ZHANG Jiqiang, ZHENG Ping, ZHANG Meng, et al. Coupling process and mechanism of methanol oxidation and nitrate reduction in an anodic denitrification microbial fuel cell(AD-MFC)[J]. CIESC Journal, 2013, (9): 3404-3411.
DOI:
ZHANG Jiqiang, ZHENG Ping, ZHANG Meng, et al. Coupling process and mechanism of methanol oxidation and nitrate reduction in an anodic denitrification microbial fuel cell(AD-MFC)[J]. CIESC Journal, 2013, (9): 3404-3411.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.0438-1157.2013.09.044.
Coupling process and mechanism of methanol oxidation and nitrate reduction in an anodic denitrification microbial fuel cell(AD-MFC)
An anodic denitrification MFC(AD-MFC)was constructed by inoculating denitrifying bacteria enrichment culture into anode chamber of a dual-chamber MFC
and its capacity of denitrification and electricity production was investigated with methanol as electron donor and nitrate as acceptor in a batch cultivation mode.When initial nitrate and COD concentration were (100.22±0.62)mg·L-1 and (500.40±1.67)mg·L-1
the volumetric nitrogen and COD removal rates reached 0.31 kg N·m-3·d-1 and 1.06 kg COD·m-3·d-1
respectively
coupled with the maximum voltage of (602.80±5.42)mV and the maximum power density of (908.42±0.07)mW·m-3.The results demonstrated that power generation in the AD-MFC was due to a coupling of methanol oxidation and nitrate reduction
and voltage changes were closely related to denitrification
indicating the course of denitrification.Voltage curves of the AD-MFC showed three-phase characteristics of descend phase
ascend phase and redescend phase
which could be ascribed to the succession of denitrification
methanol degradation and cell hydrolysate fermentation as dominant reaction in the anolyte.