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Bioresource Technology
Vol. 224, 2017, Pages: 265–275

Role of macrophyte and effect of supplementary aeration in up-flow constructed wetland-microbial fuel cell for simultaneous wastewater treatment and energy recovery

Yoong-Ling Oon, Soon-An Ong, Li-Ngee Ho, Yee-Shian Wong, Farrah Aini Dahalan, Yoong-Sin Oon, Harvinder Kaur Lehl, Wei-Eng Thung, Noradiba Nordin

Water Research Group (WAREG), School of Environmental Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, 02600 Arau, Perlis, Malaysia.

Abstract

This study investigates the role of plant (Elodea nuttallii) and effect of supplementary aeration on wastewater treatment and bioelectricity generation in an up-flow constructed wetland-microbial fuel cell (UFCW-MFC). Aeration rates were varied from 1900 to 0 mL/min and a control reactor was operated without supplementary aeration. 600 mL/min was the optimum aeration flow rate to achieve highest energy recovery as the oxygen was sufficient to use as terminal electron acceptor for electrical current generation. The maximum voltage output, power density, normalized energy recovery and Coulombic efficiency were 545.77 ± 25 mV, 184.75 ± 7.50 mW/m3, 204.49 W/kg COD, 1.29 W/m3 and 10.28%, respectively. The variation of aeration flow rates influenced the NO3− and NH4+ removal differently as nitrification and denitrification involved conflicting requirement. In terms of wastewater treatment performance, at 60 mL/min aeration rate, UFCW-MFC achieved 50 and 81% of NO3− and NH4+ removal, respectively. E. nuttallii enhanced nitrification by 17% and significantly contributed to bioelectricity generation.

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Keywords: Up-flow constructed wetland-microbial fuel cell; Biological wastewater treatment; Aeration; Bioelectricity recovery; Normalized energy recovery.

 
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