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Yan J, Hu X, Chen M, He Q, Chen Y. A double-edged sword: Constructed wetland-microbial fuel cells promote organics removal via entrapment. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 905:167157. [PMID: 37730035 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2022] [Revised: 06/04/2023] [Accepted: 09/15/2023] [Indexed: 09/22/2023]
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Recently, constructed wetland-microbial fuel cells (CW-MFCs) are found to enhance the organics removal via the connection of the external circuit. Yet, it is unclear why the energy output is unmatched with the enhancement of the organics removal. This study compared the dynamic changes of the organics in a CW-MFC microcosm operated under the close circuit and open circuit. As a result, the close circuit facilitated the organics removal by 9 % before the proportional discharge of carbon metabolites. This suggested that organics entrapment should account for the huge loss of carbon recovery; and closing the external circuit could further promote the organics entrapment. Besides, polyhydroxybutyrate was found accumulated in the MFC culture experiment, evidencing that the fed-batch mode of operation could result in a feast-famine pattern of microbial metabolism. Despite the fast organics entrapment during the first hours, prolonging the operation time would lead to continuous carbon gas emission, along with the substantially elevated coulombic efficiency. Together, these results explained the substantial COD removal enhancement with low electricity yield, and cautioned the safe use of the MFC integration to spare the system from overaccumulation of organics.
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- Jun Yan
- College of Environment and Ecology, Chongqing University, Chongqing, PR China; College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin, PR China; Key Laboratory of the Three Gorges Reservoir Region's Eco-Environment, Ministry of Education, Chongqing University, Chongqing, PR China
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- College of Environment and Ecology, Chongqing University, Chongqing, PR China; Key Laboratory of the Three Gorges Reservoir Region's Eco-Environment, Ministry of Education, Chongqing University, Chongqing, PR China
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- College of Environment and Ecology, Chongqing University, Chongqing, PR China; Key Laboratory of the Three Gorges Reservoir Region's Eco-Environment, Ministry of Education, Chongqing University, Chongqing, PR China
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- College of Environment and Ecology, Chongqing University, Chongqing, PR China; Key Laboratory of the Three Gorges Reservoir Region's Eco-Environment, Ministry of Education, Chongqing University, Chongqing, PR China
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- College of Environment and Ecology, Chongqing University, Chongqing, PR China; Key Laboratory of the Three Gorges Reservoir Region's Eco-Environment, Ministry of Education, Chongqing University, Chongqing, PR China.
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Wang S, Guo S. Effects of soil organic carbon metabolism on electro-bioremediation of petroleum-contaminated soil. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2023; 459:132180. [PMID: 37527589 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.132180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2023] [Revised: 07/22/2023] [Accepted: 07/27/2023] [Indexed: 08/03/2023]
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Soil organic carbon (SOC) potentially interacts with microbial metabolism and may affect the degradation of petroleum-derived carbon (PDC) in the electro-bioremediation of petroleum-contaminated soil. This study evaluated the interactions among organic carbon, soil properties, and microbial communities to explore the role of SOC during the electro-bioremediation process. The results showed that petroleum degradation exerted superposition and synergistic electrokinetic and bioremediation effects, as exemplified by the EB and EB-PR tests, owing to the maintenance and enhancement of SOC utilization (P/S value), respectively. The highest P/S value (2.0-2.4) was found in the electrochemical oxidation zone due to low SOC consumption. In the biological oxidation zones, electric stimulation enhanced the degradation of PDC and SOC, with higher average P/S values than those of the Bio test. Soil pH, Eh, inorganic ions, and bioavailable petroleum fractions were the main factors reshaping the microbial communities. SOC metabolism effectively buffered the stress of environmental factors and pollutants while maintaining functional bacterial abundance, microbial alpha diversity, and community similarity, thus saving the weakened PDC biodegradation efficiency in the EB and EB-PR tests. The study of the effect of SOC metabolism on petroleum biodegradation contributes to the development of sustainable low-carbon electro-bioremediation technology.
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- Sa Wang
- Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China; National-Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Contaminated Soil Remediation by Bio-physicochemical Synergistic Process, Shenyang 110016, China.
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- Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China; National-Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Contaminated Soil Remediation by Bio-physicochemical Synergistic Process, Shenyang 110016, China.
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Yadav RK, Das S, Patil SA. Are integrated bioelectrochemical technologies feasible for wastewater management? Trends Biotechnol 2023; 41:484-496. [PMID: 36192248 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2022.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2022] [Revised: 08/23/2022] [Accepted: 09/02/2022] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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The need for sustainable technological solutions for wastewater management at different scales has led to the emergence of several promising integrated bioelectrochemical technologies in the past decade. A thorough assessment of these technologies is imperative to understand their practical implementation feasibility and to identify the key challenges to prioritise the research and development work. Our multicriteria-based assessment reveals that the integrated technologies are efficient for wastewater treatment in terms of normalised land footprint [(0.31-1.39 m2/population equivalent (PE))] - and energy consumption (0.18-1.49 kWH/m3) as compared to the conventional biotechnologies, and suggests that they have potential for real-world application. Specifying the boundaries according to their treatment capabilities and scale-up potential besides niche application sites or geographical locations is required to expedite their transition to the real-world wastewater management sector.
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- Ravi K Yadav
- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali (IISER Mohali), Knowledge City, Sector 81, SAS, Nagar, 140306, Punjab, India
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali (IISER Mohali), Knowledge City, Sector 81, SAS, Nagar, 140306, Punjab, India; Present address: Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, 110016, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali (IISER Mohali), Knowledge City, Sector 81, SAS, Nagar, 140306, Punjab, India.
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Shi C, Tong M, Cai Q, Li Z, Li P, Lu Y, Cao Z, Liu H, Zhao HP, Yuan S. Electrokinetic-Enhanced Bioremediation of Trichloroethylene-Contaminated Low-Permeability Soils: Mechanistic Insight from Spatio-Temporal Variations of Indigenous Microbial Community and Biodehalogenation Activity. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2023; 57:5046-5055. [PMID: 36926893 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c00278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Electrokinetic-enhanced bioremediation (EK-Bio), particularly bioaugmentation with injection of biodehalogenation functional microbes such as Dehalococcoides, has been documented to be effective in treating a low-permeability subsurface matrix contaminated with chlorinated ethenes. However, the spatio-temporal variations of indigenous microbial community and biodehalogenation activity of the background matrix, a fundamental aspect for understanding EK-Bio, remain unclear. To fill this gap, we investigated the variation of trichloroethylene (TCE) biodehalogenation activity in response to indigenous microbial community succession in EK-Bio by both column and batch experiments. For a 195 day EK-Bio column (∼1 V/cm, electrolyte circulation, lactate addition), biodehalogenation activity occurred first near the cathode (<60 days) and then spread to the anode (>90 days), which was controlled by electron acceptor (i.e., Fe(III)) competition and microbe succession. Amplicon sequencing and metagenome analysis revealed that iron-reducing bacteria (Geobacter, Anaeromyxobacter, Geothrix) were enriched within initial 60 d and were gradually replaced by organohalide-respiring bacteria (versatile Geobacter and obligate Dehalobacter) afterward. Iron-reducing bacteria required an initial long time to consume the competitive electron acceptors so that an appropriate reductive condition could be developed for the enrichment of organohalide-respiring bacteria and the enhancement of TCE biodehalogenation activity.
