Iwona Serruys Iwona.Gajda@uwe.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer in Engineering Management
Algal 'lagoon' effect for oxygenating MFC cathodes
Gajda, Iwona; Stinchcombe, Andrew; Greenman, John; Melhuish, Chris; Ieropoulos, Ioannis
Authors
Andrew Stinchcombe
John Greenman
Chris Melhuish Chris.Melhuish@uwe.ac.uk
Professor of Robotics & Autonomous Systems
Yannis Ieropoulos Ioannis2.Ieropoulos@uwe.ac.uk
Professor in Bioenergy & Director of B-B
Abstract
© 2014, Hydrogen Energy Publications, LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This paper describes the active oxygenation performed by photosynthetic organisms in the cathode of a two-chamber Microbial Fuel Cell system. The algal biomass supplied dissolved oxygen to the cathodic oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in a sustainable manner through the recirculation of the catholyte connected to separate photoreactors, which acted as lagoons. Aiming towards self-sustainable applications, it has been demonstrated that catholyte recirculation could be facilitated by the MFC stack itself when a dc impeller pump was periodically powered by the electricity generated from these same MFCs.
Citation
Gajda, I., Stinchcombe, A., Greenman, J., Melhuish, C., & Ieropoulos, I. (2014). Algal 'lagoon' effect for oxygenating MFC cathodes. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 39(36), 21857-21863. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2014.05.173
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Jun 28, 2014 |
Online Publication Date | Jun 28, 2014 |
Publication Date | Dec 12, 2014 |
Publicly Available Date | Jun 6, 2019 |
Journal | International Journal of Hydrogen Energy |
Print ISSN | 0360-3199 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 39 |
Issue | 36 |
Pages | 21857-21863 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2014.05.173 |
Keywords | lagoon effect, microbial fuel cells, photosynthetic cathode, biomass recovery, practical implementation |
Public URL | https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/806455 |
Publisher URL | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2014.05.173 |
Additional Information | Additional Information : NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was submitted for publication in International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, [39, 36, (12 December 2014)] DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2014.05.173 |
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