Microbial electrolysis cells: An emerging technology for wastewater treatment and energy recovery. From laboratory to pilot plant and beyond

A Escapa, R Mateos, EJ Martínez, J Blanes - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2016 - Elsevier
Microbial electrolysis cells (MECs) are cutting edge technology with great potential to
become an alternative to conventional wastewater treatments (anaerobic digestion …

Cathodes as electron donors for microbial metabolism: which extracellular electron transfer mechanisms are involved?

M Rosenbaum, F Aulenta, M Villano… - Bioresource technology, 2011 - Elsevier
This review illuminates extracellular electron transfer mechanisms that may be involved in
microbial bioelectrochemical systems with biocathodes. Microbially-catalyzed cathodes are …

Light energy to bioelectricity: photosynthetic microbial fuel cells

M Rosenbaum, Z He, LT Angenent - Current opinion in biotechnology, 2010 - Elsevier
Here, we reviewed five different approaches that integrate photosynthesis with microbial fuel
cells (MFCs)—photoMFCs. Until now, no conclusive report has been published that …

Microbial electrochemical technologies for wastewater treatment: principles and evolution from microbial fuel cells to bioelectrochemical-based constructed wetlands

CA Ramírez-Vargas, A Prado, CA Arias, PN Carvalho… - Water, 2018 - mdpi.com
Microbial electrochemical technologies (MET) rely on the presence of the metabolic activity
of electroactive bacteria for the use of solid-state electrodes for oxidizing different kinds of …

The role of microbial electrolysis cell in urban wastewater treatment: integration options, challenges, and prospects

KP Katuri, M Ali, PE Saikaly - Current opinion in biotechnology, 2019 - Elsevier
Highlights•MEC has the potential for anaerobic treatment of urban wastewater with resource
recovery.•Successful implementation for urban wastewater treatment requires integration …

Microbial catalysis in bioelectrochemical technologies: status quo, challenges and perspectives

MA Rosenbaum, AE Franks - Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 2014 - Springer
Over the past decade, microbial electrochemical technologies, originally developed from an
interesting physiological phenomenon, have evolved from a rush of initiatives for …

Performance of a continuous flow microbial electrolysis cell (MEC) fed with domestic wastewater

A Escapa, L Gil-Carrera, V García, A Morán - Bioresource technology, 2012 - Elsevier
In this study, MEC performance was investigated in terms of chemical oxygen demand
(COD) removal, hydrogen production rate and energy consumption during continuous …

Discover the possibilities: microbial bioelectrochemical systems and the revival of a 100-year–old discovery

U Schröder - Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry, 2011 - Springer
Microbial fuel cells (MFC) can be considered as archetype microbial bioelectrochemical
systems that exploit the bioelectrocatalytic activity of living microorganisms for the …

Estimating microbial electrolysis cell (MEC) investment costs in wastewater treatment plants: Case study

A Escapa, X Gómez, B Tartakovsky, A Morán - International journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
Microbial electrolysis represents a new approach for harnessing the energy contained in the
organic matter of wastewater. However, before this approach can be implemented on a …

Effects of pre-fermentation and pulsed-electric-field treatment of primary sludge in microbial electrochemical cells

D Ki, P Parameswaran, SC Popat, BE Rittmann… - Bioresource …, 2015 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to investigate the combination of two technologies–pulsed electric
field (PEF) pre-treatment and semi-continuous pre-fermentation of primary sludge (PS)–to …