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- Chongwen Shi
- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, No. 68 Jincheng Street, East Lake High-Tech Development Zone, Wuhan 430078, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, No. 68 Jincheng Street, East Lake High-Tech Development Zone, Wuhan 430078, P. R. China
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Yangtze Catchment Environmental Aquatic Science, School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences, No. 68 Jincheng Street, East Lake High-Tech Development Zone, Wuhan 430078, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, No. 68 Jincheng Street, East Lake High-Tech Development Zone, Wuhan 430078, P. R. China
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- MOE Key Lab of Environmental Remediation and Ecosystem Health, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310030, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, No. 68 Jincheng Street, East Lake High-Tech Development Zone, Wuhan 430078, P. R. China
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Yangtze Catchment Environmental Aquatic Science, School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences, No. 68 Jincheng Street, East Lake High-Tech Development Zone, Wuhan 430078, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, No. 68 Jincheng Street, East Lake High-Tech Development Zone, Wuhan 430078, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, No. 68 Jincheng Street, East Lake High-Tech Development Zone, Wuhan 430078, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, No. 68 Jincheng Street, East Lake High-Tech Development Zone, Wuhan 430078, P. R. China
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Yangtze Catchment Environmental Aquatic Science, School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences, No. 68 Jincheng Street, East Lake High-Tech Development Zone, Wuhan 430078, P. R. China
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- MOE Key Lab of Environmental Remediation and Ecosystem Health, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310030, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, No. 68 Jincheng Street, East Lake High-Tech Development Zone, Wuhan 430078, P. R. China
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Yangtze Catchment Environmental Aquatic Science, School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences, No. 68 Jincheng Street, East Lake High-Tech Development Zone, Wuhan 430078, P. R. China
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Saeed T, Yadav AK, Miah MJ. Performance assessment of normal and electrode-assisted floating wetlands: influence of input pollutant loads, surface area, and positioning of anode electrodes. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:18601-18616. [PMID: 36215020 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-23461-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2022] [Accepted: 09/30/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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This study reports the design and development of microbial fuel cell (MFC) assisted floating wetlands and compares treatment removal performance with a normal (without electrodes) floating wetland. Both types of floating wetlands were planted with Phragmites plant and evaluated for real municipal wastewater treatment. The effective volume of each floating wetland was 0.5 m3. The floating wetlands were operated under variable hydraulic load rates, i.e., 20 and 60 mm/day. Mean 5-day biochemical oxygen demand (BOD5), chemical oxygen demand (COD), ammoniacal nitrogen (NH4-N), total nitrogen (TN), total phosphorus (TP), total suspended solids (TSS), and coliform removal percentages ranged between 71 and 96%, 72 and 94%, 62 and 86%, 58 and 75%, 82 and 97%, 64 and 92%, and 72 and 93%, respectively within the normal and electrode-assisted MFC integrated floating wetlands. The electrode-integrated floating wetlands showed better pollutant removal performance than the normal system under unstable input pollutant loading conditions. Nitrogen and organic matter removals were achieved through both electrochemically active and inactive microbial removal routes. Physical separation processes, such as filtration and sedimentation, contributed to phosphorus, solids, and coliform removal. Plant uptake contributed to micro-scale nitrogen (≤ 1%) and phosphorus (≤ 0.1%) removal. Increment of hydraulic/pollutant load improved organic removal but decreased nutrient removal performance of the normal, electrode-integrated floating wetlands. The electrode-integrated floating wetlands produced power densities ranging between 0.7 and 1.4 mW/m3, and 0.2 and 2.3 mW/m3 during lower, upper input loading ranges, respectively. Bioenergy production of the electrode-integrated floating wetlands varied within the two operational periods due to a wider range of electrochemically inactive microbial populations in real wastewater that interfered with electrochemical organic matter oxidation. The positioning difference of the anode electrodes was a significant factor that improved pollutant removal within the electrode-integrated floating wetlands compared to the other variable, i.e., anode electrodes surface area.
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- Tanveer Saeed
- Department of Civil Engineering, University of Asia Pacific, Dhaka, 1205, Bangladesh.
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- Department of Chemical and Environmental Technology, Rey Juan Carlos University, 28933, MostolesMadrid, Spain
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- Department of Civil Engineering, University of Asia Pacific, Dhaka, 1205, Bangladesh
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Akash S, Sivaprakash B, Rajamohan N. Microbial electro deionization for waste water treatment - A critical review on methods, applications and mechanism. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2022; 214:113999. [PMID: 35932837 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.113999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2022] [Revised: 07/04/2022] [Accepted: 07/25/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Electro deionization using microbial communities has been proven as a competent method for desalination and abatement of water pollution by removing ionic chemicals from the target waters. Microbial Desalination Cell (MDC) facilitates microbial deionization which can either support or be a substitute for the conventional desalination methods. Generation of electricity is accomplished by the bio electrochemical oxidation of organic compounds present as contaminants in wastewater which in turn attribute to the migration of ions in MDC system. The present review aims to elucidate the theory, principles and the application of microbial desalination cell and microbial fuel cell (MFC) in treatment of saline and wastewaters. Air cathode MDC and stacked MDC for purification of saline water are found to give promising results. Air pump assisted microbial desalination cell reported 150.39 ppm h-1 of salt removal with an operational time period of 80 h and showed consistent results. Hence the air cathode assisted MDC showed dominant capacity of salt removal compared to stacked MDC. Also, three major types of microbial fuel cell, namely photosynthetic biofilm MFC, constructive wetland MFC and ceramic membrane supported MFC are reviewed for their potentials in wastewater treatment by deionization method and electricity generation. Complete (100%) removal of chemical oxygen demand was reported by photosynthetic microbial fuel cell operated for 16 days having 435.8 Ω of external resistance. When constructive wetland microbial fuel cell was operated for 10 days with 1000 ohms of external resistance, it exhibited complete (100%) removal of chemical oxygen demand from the wastewater. About 92% of chemical oxygen demand removal was demonstrated by ceramic membrane supported microbial fuel. Compared to ceramic membrane microbial fuel cell, photosynthetic and constructive wetland microbial fuel cell displayed better performance in terms of pollutant removal capacity and economical factor. Ability of the electrogenic species, namely Geobacter, Shewanella, Clostridium and Bacillus and the photosynthetic species, namely Chorella Vulgaris Rhodopsuedomonas, and Scenedesmus abundans in microbial deionization methods and their performance levels reported by several researchers are presented.
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- S Akash
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar PC, 608002, India
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar PC, 608002, India
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- Chemical Engineering Section, Faculty of Engineering, Sohar University, Sohar, PC-311, Oman.
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Advances in microbial electrochemistry-enhanced constructed wetlands. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2022; 38:239. [PMID: 36260261 DOI: 10.1007/s11274-022-03413-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2022] [Accepted: 09/09/2022] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Constructed wetland (CW) is an effective ecological technology to treat water pollution and has the significant advantages of high impact resistance, simple construction process, and low maintenance cost. However, under extreme conditions such as low temperature, high salt concentration, and multiple types of pollutants, some bottlenecks exist, including the difficulty in improving operating efficiency and the low pollutant removal rate. Microbial electrochemical technology is an emerging clean energy technology and has the similar structure and pollutant removal mechanism to CW. Microbial electrochemistry combined with CW can improve the overall removal effect of pollutants in wetlands. This review summarizes characterization methods of microbial electrochemistry-enhanced constructed wetland systems, construction methods of different composite systems, mechanisms of single and composite systems, and removal effects of composite systems on different pollutants in water bodies. Based on the shortcomings of existing studies, the potential breakthroughs in microbial electrochemistry-enhanced constructed wetlands are proposed for developing the optimization solution of constructed wetlands.
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Li C, Hao L, Cao J, Zhou K, Fang F, Feng Q, Luo J. Mechanism of Fe-C micro-electrolysis substrate to improve the performance of CW-MFC with different factors: Insights of microbes and metabolic function. CHEMOSPHERE 2022; 304:135410. [PMID: 35724720 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.135410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2022] [Revised: 04/14/2022] [Accepted: 06/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Constructed wetland-microbial fuel cell (CW-MFC) is a novel technology for wastewater treatment with electrical generation. This work proposed a Fe-C micro-electrolysis substrate (Fe-C) with biomass modified ceramsite to enhance pollutants removal and electricity generation. The key influencing factors were revealed, and the COD, NH4+-N, and TP removal efficiency was respectively increased by 10.2, 8.1 and 8.78% with 76% higher power output at optimal conditions (e.g. OLR 52.5 g/(m2.d), HRT 48 h, and aeration rate 800 mL/min). Fe-C based substrates improved the microenvironments in CW-MFC, including dissolved oxygen (DO) and oxidation-reduction potential (ORP) lowering and electron transfer facilitation. These contributed to the enrichment of critical microorganisms and metabolic activities. The abundance of functional bacteria (i.e. Geobacter, Thauera and Dechloromonas) were evidently increased. Additionally, the energy metabolism and other functional genes encoding cytochrome c (ccoN), nitrite reductase (nirD) and phosphate transporter (pstA) were all stimulated.
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- Chao Li
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lakes, Ministry of Education, Hohai University, Nanjing, 210098, China; College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing, 210098, China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lakes, Ministry of Education, Hohai University, Nanjing, 210098, China; College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing, 210098, China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lakes, Ministry of Education, Hohai University, Nanjing, 210098, China; College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing, 210098, China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lakes, Ministry of Education, Hohai University, Nanjing, 210098, China; College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing, 210098, China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lakes, Ministry of Education, Hohai University, Nanjing, 210098, China; College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing, 210098, China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lakes, Ministry of Education, Hohai University, Nanjing, 210098, China; College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing, 210098, China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lakes, Ministry of Education, Hohai University, Nanjing, 210098, China; College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing, 210098, China.
