Simultaneous wastewater treatment and energy harvesting in microbial fuel cells: an update on the biocatalysts

Y Guo, J Wang, S Shinde, X Wang, Y Li, Y Dai, J Ren… - RSC …, 2020‏ - pubs.rsc.org
The development of microbial fuel cell (MFC) makes it possible to generate clean electricity
as well as remove pollutants from wastewater. Extensive studies on MFC have focused on …

Denitrification process in microbial fuel cell: A comprehensive review

A Vijay, JM Sonawane, M Chhabra - Bioresource Technology Reports, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Nitrate contamination in water is hazardous to animals, human health, and environment.
Biological denitrification is a lucrative method to curb nitrate pollution. Denitrification in …

Recovery of electron and carbon source from agricultural waste corncob by microbial electrochemical system to enhance wastewater denitrification

J Li, Y Feng, Y Qiu, D Chen, D Liang, J Zhou… - Science of The Total …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
The denitrification process in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) is limited by insufficient
carbon sources. Agricultural waste corncob was investigated for its feasibility as a low-cost …

Eco-electrogenic treatment of dyestuff wastewater using constructed wetland-microbial fuel cell system with an evaluation of electrode-enriched microbial community …

R Rathour, D Patel, S Shaikh, C Desai - Bioresource technology, 2019‏ - Elsevier
This work studied eco-electrogenic treatment of real dyestuff wastewater along with
characterization of electrode-enriched microbial community structures in Fimbristylis …

Stable-isotope probing reveals the activity and function of autotrophic and heterotrophic denitrifiers in nitrate removal from organic-limited wastewater

W **ng, J Li, D Li, J Hu, S Deng, Y Cui… - Environmental science & …, 2018‏ - ACS Publications
Combined heterotrophic and autotrophic denitrification (HAD) is a sustainable and practical
method for removing nitrate from organic-limited wastewater. However, the active …

[HTML][HTML] Urine transduction to usable energy: a modular MFC approach for smartphone and remote system charging

XA Walter, A Stinchcombe, J Greenman, I Ieropoulos - Applied energy, 2017‏ - Elsevier
This study reports for the first time the full charging of a state-of-the-art mobile smartphone,
using Microbial Fuel Cells fed with urine. This was possible by employing a new design of …

Deciphering the effects of antibiotics on nitrogen removal and bacterial communities of autotrophic denitrification systems in a three-dimensional biofilm electrode …

Q Sun, G Zhu - Environmental Pollution, 2022‏ - Elsevier
In this study, three-dimensional biofilm electrode reactors (3D-BERs) were constructed, and
the effects of metronidazole (MNZ) on the nitrogen removal performance and bacterial …

Impact of heterotrophic denitrification on BOD detection of the nitrate-containing wastewater using microbial fuel cell-based biosensors

F Guo, H Liu - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Microbial fuel cell (MFC)-based biosensors are promising alternative biochemical oxygen
demand (BOD) detection method. However, the presence of alternative electron acceptor …

Sequential bio-treatment of ammonia-rich wastewater from Chinese medicine residue utilization: regulation of dissolved oxygen

Y Liang, Y Chen, C Chen, X Zhou, W Jia, Y Wu… - Bioresource …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
To effectively treat actual ammonia-rich Chinese medicine residue (CMR) resource
utilization wastewater, we optimized an anaerobic-microaerobic two-stage expanded …

The influence of Fe2+, Fe3+ and magnet powder (Fe3O4) on aerobic granulation and their mechanisms

X Ren, Y Chen, L Guo, Z She, M Gao, Y Zhao… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
This study aimed to develop an aerobic granular sludge and understand the granulation
process of the multi-iron ions. Four sequencing batch reactors (SBRs) were applied to …