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http://dx.doi.org/10.17137/korrae.2019.27.4.51

Startup of Microbial Electrolysis Cells with different mixing ratio of Anaerobic Digested Sludge and Buffer solution  

Song, Geunwuk (Department of Energy Engineering, Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology)
Baek, Yunjeong (Department of Energy Engineering, Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology)
Seo, Hwijin (Department of Energy Engineering, Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology)
Jang, Hae-Nam (Department of Energy Engineering, Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology)
Chung, Jae Woo (Department of Environmental Engineering, Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology)
Lee, Myoung-Eun (Department of Environmental Engineering, Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology)
Ahn, Yongtae (Department of Energy Engineering, Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology)
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Journal of the Korea Organic Resources Recycling Association / v.27, no.4, 2019 , pp. 51-59 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this study, the influence of anaerobic digested sludge and 50 mM PBS (phosphate buffer solution) mixing ratio (1:1, 1:2, 1:3, 1:4, 1:5, 1:6, 1:7) on hydrogen production and inoculation period were examined. MECs were operated in fed-batch mode with an applied voltage of 0.9 V. As a result, in the 1:1 mixing ratio reactor, 9.8-20.9 mL of hydrogen was produced with the highest hydrogen content of 66.8-79.6%. Hydrogen gas production and power density increased from after 12 days of inoculation for the 1:1 mixing ratio reactor. In case of 1:2, 1:3 and 1:4 mixing ratio reactor, the hydrogen gas production was 3.7-7.1 mL and the hydrogen gas content was 5.8-65.8%. The hydrogen gas yield in 1:5, 1:6 and 1:7 ratio reactors, was 0.50-0.69 mL and hydrogen content range was 1.8-7.1%. The mixing ratio was found to be suitable for hydrogen production and inoculation period by mixing ratio up to 1:4.
Keywords
Microbial electrochemical technology; microbial electrolysis cell; sewage sludge; start-up; anaerobic digestion; hydrogen;
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