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Saeed T, Majed N, Miah MJ, Yadav AK. A comparative landfill leachate treatment performance in normal and electrodes integrated hybrid constructed wetlands under unstable pollutant loadings. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 838:155942. [PMID: 35580676 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2022] [Revised: 05/02/2022] [Accepted: 05/10/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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This study provides a comparative pollutant removal performance assessment between organic or construction materials-based four hybrid wetland systems that received landfill leachate. The hybrid systems included vertical flow (VF) followed by horizontal flow (HF)-based unplanted and planted systems, and planted electrodes incorporated microbial fuel cell (MFC) integrated hybrid wetlands systems. All the systems were run in free-draining mode. Overall mean chemical oxygen demand (COD), total nitrogen (TN), and total phosphorus (TP) removal percentage of the hybrid systems ranged between 81 and 99%, 82 and 96%, 74 and 99%, respectively, under unstable input pollutant loading conditions. Additionally, up to 27% organic and up to 14% nitrogen removal improvement was observed in electrodes integrated free-draining VF wetlands. Free-draining and additional oxygen availability from atmospheric diffusion, rootzone improved the removal performance of MFC-based VF wetlands. Input load increment decreased organic, nutrient removals in second stage HF units due to saturated media. The chemical composition of the employed media supported biotic, abiotic organic, nutrient removal pathways. Nutrient accumulation percentage in plants tissue was very low, i.e., ≤3%. Bioenergy production across the MFC-based VF-HF wetlands decreased with input pollutant load increment. The single anode electrode-based VF wetland achieved maximum power density production, i.e., 294 mW/m2.. The electrodes integrated hybrid systems achieved comparatively stable removal performance despite input pollutant/hydraulic load variation.
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- Tanveer Saeed
- Department of Civil Engineering, University of Asia Pacific, Dhaka 1205, Bangladesh.
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- Department of Civil Engineering, University of Asia Pacific, Dhaka 1205, Bangladesh
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- Department of Civil Engineering, University of Asia Pacific, Dhaka 1205, Bangladesh
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- Department of Chemical and Environmental Technology, Rey Juan Carlos University, Mostoles, 28933, Madrid, Spain
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Wang J, Li Y, Wang W, Wu H, Kong F, Wang S. Enhancement of wastewater treatment under low temperature using novel electrochemical active biofilms constructed wetland. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2022; 312:114913. [PMID: 35306418 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.114913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2021] [Revised: 03/13/2022] [Accepted: 03/14/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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A novel electrochemical active biofilms constructed wetland (NEAB-CW) was built to enhance the treatment efficiency for domestic sewage under low temperature environment (0-15 °C). In NEAB-CW, the traditional matrixes were replaced with conductive layer, in which laid stainless steel mesh tubes (SSMT) and added slow-release oxygen matrixes (SROM) and zero-valent iron rod (IR) were used to build a bioelectrochemical activity biofilms system. According to the results of 180 d experiment, the removal efficiencies of COD, NH4+-N and TP of NEAB-CW were 1.52 and 2.21, 2.97 and 1.68, 3.95 and 1.76 times higher than the CW without SROM and IR at 10-20 and 0-10 °C, respectively. The transverse and longitudinal electric potential (EP) variations in NEAB-CW improved microbial activities under low temperature by enhancing the electron transfer efficiency, resulting in higher and stable EP and electron currents density, as well as protein-like contents secreted from biofilms. The pollutant-degrading microorganisms (e.g., Clostridia, Simplicispira), low temperature-resistant microorganisms (e.g., Psychrobacter, Acinetobacter), and electrochemical active microorganisms (e.g., Negativicutes, Gammaproteobacteria) obviously accumulated in NEAB-CW under low temperature environment to generate electricity and degrade pollutants. The results provided a good choice to treat domestic sewage at 0-15 °C by using NEAB-CW.
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- Junru Wang
- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.
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Peñacoba-Antona L, Ramirez-Vargas CA, Wardman C, Carmona-Martinez AA, Esteve-Núñez A, Paredes D, Brix H, Arias CA. Microbial Electrochemically Assisted Treatment Wetlands: Current Flow Density as a Performance Indicator in Real-Scale Systems in Mediterranean and Northern European Locations. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:843135. [PMID: 35450282 PMCID: PMC9016324 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.843135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2021] [Accepted: 02/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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A METland is an innovative treatment wetland (TW) that relies on the stimulation of electroactive bacteria (EAB) to enhance the degradation of pollutants. The METland is designed in a short-circuit mode (in the absence of an external circuit) using an electroconductive bed capable of accepting electrons from the microbial metabolism of pollutants. Although METlands are proven to be highly efficient in removing organic pollutants, the study of in situ EAB activity in full-scale systems is a challenge due to the absence of a two-electrode configuration. For the first time, four independent full-scale METland systems were tested for the removal of organic pollutants and nutrients, establishing a correlation with the electroactive response generated by the presence of EAB. The removal efficiency of the systems was enhanced by plants and mixed oxic-anoxic conditions, with an average removal of 56 g of chemical oxygen demand (COD) mbed material -3 day-1 and 2 g of total nitrogen (TN) mbed material -3 day-1 for Ørby 2 (partially saturated system). The estimated electron current density (J) provides evidence of the presence of EAB and its relationship with the removal of organic matter. The tested METland systems reached the max. values of 188.14 mA m-2 (planted system; IMDEA 1), 223.84 mA m-2 (non-planted system; IMDEA 2), 125.96 mA m-2 (full saturated system; Ørby 1), and 123.01 mA m-2 (partially saturated system; Ørby 2). These electron flow values were remarkable for systems that were not designed for energy harvesting and unequivocally show how electrons circulate even in the absence of a two-electrode system. The relation between organic load rate (OLR) at the inlet and coulombic efficiency (CE; %) showed a decreasing trend, with values ranging from 8.8 to 53% (OLR from 2.0 to 16.4 g COD m-2 day-1) for IMDEA systems and from 0.8 to 2.5% (OLR from 41.9 to 45.6 g COD m-2 day-1) for Ørby systems. This pattern denotes that the treatment of complex mixtures such as real wastewater with high and variable OLR should not necessarily result in high CE values. METland technology was validated as an innovative and efficient solution for treating wastewater for decentralized locations.
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- Lorena Peñacoba-Antona
- IMDEA Water, Parque Científico Tecnológico, Universidad de Alcalá, Madrid, Spain
- METfilter S.L., Seville, Spain
- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Physical Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Alcalá, Madrid, Spain
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- WATEC, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
- Department of Biology—Aquatic Biology, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- IMDEA Water, Parque Científico Tecnológico, Universidad de Alcalá, Madrid, Spain
- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Physical Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Alcalá, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Physical Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Alcalá, Madrid, Spain
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- Water and Sanitation Research Group (GIAS), Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira, Pereira, Colombia
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- WATEC, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
- Department of Biology—Aquatic Biology, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- WATEC, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
- Department of Biology—Aquatic Biology, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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Guadarrama-Pérez O, Bahena-Rabadan KY, Dehesa-Carrasco U, Guadarrama Pérez VH, Estrada-Arriaga EB. Bioelectricity production using shade macrophytes in constructed wetlands-microbial fuel cells. ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY 2022; 43:1532-1543. [PMID: 33092463 DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2020.1841306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2020] [Accepted: 10/15/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The coupling of constructed wetlands (CW) to microbial fuel cells (MFC) has become a promising hybrid technology due to its high compatibility to generate electricity and remove pollutants from wastewater. In the present study, the bioelectricity production generated from constructed wetlands-microbial fuel cells (CW-MFCs) was evaluated using four species of shade macrophytes: Aglaonema commutatum, Epipremnum aureum, Dranacaena braunni, and Philodendron cordatum. The CW-MFCs were operated in a continuous upflow mode with a hydraulic retention time (HRT) of 4 d. The systems were fed with synthetic water without an external carbon source. The bioelectrochemical systems were operated under diffuse radiation conditions (shadow). Philodendron cordatum was the macrophyte species that produced a maximum voltage of 103 mV, with a power density of 12.5 mW/m2. High voltages were obtained when the diffuse radiation in the CW-MFCs was 3000-4000 µmol.m2/s. The maximum production of root exudates was 20.6 mg/L as total organic carbon for the Philodendron cordatum species. Philodendron cordatum was the macrophyte species that obtained high conversion efficiency (0.0014%), compared to other macrophyte species (< 0.0008%). In the CW-MFCs systems it was observed that the bioelectricity production was mainly due to the quantity of the root exudates released into the rhizospheres of the plants.
