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Generation of electricity by the degradation of electro‐Fenton pretreated latex wastewater using double chamber microbial fuel cell
Author(s) -
Selvaraj Devi,
Somanathan Adishkumar,
Jeyakumar RajeshBanu,
Kumar Gopalakrishnan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of energy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.808
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1099-114X
pISSN - 0363-907X
DOI - 10.1002/er.5503
Subject(s) - microbial fuel cell , wastewater , chemical oxygen demand , anode , degradation (telecommunications) , chemistry , pulp and paper industry , cathode , sewage treatment , proton exchange membrane fuel cell , waste management , nuclear chemistry , materials science , membrane , electrode , engineering , telecommunications , biochemistry
Summary A double chamber microbial fuel cell (MFC) reactor with anode and cathode chamber separated by a Nafion proton exchange membrane was developed and performance was evaluated for treatment of electro Fenton pretreated latex processing and production wastewater containing chemical oxygen demand of 2660 and 780 mg L −1 , respectively. After 12 days, MFC treatment, the COD reduced to 133 mg/L (96%) and 86 mg/L (88.5%) for latex processing and production wastewater respectively. The MFC treatment system generated electrical energy of 1.57 and 1.04 Wh L −1 for latex processing and production wastewaters respectively that was utilized to drive the electro‐Fenton reactor. These results indicated that effective wastewater treatment, energy production, and discharge standards could be obtained in the system.