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Scaling-up of microbial electrosynthesis with multiple electrodes for in situ production of hydrogen peroxide

Microbial electrosynthesis system (MES) has recently been shown to be a promising alternative way for realizing in situ and energy-saving synthesis of hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)). Although promising, the scaling-up feasibility of such a process is rarely reported. In this study, a 20-L up-scaled tw...

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Autores principales: Zou, Rusen, Hasanzadeh, Aliyeh, Khataee, Alireza, Yang, Xiaoyong, Xu, Mingyi, Angelidaki, Irini, Zhang, Yifeng
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7969820/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33748698
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2021.102094
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Sumario:Microbial electrosynthesis system (MES) has recently been shown to be a promising alternative way for realizing in situ and energy-saving synthesis of hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)). Although promising, the scaling-up feasibility of such a process is rarely reported. In this study, a 20-L up-scaled two-chamber MES reactor was developed and investigated for in situ and efficient H(2)O(2) electrosynthesis. Maximum H(2)O(2) production rate of 10.82 mg L(−1) h(−1) and cumulative H(2)O(2) concentration of 454.44 mg L(−1) within 42 h were obtained with an input voltage of 0.6 V, cathodic aeration velocity of 0.045 mL min(−1) mL(−1), 50 mM Na(2)SO(4), and initial pH 3. The electrical energy consumption regarding direct input voltage was only 0.239 kWh kg(−1) H(2)O(2), which was further much lower compared with laboratory-scale systems. The obtained results suggested that the future industrialization of MES technology for in situ synthesis of H(2)O(2) and further application in environmental remediation have broad prospects.