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- Oscar Guadarrama-Pérez
- Subcoordinación de Tratamiento de Aguas Residuales, Instituto Mexicano de Tecnología del Agua, Jiutepec, México
- Subcoordinación de Posgrado, Instituto Mexicano de Tecnología del Agua, Jiutepec, México
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- Coordinación de Riego y Drenaje, Instituto Mexicano de Tecnología del Agua, Jiutepec, México
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Su D, Chen Y. Advanced bioelectrochemical system for nitrogen removal in wastewater. CHEMOSPHERE 2022; 292:133206. [PMID: 34922956 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.133206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2021] [Revised: 12/03/2021] [Accepted: 12/05/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Nitrogen (N) pollution in water has become a serious issue that cannot be ignored due to the harm posed by excessive nitrogen to environmental safety and human health; as such, N concentrations in water are strictly limited. The bioelectrochemical system (BES) is a new method to remove excessive N from water, and has attracted considerable attention. Compared with other methods, it is highly efficient and has low energy consumption. However, the BES has not been applied for N removal in practice due to lack of in-depth research on the mechanism and construction of high-performance electrodes, separators, and reactor configurations; this highlights a need to review and examine the efforts in this field. This paper provides a comprehensive review on the current BES research for N removal focusing on the reaction principles, reactor configurations, electrodes and separators, and treatment of actual wastewater; the corresponding performances in these realms are also discussed. Finally, the prospects for N removal in water using the BES are presented.
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- Dexin Su
- School of Environment and Energy Engineering, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Beijing, 100044, PR China
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- School of Chemistry, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, PR China.
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Karla MR, Alejandra VAC, Lenys F, Patricio EM. Operational performance of corncobs/sawdust biofilters coupled to microbial fuel cells treating domestic wastewater. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 809:151115. [PMID: 34756908 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2021] [Revised: 10/11/2021] [Accepted: 10/17/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Biofilters coupled to microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are the most integral treatment technology that generate water-energy nexus for rural zones sanitation. Moreover, biofilters coupled to MFCs, using organic residues as bed filter have not been studied. Therefore, the aim of this study was comparatively to evaluate biofilters based on corncobs/sawdust coupled to MFCs treating domestic wastewater. Biofilters based on corncobs/sawdust (50%, v/v) as bed filter incorporating microorganisms (BM), earthworms/microorganisms (BEM, Eisenia foetida Savigny), plants/microorganisms (BPM, Canna indica L.), and all organisms (HB) were evaluated. These biofilters were coupled to 2 electrochemical systems based on graphite cathodes with graphite (G)/stainless-steel mesh (M) anodes. Three nominal hydraulic loading rates (0.3, 0.5, and 1 m3 m-2 d-1) evaluating removal of organic matter, nutrients and pathogens were monitored. Voltage within electrochemical systems also were registered. Results demonstrated that biofilters based on corncob/wood chips coupled to MFCs reach mean organic matter removal efficiencies over 80% (COD: 86%, BOD5: 91%). Nevertheless, HBG was the most efficient (up to 6%) biofiltration technology monitored. The biofiltration typologies studied reported removal efficiencies of nutrients (NH3-N, PO43-) and pathogens (fecal coliforms) up to 99%. Specifically, BMG and HBG were the biofiltration typologies that registered the highest energy recovery (up to 104 mV, 29 mW m-2). Within all the biofiltration typologies studied, the hybrid biofiltration coupled to MFCs using graphite (HBG) is the one that offers the best water-energy nexus conditions, thanks to its biological complexity.
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- Montenegro-Rosero Karla
- Departamento de Ingeniería en Obras Civiles, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH), Av. Ecuador 3659, 9170124, Estación Central, Santiago, Chile; Departamento de Ingeniería Civil y Ambiental, Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Ladrón de Guevara E11-253, 17-01-2759, Quito, Ecuador
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- Departamento de Ingeniería en Obras Civiles, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH), Av. Ecuador 3659, 9170124, Estación Central, Santiago, Chile.
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- Escuela de Ciencias Químicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Av. 12 de octubre 1076, Apartado 17-01-2184, Ecuador
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- Escuela de Ciencias Químicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Av. 12 de octubre 1076, Apartado 17-01-2184, Ecuador
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Ji B, Zhao Y, Yang Y, Tang C, Dai Y, Zhang X, Tai Y, Tao R, Ruan W. Insight into the performance discrepancy of GAC and CAC as air-cathode materials in constructed wetland-microbial fuel cell system. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 808:152078. [PMID: 34863746 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2021] [Revised: 11/23/2021] [Accepted: 11/26/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Constructed wetland-microbial fuel cell (CW-MFC) has exhibited the performance discrepancy between using granular activated carbon (GAC) and columnar activated carbon (CAC) as air-cathode materials. No doubt, this is linked with electrochemical performance and decontaminants characteristics in the CW-MFC system. To provide insight into this performance discrepancy, three CW-MFCs were designed with different carbon-material to construct varied shapes of air-cathodes. The results showed that the ring-shaped cathode filled with GAC yielded a highest voltage of 458 mV with maximum power density of 13.71 mW m-2 and >90% COD removal in the CW-MFC system. The electrochemical characteristics and the electron transport system activity (ETSA) are the driven force to bring the GAC a better electron transportation and oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). This will help elucidating underlying mechanisms of different activated carbon for air-cathode and thus promote its large application.
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- Bin Ji
- State Key Laboratory of Eco-Hydraulics in Northwest Arid Region, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an 710048, PR China; Department of Ecology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Eco-Hydraulics in Northwest Arid Region, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an 710048, PR China.
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- Department of Ecology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, PR China; Engineering Research Center of Tropical and Subtropical Aquatic Ecological Engineering, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Eco-Hydraulics in Northwest Arid Region, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an 710048, PR China; Dooge Centre for Water Resources Research, School of Civil Engineering, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- Department of Ecology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, PR China; Engineering Research Center of Tropical and Subtropical Aquatic Ecological Engineering, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, PR China
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- Department of Ecology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, PR China; Engineering Research Center of Tropical and Subtropical Aquatic Ecological Engineering, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, PR China
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- Department of Ecology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, PR China; Engineering Research Center of Tropical and Subtropical Aquatic Ecological Engineering, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, PR China
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- Department of Ecology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, PR China; Engineering Research Center of Tropical and Subtropical Aquatic Ecological Engineering, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, PR China
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- Department of Ecology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, PR China; Engineering Research Center of Tropical and Subtropical Aquatic Ecological Engineering, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, PR China
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Fernandez-Gatell M, Corbella C, Sanchez-Vila X, Puigagut J. Microbial activity enhancement in constructed wetlands operated as bioelectrochemical systems. CHEMOSPHERE 2022; 287:132383. [PMID: 34592205 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.132383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2021] [Revised: 09/22/2021] [Accepted: 09/26/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Treatment wetlands (TW) operated as bioelectrochemical systems (BES-TW) provide a higher degree of treatment than conventional TW. Yet, the fundamental processes or mechanisms for the envisaged better performance of BES-TW over conventional TW remains poorly understood. This work aimed to determine to which extent microbial activity enhancement could be the reason behind this treatment performance increase. To this purpose, pilot-scale horizontal sub-surface flow BES-TW operated under three different configurations were continuously fed with real urban wastewater. BES-TW were evaluated for COD and ammonia removal efficiency, and two techniques of microbial activity assessment were applied. Configurations, tested in duplicate, were: control TWs without electrodes (C-TW), TWs operated as microbial fuel cells (MFC-TW), and TWs operated as microbial electrolysis cells (MEC-TW). Microbial activity was assessed by measuring the enzymatic activity (EA) (FDA hydrolysis technique) and the aerobic activity (AA) (estimated through respirometry). Results showed that BES-TW outperformed C-TW in terms of both microbial activity enhancement and contaminants removal efficiency, especially in the case of MEC-TW. More precisely, this configuration showed an average improvement of 17%, and 56% in COD removal and EA efficiencies, respectively, compared to C-TW. Regarding AA activity, although MEC-TW seemed to outperform the rest of the configurations, differences were not statistically significant. This work demonstrates that TWs operated as BES increase the overall enzymatic activity of the treatment bed and this, in turn, is the leading cause to a higher degree of treatment performance.
