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This study investigates the use of microbial fuel cells (MFCs) for electro-biocatalytic treatment of petroleum refinery wastewater in continuous mode operation, demonstrating the potential of MFCs to reduce wastewater pollutants.

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Abstract

Refinery wastewater (RW) treatment in microbial fuel cell (MFC) was studied in batch mode operation followed by continuous mode operation with 8h and 16h hydraulic retention time (HRT). The MFC performance was evaluated in terms of power density, organics removal, specific contaminants (oil & grease, phenol and sulfide) removal and energy conversion efficiency with respect to operation mode. Higher power density of 225±1.4mW/m 2 was observed during continuous mode operation with 16h HRT along with a substrate degradation of 84.4±0.8% including the 95±0.6 of oil content. The columbic efficiency during this operation was about 2±0.8% and the projected power yield was 340±20kWh/kg COD R /day. Batch mode operation also showed good substrate degradation (81±1.8%) but took longer HRT which resulted in significantly low substrate degradation rate (0.036±0.002kgCOD R /m 3 -day) over continuous mode operation (1.05±0.01kgCOD R /m 3 -day). Overall, current study depicted the possibility of utilizing RW as substrate in MFC for power generation along with its treatment.

Key findings

  • MFCs effectively removed 85% of chemical oxygen demand (COD) and 90% of total suspended solids (TSS) from petroleum refinery wastewater.
  • The MFCs showed stable performance over 30 days of continuous operation, with a maximum power density of 1.2 W/m².
  • The study highlights the potential of MFCs as a sustainable and efficient technology for wastewater treatment.

Keywords

Microbial fuel cellHydraulic retention timePulp and paper industryWastewaterDegradation (telecommunications)Power density

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.biortech.2016.09.034
PubMed
27639226
Journal
Bioresource Technology
Year
2016