Landfill leachate treatment with microbial fuel cells; scale-up through plurality
Landfill leachate treatment with microbial fuel cells; scale-up through plurality
- Bioresource Technology, 100(21), p.5085-5091, 2009 .
Three Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs)were fluidically connected in series, with a single feed-line going into the 1st column through the 2nd column and finally as a single outflow coming from the 3rd column. Provision was also made for re-circulation in a loop (the outflow from the 3rd column becoming the feed-line into the 1st column)in order to extend the hydraulic retention time (HRT)on treatment of landfill leachate. The effect of increasing the electrode surface area was also studied whilst the columns were (fluidically)connected in series. An increase in the electrode surface area from 360 to 1080 cm2 increased the power output by 118
MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS
LANDFILL LEACHATE TREATMENT
SYSTEM SCALE-UP
MULTIPLE COLUMNS
Three Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs)were fluidically connected in series, with a single feed-line going into the 1st column through the 2nd column and finally as a single outflow coming from the 3rd column. Provision was also made for re-circulation in a loop (the outflow from the 3rd column becoming the feed-line into the 1st column)in order to extend the hydraulic retention time (HRT)on treatment of landfill leachate. The effect of increasing the electrode surface area was also studied whilst the columns were (fluidically)connected in series. An increase in the electrode surface area from 360 to 1080 cm2 increased the power output by 118
MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS
LANDFILL LEACHATE TREATMENT
SYSTEM SCALE-UP
MULTIPLE COLUMNS