were previously explored (>4 C:N) provide sufficient coulombs to facilitate denitrification at the cathode even while the anodic CEs remain low. Reactor design modifications should be considered to fully support robust denitrifying communities, enhancing the overall nitrogen removal for decentralized wastewater treatment applications.