Mineralization of Chinese Medicine Wastewater and Power Generation Using an Improved Salt Bridge Microbial Fuel Cell

Jianping Cheng; Shaohua Chen; Zhiguo Tang; Ting Cheng; Jiaquan Wang

doi:10.14233/ajchem.2014.17263

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Vol. 26 No. 5 (2014): Vol 26 Issue 5

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Mineralization of Chinese Medicine Wastewater and Power Generation Using an Improved Salt Bridge Microbial Fuel Cell

https://doi.org/10.14233/ajchem.2014.17263

Jianping Cheng

School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, P.R. China

Shaohua Chen

School of Resource and Environment Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, P.R. China

Zhiguo Tang

School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, P.R. China

Ting Cheng

School of Resource and Environment Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, P.R. China

Jiaquan Wang

School of Resource and Environment Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, P.R. China

Corresponding Author(s) : Jiaquan Wang

jiaquan.wang@163.com

Asian Journal of Chemistry, Vol. 26 No. 5 (2014): Vol 26 Issue 5
Article Published : March 4, 2014

Abstract

High cost is still a problem facing the development of microbial fuel cells. Dual-chambered microbial fuel cells were constructed whose salt bridges substituted for proton membranes and were modified. The microbial fuel cell reactors were designed to test the potential for pollutant degradation and generated electricity using glucose and Chinese medicine wastewater. Experimental results showed that the salt walls structure microbial fuel cell was the best in microbial fuel cells of three kinds of structure in generated electricity and removal of chemical oxygen demand (COD). Then as a reactor by the microbial fuel cell of low resistance, the maximal power density was obtained was 100 mW/m², the colour removal efficiency was 97 and 70 %, the value of BOD₅/COD was 0.14 up to 0.26 and 0.14 up to 0.20 in closed circuit and open circuit, respectively. Results indicated that the microbial fuel cell of low resistance of salt wall had a better performance.

Keywords

Microbial fuel cell Salt bridge Chinese medicine wastewater

Cheng, J., Chen, S., Tang, Z., Cheng, T., & Wang, J. (2014). Mineralization of Chinese Medicine Wastewater and Power Generation Using an Improved Salt Bridge Microbial Fuel Cell. Asian Journal of Chemistry, 26(5), 1473–1477. https://doi.org/10.14233/ajchem.2014.17263

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Mineralization of Chinese Medicine Wastewater and Power Generation Using an Improved Salt Bridge Microbial Fuel Cell

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