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- Marta Fernandez-Gatell
- GEMMA - Environmental Engineering and Microbiology Research Group, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya·BarcelonaTech, c/ Jordi Girona 1-3, Building D1, 08034, Barcelona, Spain; GHS - Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Jordi Girona 1-3, 08034, Barcelona, Spain
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- GEMMA - Environmental Engineering and Microbiology Research Group, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya·BarcelonaTech, c/ Jordi Girona 1-3, Building D1, 08034, Barcelona, Spain
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- GHS - Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Jordi Girona 1-3, 08034, Barcelona, Spain; Associated Unit: Hydrogeology Group (UPC-CSIC), Spain
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- GEMMA - Environmental Engineering and Microbiology Research Group, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya·BarcelonaTech, c/ Jordi Girona 1-3, Building D1, 08034, Barcelona, Spain.
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Srivastava P, Abbassi R, Yadav A, Garaniya V, Asadnia M, Lewis T, Khan SJ. Influence of applied potential on treatment performance and clogging behaviour of hybrid constructed wetland-microbial electrochemical technologies. CHEMOSPHERE 2021; 284:131296. [PMID: 34182282 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.131296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2021] [Revised: 05/04/2021] [Accepted: 06/17/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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A two-stage hybrid Constructed Wetland (CW) integrated with a microbial fuel cell (MFC), and microbial electrolysis cell (MEC) has been assessed for treatment performance and clogging assessment and further compared with CW. The CW-MEC was operated with applied potential to the working electrode and compared with the performance of naturally adapted redox potential of the CW-MFC system. A complex synthetic municipal wastewater was used during the study, which was composed of trace metals, organics, inorganics, and dye. The study demonstrated that providing a constant potential to the working electrode in CW-MEC has resulted in high treatment performance and reduced sludge generation. The maximum chemical oxygen demand (COD), ammonium (NH4+), and phosphate (PO43-) removal achieved during treatment by CW-MEC at 24 h hydraulic retention time was 89 ± 6%, 72 ± 6% and 93 ± 2%, respectively. ICP-MS results indicated that trace metal removals were also higher in CW-MEC than in CW alone (p < 0.05). At the end of the experiment, significant volumetric change (total volume of the microcosm) occurred in CW (1.3 L), which indicates high sludge generation, whereas it was lesser in CW-MEC (0.3 L) and in CW-MFC (0.5 L). Further, Energy Dispersive X-ray (EDX) spectroscopy results indicated low levels of metal precipitation in the CW-MEC system. Based on the Shannon diversity index, the CW-MEC was assessed to be characterised by high species richness and diversity. The observations from this study indicate that the applied potential at the working electrode has a significant impact on treatment performance and clogging behaviour of the system.
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- Pratiksha Srivastava
- Australian Maritime College, College of Sciences and Engineering, University of Tasmania, Launceston, 7248, Australia
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- School of Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, 2109, Australia.
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- Environment and Sustainability Department, CSIR-Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar, 751013, India
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- Australian Maritime College, College of Sciences and Engineering, University of Tasmania, Launceston, 7248, Australia
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- School of Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, 2109, Australia
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- School of Natural Sciences, College of Sciences and Engineering, University of Tasmania, Launceston, Tasmania, 7250, Australia
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Microbial Fuel Cell United with Other Existing Technologies for Enhanced Power Generation and Efficient Wastewater Treatment. APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/app112210777] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Nowadays, the world is experiencing an energy crisis due to extensive globalization and industrialization. Most of the sources of renewable energy are getting depleted, and thus, there is an urge to locate alternative routes to produce energy efficiently. Microbial fuel cell (MFC) is a favorable technology that utilizes electroactive microorganisms acting as a biocatalyst at the anode compartment converting organic matter present in sewage water for bioelectricity production and simultaneously treating wastewater. However, there are certain limitations with a typical stand-alone MFC for efficient energy recovery and its practical implementation, including low power output and high cost associated with treatment. There are various modifications carried out on MFC for eliminating the limitations of a stand-alone MFC. Examples of such modification include integration of microbial fuel cell with capacitive deionization technology, forward osmosis technology, anaerobic digester, and constructed wetland technology. This review describes various integrated MFC systems along with their potential application on an industrial scale for wastewater treatment, biofuel generation, and energy production. As a result, such integration of MFCs with existing systems is urgently needed to address the cost, fouling, durability, and sustainability-related issues of MFCs while also improving the grade of treatment received by effluent.
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Srivastava P, Abbassi R, Yadav AK, Garaniya V, Lewis T, Zhao Y, Aminabhavi T. Interrelation between sulphur and conductive materials and its impact on ammonium and organic pollutants removal in electroactive wetlands. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2021; 419:126417. [PMID: 34174621 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.126417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2021] [Revised: 05/21/2021] [Accepted: 06/14/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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This investigation is the first of its kind to evaluate the interrelation of sulphate (SO42-) with conductive materials as well as their individual and synergetic effects on the removal of ammonium and organic pollutants in electroactive wetlands, also known as constructed wetland (CW) - microbial fuel cell (MFC). The role of MFC components in CW was investigated to treat the sulphate containing wastewater under a long-term operation without any toxicity build-up in the system. A comparative study was also performed between CW-MFC and CW, where sulphate containing wastewater (S-replete) and without sulphate wastewater (S-deplete) was assessed. The S-replete showed high NH4+ removal than the S-deplete, and the requesnce of removal was: CW-MFC-replete>CW-MFC-deplete>CW-replete>CW-deplete. The chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal was high in the case of CW-MFC-replete, and the sequence of removal was CW-MFC-replete>CW-MFC-deplete>CW-deplete>CW-replete. X-ray photon spectroscopic study indicates 0.84% sulphur accumulation in CW-MFC-replete and 2.49% in CW-replete, indicating high sulphur precipitation in CW without the MFC component. The high relative abundance of class Deltaproteobacteria (7.3%) in CW-MFC-replete along with increased microbial diversity (Shannon index=3.5) rationalise the symbiosis of sulphate reducing/oxidising microbes and its impact on the treatment performance and electrochemical activity.
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- Pratiksha Srivastava
- Australian Maritime College, College of Sciences and Engineering, University of Tasmania, Launceston 7248, Australia
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- School of Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia
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- Environment and Sustainability Department, CSIR-Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar 751013, India
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- Australian Maritime College, College of Sciences and Engineering, University of Tasmania, Launceston 7248, Australia
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- School of Natural Sciences, College of Sciences and Engineering, University of Tasmania, Launceston, Tasmania 7250, Australia
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- State Key Laboratory of Eco-Hydraulics in Northwest Arid Region, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an 710048, Shaanxi, PR China
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- Department of Chemistry, Karnatak University, Dharwad 580003, India.
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Ebrahimi A, Sivakumar M, McLauchlan C. A taxonomy of design factors in constructed wetland-microbial fuel cell performance: A review. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2021; 291:112723. [PMID: 33940362 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.112723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2020] [Revised: 04/20/2021] [Accepted: 04/23/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The past decade has seen the rapid development of constructed wetland-microbial fuel cell (CW-MFC) technology in many aspects. The first publication on the combination of constructed wetland (CW) and microbial fuel cell (MFC) appeared in 2012, subsequently, research on the subject has grown exponentially to improve the performance of CW-MFCs in their dual roles of wastewater treatment and power generation. Although significant research has been conducted on this technology worldwide, a comprehensive and critical review of effective controlling parameters is lacking. More broadly, research is needed to draw up-to-date conclusions on recent developments and to identify knowledge gaps for further studies. This review paper systematically enumerates and reviews research studies published in this area to determine the key design factors and their role in CW-MFC performance. Moreover, a taxonomy of all CW-MFC design parameters has been synthesised from the literature. Importantly, this original work provides a comprehensive conceptual framework for future researchers, designers, builders, and users to understand CW-MFC technology. Within the taxonomy, parameters are placed in three main categories (physical/environmental, chemical, and biological/electrochemical) and comprehensive details are given for each parameter. Finally, a comprehensive summary of the parameters has been tabulated showing their impact on CW-MFC operation, design recommendations from literature, and the significant research gaps that this review has identified within the existing literature. It is hoped that this paper will provide a clear and rich picture of this technology at its current stage of development and furthermore, will facilitate a deeper understanding of CW-MFC performance for long-term and large-scale development.
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- Atieh Ebrahimi
- School of Civil, Mining, and Environmental Engineering, University of Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia.
