Microbial Fuel Cells Using Activated Sludge: A Study on Electricity Generation, Substrate Dosing and Biological Community Profiling - Couverture souple

Beaumont, Victor

 
9783639366938: Microbial Fuel Cells Using Activated Sludge: A Study on Electricity Generation, Substrate Dosing and Biological Community Profiling
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 363936693X ISBN 13 : 9783639366938
Editeur : VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2011

Synopsis

The epicentre of the 21st century's greatest challenge lies within energy and water. As fossil fuels are depleted and the scarcity of water increases,these two resources will become increasingly vital. Wastewater treatment technologies have begun to embrace the harvesting of energy from wastes as part of the treatment process. Treated waters can be reused in many applications or treated further for essentially unlimited options. Microbial Fuel Cells (MFC's) represent a novel and innovative branch of both energy production and wastewater treatment.This study focuses on the use of activated sludge and the inherent biological community as electricity producers while biochemically oxidizing the wastewater constituents. The design and performance of the microbial fuel cells is documented and benchmarked, followed by the dosing of several key carbon sources throughout the experiment to determine the impacts on electricity generation and shifts in the biological community profile.This study is especially interesting and useful to chemical and civil engineers working or studying within the wastewater and energy fields though many multidisciplinary professionals will find it enlightening.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The epicentre of the 21st century's greatest challenge lies within energy and water. As fossil fuels are depleted and the scarcity of water increases,these two resources will become increasingly vital. Wastewater treatment technologies have begun to embrace the harvesting of energy from wastes as part of the treatment process. Treated waters can be reused in many applications or treated further for essentially unlimited options. Microbial Fuel Cells (MFC's) represent a novel and innovative branch of both energy production and wastewater treatment.This study focuses on the use of activated sludge and the inherent biological community as electricity producers while biochemically oxidizing the wastewater constituents. The design and performance of the microbial fuel cells is documented and benchmarked, followed by the dosing of several key carbon sources throughout the experiment to determine the impacts on electricity generation and shifts in the biological community profile.This study is especially interesting and useful to chemical and civil engineers working or studying within the wastewater and energy fields though many multidisciplinary professionals will find it enlightening.

Biographie de l'auteur

Victor L. Beaumont, M.A.Sc.; Studies Chemical Engineering at the University of Waterloo. Water/Wastewater Treatment Specialist at Filter Innovations Inc., Toronto.

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Éditeur
VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
Date d'édition
2011
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
363936693X
ISBN 13 
9783639366938
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
216
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Personne responsable
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