Electro-biocatalytic treatment of petroleum refinery wastewater using microbial fuel cell (MFC) in continuous mode operation

Electro-biocatalytic treatment of petroleum refinery wastewater using microbial fuel cell (MFC) in continuous mode operation

Type	Journal Article
Author	Sandipam Srikanth
Author	Manoj Kumar
URL	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960852416312895
Volume	221
Pages	70-77
Publication	Bioresource Technology
Date	December 2016
Abstract	Researchers investigated refinery wastewater (RW) treatment in microbial fuel cell (MFC) in batch mode operation followed by continuous mode operation with 8 h and 16 h hydraulic retention time (HRT). They evaluated MFC performance in terms of power density, organics removal, specific contaminants  removal and energy conversion efficiency with respect to operation mode. Study results suggest the possibility of utilizing RW as substrate in MFC for power generation along with its treatment.