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- School of Civil, Mining, and Environmental Engineering, University of Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia
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- Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences, University of Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia
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Hartl M, García-Galán MJ, Matamoros V, Fernández-Gatell M, Rousseau DPL, Du Laing G, Garfí M, Puigagut J. Constructed wetlands operated as bioelectrochemical systems for the removal of organic micropollutants. CHEMOSPHERE 2021; 271:129593. [PMID: 33460890 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.129593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2020] [Revised: 12/19/2020] [Accepted: 01/05/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The removal of organic micropollutants (OMPs) has been investigated in constructed wetlands (CWs) operated as bioelectrochemical systems (BES). The operation of CWs as BES (CW-BES), either in the form of microbial fuel cells (MFC) or microbial electrolysis cells (MEC), has only been investigated in recent years. The presented experiment used CW meso-scale systems applying a realistic horizontal flow regime and continuous feeding of real urban wastewater spiked with four OMPs (pharmaceuticals), namely carbamazepine (CBZ), diclofenac (DCF), ibuprofen (IBU) and naproxen (NPX). The study evaluated the removal efficiency of conventional CW systems (CW-control) as well as CW systems operated as closed-circuit MFCs (CW-MFCs) and MECs (CW-MECs). Although a few positive trends were identified for the CW-BES compared to the CW-control (higher average CBZ, DCF and NPX removal by 10-17% in CW-MEC and 5% in CW-MFC), these proved to be not statistically significantly different. Mesoscale experiments with real wastewater could thus not confirm earlier positive effects of CW-BES found under strictly controlled laboratory conditions with synthetic wastewaters.
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- Marco Hartl
- GEMMA - Environmental Engineering and Microbiology Research Group, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya·BarcelonaTech, c/ Jordi Girona 1-3, Building D1, E-08034, Barcelona, Spain; Department of Green Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000, Gent, Belgium
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- GEMMA - Environmental Engineering and Microbiology Research Group, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya·BarcelonaTech, c/ Jordi Girona 1-3, Building D1, E-08034, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Environmental Chemistry, IDAEA-CSIC, c/ Jordi Girona, 18-26, E-08034, Barcelona, Spain
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- GEMMA - Environmental Engineering and Microbiology Research Group, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya·BarcelonaTech, c/ Jordi Girona 1-3, Building D1, E-08034, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Green Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000, Gent, Belgium
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- Department of Green Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000, Gent, Belgium
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- GEMMA - Environmental Engineering and Microbiology Research Group, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya·BarcelonaTech, c/ Jordi Girona 1-3, Building D1, E-08034, Barcelona, Spain
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- GEMMA - Environmental Engineering and Microbiology Research Group, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya·BarcelonaTech, c/ Jordi Girona 1-3, Building D1, E-08034, Barcelona, Spain.
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Ren B, Wang T, Zhao Y. Two-stage hybrid constructed wetland-microbial fuel cells for swine wastewater treatment and bioenergy generation. CHEMOSPHERE 2021; 268:128803. [PMID: 33143898 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.128803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2020] [Revised: 08/24/2020] [Accepted: 10/27/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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A newly emerged alum sludge-based hybrid constructed wetland-microbial fuel cells (CW-MFCs), i.e. vertical upflow CW coupled MFC as 1st stage and horizontal subsurface flow CW coupled MFC as 2nd stage (VFCW-MFC + HSSFCW-MFC), was firstly developed for swine wastewater treatment and electricity generation. Swine wastewater and multi-set air-cathodes were applied to investigate the pollutants removal behavior and the power production. Six-month trial suggested that the overall removal efficiency of SS, COD, NH4+-N, NO3--N, TN, TP and PO43--P was 76 ± 12.4, 72 ± 7.4, 59 ± 28.3, 69 ± 25.6, 47 ± 19.7, 85 ± 9.5 and 88 ± 8.7%, respectively. The two stages hybrid system (VFCW-MFC + HSSFCW-MFC) continuously generated electrical power with average voltages of 0.44 ± 0.09 and 0.34 ± 0.09 V, and power densities of 33.3 ± 13.81 and 9.0 ± 2.5 mW/m³ in 1st and 2nd stage, respectively. The average net energy recovery (NER) of 1st stage and 2nd stage is in turn 0.91 ± 0.16 and 2.76 ± 0.70 Wh/kg·COD. It indicates that the hybrid CW-MFCs has higher removal efficiency than single stage CW-MFC, while 1st stage plays the major role both in pollutants removal and power generation.
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- Baiming Ren
- Key Laboratory of Subsurface Hydrology and Ecological Effects in Arid Region, Ministry of Education, Chang'an University, Xi'an, 710054, PR China; School of Water and Environment, Chang'an University, Xi'an, 710054, PR China; Centre for Water Resources Research, School of Civil Engineering, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- Centre for Water Resources Research, School of Civil Engineering, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland; School of Science,Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology,No. 13, Middle Yanta Road, Beilin District, Xi'an, 710055, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Eco-Hydraulics in Northwest Arid Region, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an, 710048, PR China.
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González T, Puigagut J, Vidal G. Organic matter removal and nitrogen transformation by a constructed wetland-microbial fuel cell system with simultaneous bioelectricity generation. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 753:142075. [PMID: 33207444 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2020] [Revised: 08/24/2020] [Accepted: 08/28/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Microbial fuel cells integrated into constructed wetlands have been previously studied. Nevertheless, their application as a suitable treatment for wastewater is still in the developmental stage. In this context, the aim of this study was to evaluate organic matter removal and nitrogen transformation by a microbial fuel cell integrated into a constructed wetland (CWMFC). To accomplish this, three experimental systems were operated under batch-mode conditions over 170 days: i) one was planted with Schoenoplectus californicus (P-CWMFC); ii) another was unplanted (NP-CWMFC); and iii) the third system did not have any electrodes (CW) and was used as a control. Chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal efficiency ranged between 74-87%, 69-81% and 62-72% for the P-CWMFC, NP-CWMFC and CW systems, respectively, with organic loading rates (OLR) ranging from 4.8 to 7.9 g COD/m2 d. NH4+-N removal efficiency exceeded 98%, 90% and 83% for P-CWMFC, NP-CWMFC and CW, respectively. Wastewater treatment performance was improved due to anaerobic oxidation that occurred on the anodes. Organic matter removal was 18% higher in closed-circuit mode than in open-circuit mode in both integrated systems (P-CWMFC and NP-CWMFC), and these differences were significant (p < 0.05). With respect to the performance of microbial fuel cells, the maximum power density (8.6 mW/m2) was achieved at an organic loading rate of 7.9 g COD/m2 d with an internal resistance and coulombic efficiency of 251 Ω and 2.4%, respectively. The results obtained in this work can provide positive impacts on CW development by enhancing anaerobic degradation without forced aeration.
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- Thaís González
- Environmental Engineering & Biotechnology Group, Environmental Science Faculty & EULA-CHILE Center, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile
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- Group of Environmental Engineering and Microbiology (GEMMA), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech, Spain
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- Environmental Engineering & Biotechnology Group, Environmental Science Faculty & EULA-CHILE Center, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile.
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Fan R, Ma W, Zhang H. Microbial community responses to soil parameters and their effects on petroleum degradation during bio-electrokinetic remediation. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2020; 748:142463. [PMID: 33113694 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2020] [Revised: 09/12/2020] [Accepted: 09/15/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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This study evaluated the interactions among total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH), soil parameters, and microbial communities during the bio-electrokinetic (BIO-EK) remediation process. The study was conducted on a petroleum-contaminated saline-alkali soil inoculated with petroleum-degrading bacteria with a high saline-alkali resistance. The results showed that the degradation of TPH was better explained by second-order kinetics, and the efficacy and sustainability of the BIO-EK were closely related to soil micro-environmental factors and microbial community structures. During a 98-d remediation process, the removal rate of TPH was highest in the first 35 d, and then decreased gradually in the later period, which was concurrent with changes in the soil physicochemical properties (conductivity, inorganic ions, pH, moisture, and temperature) and subsequent shifts in the microbial community structures. According to the redundancy analysis (RDA), TPH, soil temperature, and electric conductivity, as well as SO42-, Cl-, and K+ played a better role in explaining the changes in the microbial community at 0-21 d. However, pH and NO3- better explained the changes in the microbial community at 63-98 d. In particular, the dominant genera, Marinobacter and Bacillus, showed a positive correlation with TPH, conductivity, and SO42-, Cl-, and K+, but a negative relationship with pH and NO3. Rhodococcus was positively correlated with soil temperature. The efficacy and sustainability of the BIO-EK remediation process is likely to be improved by controlling these properties.
