Assessment of Wastewater Treatment in the Paper Recycling Industry with Concurrent Bioelectricity Generation Using a Microbial Fuel Cell
DEEPAK LOHANI
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90% confidenceAdvanced MFC research focusing on bioelectrochemical. Paper industry is one of the largest polluting industries in the world. The treatment of recycled paper mill wastewater is a big challenge; th...
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Paper industry is one of the largest polluting industries in the world. The treatment of recycled paper mill wastewater is a big challenge; the characteristics of effluent vary from one mill to another. The wastewater degradation pathway was identified as formation Volatile Fatty Acids (VFA) which breaks down in to intermediates like acetate and propionate. The mixed inoculum supporting the MFC reaction mechanism was identified as Acinetobacter species and Pseudomonas species. The maximum COD removal achieved by the MFC using FePc/MWCNTs catalyst was nearly equal to the Pt/C catalyst. However, cost of the treatment using this catalyst is much lower than precious metal catalyst. In addition that MFC technoloy revealed better electricity generation and wastewater treatment using non precious catalyst.
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- International Journal For Multidisciplinary Research
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- 2025