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SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
Volume 613, Issue -, Pages 663-671Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.09.149
Keywords
Autotrophic denitrification; MEC; Bioelectrochemical system; Groundwater; Nitrate removal
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- ERASMUS+ student mobility grant
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Nitrates have been detected in groundwaterworldwide, and their presence can lead to serious groundwater use limitations, especially because of potential health problems. Amongst different options for their removal, bioelectrochemical systems (BESs) have achieved promising results; in particular, attention has raised on BESdriven autotrophic denitrification processes. In this work, the performance of a microbial electrolysis cell (MEC) for groundwater autotrophic denitrification, is assessed in different conditions of nitrate load, hydraulic retention time (HRT) and process configuration. The system obtained almost complete nitrate removal under all conditions, while nitrite accumulation was recorded at nitrate loads higher than 100 mgNO(3)(-) L-1. The MEC system achieved, in different tests, a maximum nitrate removal rate of 62.15 +/- 3.04 gNO(3)(-)- N m(-3)d(-1), while the highest TN removal rate observed was 35.37 +/- 1.18 gTN m(-3)d(-1). Characteristic of this process is a particularly low(in comparisonwith other reportedworks) energy consumption: 3.17.10(-3)+/- 2.26.10(-3)kWh/gNO(3)-N removed and 7.52.10(-2) +/- 3.58.10(-2) kWh m(-3) treated. The anolyte configuration in closed loop allowed the process to use less clean water, while guaranteeing identical performances as in other conventional configurations. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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