Journal
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
Volume 323, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2020.124564
Keywords
Biophotovoltaics; Microbial fuel cells; Inoculum blending; Ceramic separator; Electrochemical analysis
Funding
- Pondicherry University
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The study found that the SUPER-MIX inoculum has significant advantages in composition and microbial community, which can improve the performance of clayware Biophotovoltaics, resulting in higher power density and organic matter removal efficiency.
Performance of clayware Biophotovoltaics (BPVs) with three variants of inocula namely anoxygenic photosynthetic bacteria (APB) rich Effective microbes (EM), Up-flow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor (UASB) sludge, SUPER-MIX the blend of EM and UASB inoculum were evaluated on the basis of electrical output and pollutant removal. SUPER-MIX inocula with microbial community comprising of 28.42% APB and 71.58% of other microbes resulted in peak power density of 275 mW/m(2), 69.3 +/- 1.74% Coulombic efficiency and 91 +/- 3.96% organic matter removal. The higher performance of the SUPER-MIX than EM and UASB inocula was due to the syntrophic associations of the various APBs and other heterogenous microorganisms in perfect blend which improved biocatalytic electron transfer, electro-kinetic activities with higher redox current and bio-capacitance. The promising performance of clayware BPVs with SUPER-MIX inocula indicate the possibility of BPVs to move towards the scale-up process to minimize the investment towards pure culture by effective blending strategies of inocula.
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