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A Pilot-scale Benthic Microbial Electrochemical System (BMES) for Enhanced Organic Removal in Sediment Restoration

  • Henan Li
  • , Yan Tian*
  • , Youpeng Qu
  • , Ye Qiu
  • , Jia Liu
  • , Yujie Feng
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Harbin Institute of Technology
  • Heilongjiang Academy of Chemical Engineering
  • School of Life Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology

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Abstract

A benthic microbial electrochemical systems (BMES) of 195 L (120 cm long, 25 cm wide and 65 cm height) was constructed for sediment organic removal. Sediment from a natural river (Ashi River) was used as test sediments in the present research. Three-dimensional anode (Tri-DSA) with honeycomb structure composed of carbon cloth and supporting skeleton was employed in this research for the first time. The results demonstrated that BMES performed good in organic-matter degradation and energy generation from sediment and could be considered for river sediments in situ restoration as novel method. Community analysis from the soil and anode using 16S rDNA gene sequencing showed that more electrogenic functional bacteria was accumulated in anode area when circuit connected than control system.

Original languageEnglish
Article number39802
JournalScientific Reports
Volume7
DOIs
StatePublished - 6 Jan 2017

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