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- Ruijuan Fan
- College of Biological Science & Engineering, North Minzu University, Yinchuan 750021, China; Ningxia Key Laboratory for the Development and Application of Microbial Resources in Extreme Environments, North Minzu University, Yinchuan 750021, China.
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- College of Biological Science & Engineering, North Minzu University, Yinchuan 750021, China
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- College of Biological Science & Engineering, North Minzu University, Yinchuan 750021, China
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Srivastava P, Abbassi R, Yadav AK, Garaniya V, Asadnia M. A review on the contribution of electron flow in electroactive wetlands: Electricity generation and enhanced wastewater treatment. CHEMOSPHERE 2020; 254:126926. [PMID: 32957303 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.126926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2020] [Revised: 04/26/2020] [Accepted: 04/27/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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In less than a decade, bioelectrochemical systems/microbial fuel cell integrated constructed wetlands (electroactive wetlands) have gained a considerable amount of attention due to enhanced wastewater treatment and electricity generation. The enhancement in treatment has majorly emanated from the electron transfer or flow, particularly in anaerobic regions. However, the chemistry associated with electron transfer is complex to understand in electroactive wetlands. The electroactive wetlands accommodate diverse microbial community in which each microbe set their own potential to further participate in electron transfer. The conductive materials/electrodes in electroactive wetlands also contain some potential, due to which, several conflicts occur between microbes and electrode, and results in inadequate electron transfer or involvement of some other reaction mechanisms. Still, there is a considerable research gap in understanding of electron transfer between electrode-anode and cathode in electroactive wetlands. Additionally, the interaction of microbes with the electrodes and understanding of mass transfer is also essential to further understand the electron recovery. This review mainly deals with the electron transfer mechanism and its role in pollutant removal and electricity generation in electroactive wetlands.
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- Pratiksha Srivastava
- Australian Maritime College, College of Sciences and Engineering, University of Tasmania, Launceston, 7248, Australia
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- School of Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, 2109, Australia.
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- Environment and Sustainability Department, CSIR-Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar, 751013, India
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- Australian Maritime College, College of Sciences and Engineering, University of Tasmania, Launceston, 7248, Australia
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- School of Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, 2109, Australia
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Yu B, Liu C, Wang S, Wang W, Zhao S, Zhu G. Applying constructed wetland-microbial electrochemical system to enhance NH 4+ removal at low temperature. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2020; 724:138017. [PMID: 32408426 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2019] [Revised: 03/16/2020] [Accepted: 03/16/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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NH4+ removal at low temperature (<10 °C) has baffled researchers and engineers for decades. Bioelectrochemical process has been increasingly valued as a promising approach to enhance NH4+ removal by both electrochemical and stimulated microbial processes. The feasibility and the mechanism of enhanced NH4+ removal were investigated in Constructed Wetland-Microbial Electrochemical System (CW-MES) with different electrode spacings including Constructed Wetland-Microbial Fuel Cell (CW-MFC) and Constructed Wetland-Microbial Electrolysis Cell (CW-MEC) at low temperature. Solar cell panel was firstly implemented in CW-MEC to enhance NH4+ removal. The low-temperature operation lasted for about four months, CW-MEC successfully enhanced NH4+ removal while CW-MFC did not exhibit positive effect. The NH4+-N removal efficiency of CW-MEC achieved 88.2 ± 7.0%, which was 11.7 ± 6.5% higher than conventional constructed wetland (CCW). The maximum NH4+-N removal efficiency of CW-MEC achieved 100%. The average NH4+-N mass removal rate was 436.02 mg m-2 d-1. It was found that NH4+ was mainly removed by the nitrification-autotrophic denitrification process in CW-MES while it was mainly converted to NO3- in CCW. Ammoxidation and denitrification were both enhanced by electricity while NH4+ was used as the main substrate for electricity generation. AOA (Candidatus Nitrosocosmicus) and NOB (Nitrospira) were the main contributors to nitrification. This study provided a cost-effective and sustainable method for electrochemically enhanced microbial NH4+ removal at low-temperature and revealed the relevant mechanism.
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- Bin Yu
- Key Laboratory of Drinking Water Science and Technology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Drinking Water Science and Technology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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- Key Laboratory of Drinking Water Science and Technology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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- Key Laboratory of Drinking Water Science and Technology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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- Key Laboratory of Drinking Water Science and Technology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Drinking Water Science and Technology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
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Oon YL, Ong SA, Ho LN, Wong YS, Dahalan FA, Oon YS, Teoh TP, Lehl HK, Thung WE. Constructed wetland-microbial fuel cell for azo dyes degradation and energy recovery: Influence of molecular structure, kinetics, mechanisms and degradation pathways. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2020; 720:137370. [PMID: 32325554 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2019] [Revised: 02/04/2020] [Accepted: 02/15/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Complete degradation of azo dye has always been a challenge due to the refractory nature of azo dye. An innovative hybrid system, constructed wetland-microbial fuel cell (CW-MFC) was developed for simultaneous azo dye remediation and energy recovery. This study investigated the effect of circuit connection and the influence of azo dye molecular structures on the degradation rate of azo dye and bioelectricity generation. The closed circuit system exhibited higher chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal and decolourisation efficiencies compared to the open circuit system. The wastewater treatment performances of different operating systems were ranked in the decreasing order of CW-MFC (R1 planted-closed circuit) > MFC (R2 plant-free-closed circuit) > CW (R1 planted-open circuit) > bioreactor (R2 plant-free-open circuit). The highest decolourisation rate was achieved by Acid Red 18 (AR18), 96%, followed by Acid Orange 7 (AO7), 67% and Congo Red (CR), 60%. The voltage outputs of the three azo dyes were ranked in the decreasing order of AR18 > AO7 > CR. The results disclosed that the decolourisation performance was significantly influenced by the azo dye structure and the moieties at the proximity of azo bond; the naphthol type azo dye with a lower number of azo bond and more electron-withdrawing groups could cause azo bond to be more electrophilic and more reductive for decolourisation. Moreover, the degradation pathway of AR18, AO7 and CR were elucidated based on the respective dye intermediate products identified through UV-Vis spectrophotometry, high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), and gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer (GC-MS) analyses. The CW-MFC system demonstrated high capability of decolouring azo dyes at the anaerobic anodic region and further mineralising dye intermediates at the aerobic cathodic region to less harmful or non-toxic products.
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- Yoong-Ling Oon
- Water Research Group (WAREG), School of Environmental Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, 02600 Arau, Perlis, Malaysia
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- Water Research Group (WAREG), School of Environmental Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, 02600 Arau, Perlis, Malaysia.
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- School of Materials Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, 02600 Arau, Perlis, Malaysia
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- Water Research Group (WAREG), School of Environmental Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, 02600 Arau, Perlis, Malaysia
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- Water Research Group (WAREG), School of Environmental Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, 02600 Arau, Perlis, Malaysia
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- Water Research Group (WAREG), School of Environmental Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, 02600 Arau, Perlis, Malaysia
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- Water Research Group (WAREG), School of Environmental Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, 02600 Arau, Perlis, Malaysia
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- Water Research Group (WAREG), School of Environmental Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, 02600 Arau, Perlis, Malaysia
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- Faculty of Engineering, Technology & Built Environment, UCSI University, 56000 Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Niu Y, Liu X, Chang G, Guo Q. Treatment of isopropanol wastewater in an anaerobic fluidized bed microbial fuel cell filled with macroporous adsorptive resin as multifunctional biocarrier. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2020; 719:137495. [PMID: 32120105 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2019] [Revised: 02/06/2020] [Accepted: 02/20/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The isopropanol (IPA) wastewater was treated in an anaerobic fluidized bed microbial fuel cell (AFB-MFC) filled with macroporous adsorptive resin (MAR) particles as multifunctional biocarrier. MAR was used as a biological carriers and adsorbent. MAR was characterized by scanning electron microscope. The diffusion of isopropanol in MAR was studied by Materials Studio (MS) software, and diffusion coefficients were analyzed and calculated by molecular dynamics simulation. The simulation results were qualitatively consistent with the available experimental data. The diffusivity of IPA in MAR increased firstly, with the increasing IPA weight, and then decreased. The maximum diffusivity was resulted to be 0.3722 Å2/ps. In addition, the response surface methodology (RSM) and Box-Behnken design were used to study the effects of initial IPA concentration, flow rate and external resistance on performance of power output and pollutant degradation. The optimal experimental condition was observed as initial IPA concentration of 483.49 mg/L, a flow rate of 57.70 mL/min, and external resistance of 5225.78 Ω. After 21 h of operation under the optimized conditions, the maximum power density was 135.73 ± 0.17 mW/m2 and the COD removal was 68.21 ± 0.24%, which increased by 65.85% and 9.29%, respectively.
