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Generating Energy from Pollutants

A pollutant and energy technology, applied in water pollutants, energy and wastewater treatment, waste fuel, etc.

Active Publication Date: 2021-09-17
THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIV
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Traditional wastewater treatment processes generate a large amount of excess sludge

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Embodiment 1

[0077] Continuous deionization electrolysis technology (EDI)

[0078] (1) Experimental settings

[0079] EDI: The anode and cathode of EDI consist of two internal dimensions of 10×10×0.5cm 3 and 2cm wall thickness square Perspex frame made of cation exchange membrane ( AM-C, Hangzhou Iontech Environmental Technology CO., Ltd, China) separated. The material of the anode is platinum-coated titanium, the size is 4×4cm, and the thickness is 0.4mm (Shenzhen 3N Industrial Equipment CO., Ltd., China); the material of the cathode is iridium metal mixed oxide (Ir MMO) coated titanium, and The anodes are the same size. The EDI cell is sealed with two silicon gaskets and locked with screws.

[0080] The synthetic wastewater of EDI anode contains 0.25mol L -1 of (NH 4 ) 2 SO 4 . The supporting electrolyte for the EDI cathode is the same concentration of Na 2 SO 4 . All static experiments were performed at room temperature. Each group was run at 0.5, 1.0, 2.0, 3.0 and 4.0...

Embodiment 2

[0109] Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC)

[0110] experiment settings

[0111]Single cells with an anode-supported bilayer electrolyte membrane architecture were fabricated by tape casting, spray deposition, and subsequent high-temperature sintering. The fuel cells tested in this invention consist of NiO+(ZrO 2 ) 0.92 (Y 2 o 3 ) 0.08 (mass ratio: YSZ, NiO:YSZ=6:4) anode, YSZ electrolyte, Sm 0.2 Ce 0.8 o 1.9 (SDC) interlayer and Ba 0.5 Sr 0.5 co 0.8 Fe 0.2 o 3-δ (BSCF) cathode composition. BSCF and SDC powders were synthesized by combining EDTA-citric acid complexation method and sol-gel method. NiO (Chengdu Shudu Nano-Science Co., Ltd) and YSZ (Tosoh) were commercial products obtained from appropriate suppliers. Methods for preparing NiO+YSZ anode supports by tape casting are provided in the literature. 22 The YSZ|SDC double electrolyte layer was prepared by wet powder spraying technique. First, the YSZ suspension was sprayed onto the anode substrate using a sp...

Embodiment 3

[0127] EDI-SOFC system

[0128] (1) Net energy balance ratio

[0129] The net energy balance ratio is the ratio of energy input to output expressed in Equation 9, and is used to evaluate the efficiency of the fuel cell.

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[0131] where W out is CH 4 , NH 3 and H 2 enthalpy; r is the power conversion efficiency of SOFC, W in is energy consumption.

[0132] W in is calculated as follows:

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[0135] Q=I×t=∫i×dt (Formula 12)

[0136] W out = m j ×ΔH (Equation 13)

[0137] in is voltage, Q is electric quantity, m j is the amount of fuel, and ΔH is the enthalpy.

[0138] (2) Current efficiency and fuel production

[0139] As the voltage increases, NH 4 + migrate and produce NH 3 and H 2 . Figure 7A and 7B Energy consumption and natural gas production are shown separately. NH 4 + The current efficiency of deionization drops almost linearly from 95% at 1.0V to 10% at 4.0V, while the H 2 The produced current efficiency i...

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Abstract

The present invention provides a system for recovering energy from carbonaceous and nitrogenous pollutants using continuous deionization electrolysis technology - Electrodeionization - Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (EDI - SOFC) combined with anaerobic treatment. The system can metabolize the complex carbon and nitrogen pollutants in the anaerobic microbial group into biogas and biogas residue. The system can directly collect biogas and then concentrate NH at the cathode of EDI 4 + and converted to gaseous NH 3 and by-product H 2 . Then, the generated biogas, hydrogen and ammonia are sent to SOFC to generate energy with high efficiency.

Description

[0001] This patent application takes priority from US Patent Application No. 62 / 353,137 filed on June 22, 2016. All content and disclosures of the above-mentioned patent applications are incorporated in this application. [0002] All of the various references and publications in this patent application are hereby incorporated into this patent application to more fully describe the technical field to which this invention pertains. technical field [0003] The invention relates to reforming ammonium, methane and carbon dioxide in carbonaceous and nitrogenous pollutants to generate energy. Background technique [0004] Active organic matter and nitrogen compounds are the main causes of water hypoxia and eutrophication. Therefore, more stringent discharge regulations can lead to the development of more efficient wastewater treatment systems. As the global energy crisis intensifies, how to reduce the cost of sewage treatment and improve the energy efficiency of waste recycling ...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(China)
IPC IPC(8): H01M8/0612C02F9/14C02F101/16C02F101/30
CPCC02F1/4691C02F3/005C02F3/2866C02F2101/16C02F2101/30H01M8/0612H01M8/0618C02F1/4695C02F3/28C02F2001/46138C02F2303/10H01M8/0606H01M8/222H01M2008/1095H01M2008/1293Y02E50/30Y02E60/50Y02W10/30
Inventor 李伯亨倪萌许林季董飞飞
Owner THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIV