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Microbial electrolysis system and method integrating wastewater biological treatment and promoting methane recovery

A technology of microbial electrolysis and biological treatment, applied in biological water/sewage treatment, water/sludge/sewage treatment, waste fuel, etc. It can solve the problems of increasing cost, inconvenient collection and transportation, restricting the application of MEC, etc., and achieve functional enhancement. Effect

Inactive Publication Date: 2016-08-24
ZHEJIANG UNIV
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However, the cathodes used in traditional MEC are relatively expensive metal electrodes, which greatly increases the cost
At the same time, most of the current MECs are used to generate hydrogen, but the production cost of hydrogen is high, and it is not easy to collect and transport, which restricts the application of MEC in reality.

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[0021] The present invention will be further described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

[0022] see figure 1 , the main body of the reactor is composed of a shell 5 made of plexiglass, which is divided into an anode chamber 6 and a cathode chamber 7, and the two chambers are separated by a cation exchange membrane 4. The anode carbon felt 2 and the cathode carbon felt connected by the power supply 1 3 are respectively located in the anode chamber 6 and the cathode chamber 7, the two electrode chambers are filled with waste water and sludge, which are stirred and mixed by the magnetic stirrer 8, and the gas generated by the cathode is collected by the gas collection port 9.

[0023] The voltage of the power supply 1 is controlled at 0.8V.

[0024] The materials used for the housing 5 are all plexiglass.

[0025] The material used for the anode 2 and the cathode 3 is carbon felt, both of which are connected to the power supply 1 through titanium wires, and...

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The invention discloses a microbial electrolytic system and method integrating biological treatment of wastewater and promotion of methane recovery. The system comprises an external power supply, wherein a cathode and an anode which are connected with the power supply are respectively arranged in left and right electrode chambers, the two electrode chambers are isolated by a cation exchange membrane, a magnetic stirrer is arranged at the bottom to stir, and a methane collecting opening is additionally formed at the cathode. In an experiment, wastewater and sludge are added into both the cathode and the anode; microorganisms in the anode chamber obtain energy by decomposing organic matters in the wastewater and transfer electrons and hydrogen ions generated in the reaction process to the cathode chamber; microorganisms in the cathode chamber generate methane by decomposing organic matters; and due to current flowing, the degradation efficiency of wastewater and the yield of methane are greatly improved.

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technical field [0001] The invention belongs to the intersecting field of a microbial electrolytic cell and a microbial methane production process, and in particular relates to a microbial electrolysis system and method integrating wastewater biological treatment and methane recovery promotion. Background technique [0002] Since the 19th century, fossil fuels (coal, oil, natural gas) have been the main energy source for human beings, promoting economic prosperity and social development. However, since the middle and late 20th century, the disadvantages of excessive reliance on fossil fuels have become more and more obvious. On the one hand, the use of fossil energy produces a large amount of carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulfide, and nitrogen oxides, causing serious greenhouse effects, acid rain, photochemical smog and other environmental disasters; on the other hand, due to the limited reserves of fossil energy, it is currently on the verge of depletion. According to the 2013 ...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(China)
IPC IPC(8): C02F3/28C02F3/34
CPCC25B3/25Y02E50/30
Inventor 吴东雷丁阿强孙国栋
Owner ZHEJIANG UNIV
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