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- Yanjie Niu
- State Key Laboratory Base of Eco-Chemical Engineering in College of Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China
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- State Key Laboratory Base of Eco-Chemical Engineering in College of Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of High-efficiency Coal Utilization and Green Chemical Engineering, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, China
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- State Key Laboratory Base of Eco-Chemical Engineering in College of Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China; State Key Laboratory of High-efficiency Coal Utilization and Green Chemical Engineering, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, China
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Brito-Espino S, Ramos-Martín A, Pérez-Báez SO, Mendieta-Pino C. Application of a mathematical model to predict simultaneous reactions in anaerobic plug-flow reactors as a primary treatment for constructed wetlands. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2020; 713:136244. [PMID: 31958718 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.136244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2019] [Revised: 11/15/2019] [Accepted: 12/18/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Anaerobic digestion technologies offer a set of advantages when they are implemented as a primary treatment phase prior to the use of constructed wetland systems in low cost wastewater facilities. The aim of this study is to describe a model capable of reflecting the complex functioning of anaerobic lagoons, subject to continuous flux in the feed pipe, taking into account that physicochemical properties are subject to a concentration gradient and biochemical ones to simultaneous reactions which depend on each other. Based on both Stokes and advection-diffusion-reaction equations, the proposed model includes twenty-one variables to describe hydraulic, physical, biochemical and physicochemical characteristics that take place in different points of the system and at different moments of time. Drawn up by the International Water Association, the anaerobic digestion model ADM1 is included for the purpose of incorporating the anaerobic processes in the calculation. The finite element method was used to solve the nonlinear, second order partial differential equations of the model. The calculation strategy was designed using a flowchart. Using the open-source FreeFem++ software, a simulation of the mathematical model, in bi-dimensional space, is presented to demonstrate the dynamic behaviour of the proposed model. This yields essential information about the performance of the substrate, cells, and the biochemical reaction products in each of the points within the reactor. Simulations show the potential of this methodology to carry out studies of the behaviour of each of the variables contemplated in the model, as well as comparative studies of the various possible options. In addition, this methodology can be used to help modify the behaviour of the variables based on digester geometry and the boundary values the system is subject to. From the results, it can be concluded that the proposed methodology can be a useful tool for calculating and designing the aforementioned synergistic systems of anaerobic digester plug-flow reactors and constructed wetlands.
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- S Brito-Espino
- Institute for Environmental Studies and Natural Resources (i-UNAT) (ULPGC), Spain.
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- Department of Process Engineering, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC), Spain
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- Institute for Environmental Studies and Natural Resources (i-UNAT) (ULPGC), Spain
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- Department of Process Engineering, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC), Spain
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Wu Q, Jiao S, Ma M, Peng S. Microbial fuel cell system: a promising technology for pollutant removal and environmental remediation. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2020; 27:6749-6764. [PMID: 31956948 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-020-07745-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2019] [Accepted: 01/14/2020] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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The microbial fuel cell (MFC) system is a promising environmental remediation technology due to its simple compact design, low cost, and renewable energy producing. MFCs can convert chemical energy from waste matters to electrical energy, which provides a sustainable and environmentally friendly solution for pollutant degradations. In this review, we attempt to gather research progress of MFC technology in pollutant removal and environmental remediation. The main configurations and pollutant removal mechanism by MFCs are introduced. The research progress of MFC systems in pollutant removal and environmental remediation, including wastewater treatment, soil remediation, natural water and groundwater remediation, sludge and solid waste treatment, and greenhouse gas emission control, as well as the application of MFCs in environmental monitoring have been reviewed. Subsequently, the application of MFCs in environmental monitoring and the combination of MFCs with other technologies are described. Finally, the current limitations and potential future research has been demonstrated in this review.
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- Qing Wu
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, No. 135 Yaguan Road, Jinnan District, Tianjin, 300350, China.
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, No. 135 Yaguan Road, Jinnan District, Tianjin, 300350, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, No. 135 Yaguan Road, Jinnan District, Tianjin, 300350, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, No. 135 Yaguan Road, Jinnan District, Tianjin, 300350, China
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Zhuang LL, Yang T, Zhang J, Li X. The configuration, purification effect and mechanism of intensified constructed wetland for wastewater treatment from the aspect of nitrogen removal: A review. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2019; 293:122086. [PMID: 31495460 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2019.122086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2019] [Revised: 08/26/2019] [Accepted: 08/27/2019] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Constructed wetland (CW) for wastewater treatment has attracted increasing attention. In this review, the system configuration optimization, purification effect and general mechanisms of nitrogen removal in CW are systematically summarized and discussed. Ammonia oxidation is a crucial and primary process for total nitrogen (TN) removal in domestic or livestock wastewater treatment. Aeration, waterdrop influent and tidal operation are three main methods to strengthen the oxygen supplement and nitrification process in CW. Aeration significantly increases the ammonia removal rate (almost 100%), followed by the removal of chemical oxygen demand (COD) and TN. Solid carbon source, iron and anode material can be filled as electron donor for the denitrification process. The co-adjustment of oxygen and carbon/electron donor can form different conditions for different nitrogen removal pathways (e.g. the simultaneous nitrification-denitrification, the partial nitrification-denitrification and the anammox process), and achieve the optimal removal of nitrogen.
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- Lin-Lan Zhuang
- Shandong Key Laboratory of Water Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environmental Science & Engineering, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
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- College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Minzu University of China, Beijing 100081, China
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- Shandong Key Laboratory of Water Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environmental Science & Engineering, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China.
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- Shandong Key Laboratory of Water Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environmental Science & Engineering, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
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Li H, Xu H, Yang YL, Yang XL, Wu Y, Zhang S, Song HL. Effects of graphite and Mn ore media on electro-active bacteria enrichment and fate of antibiotic and corresponding resistance gene in up flow microbial fuel cell constructed wetland. WATER RESEARCH 2019; 165:114988. [PMID: 31442759 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2019.114988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2019] [Revised: 08/12/2019] [Accepted: 08/13/2019] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
Abstract
This study assessed the influence of substrate type on pollutants removal, antibiotic resistance gene (ARG) fate and bacterial community evolution in up-flow microbial fuel cell constructed wetlands (UCW-MFC) with graphite and Mn ore electrode substrates. Better COD removal and higher bacterial community diversity and electricity generation performance were achieved in Mn ore constructed UCW-MFC (Mn). However, the lower concentration of sulfadiazine (SDZ) and the total abundances of ARGs were obtained in the effluent in the graphite constructed UCW-MFC (s), which may be related to higher graphite adsorption and filter capacity. Notably, both reactors can remove more than 97.8% of ciprofloxacin. In addition, significant negative correlations were observed between SDZ, COD concentration, ARG abundances and bacterial a-diversity indices. The LEfse analysis revealed significantly different bacterial communities due to the substrate differences in the two reactors, and Geobacter, a typical model electro-active bacteria (EAB), was greatly enriched on the anode of UCW-MFC (Mn). In contrast, the relative abundance of methanogens (Methanosaeta) was inhibited. PICRUSt analysis results further demonstrated that the abundance of extracellular electron transfer related functional genes was increased, but the methanogen function genes and multiple antibiotic resistance genes in UCW-MFC (Mn) anode were reduced. Redundancy analyses indicated that substrate type, antibiotic accumulation and bacterial community were the main factors affecting ARGs. Moreover, the potential ARG hosts and the co-occurrence of ARGs and intI1 were revealed by network analysis.
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Affiliation(s)
- Hua Li
- School of Energy and Environment, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China.
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- School of Civil Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China.
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- School of Environment, Nanjing Normal University, Jiangsu Engineering Lab of Water and Soil Eco-Remediation, Wenyuan Road 1, Nanjing, 210023, China.
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- School of Civil Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China.
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- School of Environment, Nanjing Normal University, Jiangsu Engineering Lab of Water and Soil Eco-Remediation, Wenyuan Road 1, Nanjing, 210023, China.
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China.
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- School of Environment, Nanjing Normal University, Jiangsu Engineering Lab of Water and Soil Eco-Remediation, Wenyuan Road 1, Nanjing, 210023, China.
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