The influence of the filtration membrane air-cathode biofilm on wastewater treatment

Peng Zhang; Youpeng Qu; Yujie Feng; Jia Liu

doi:10.1016/j.biortech.2018.01.124

The influence of the filtration membrane air-cathode biofilm on wastewater treatment

Bioresour Technol. 2018 May:256:17-21. doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2018.01.124. Epub 2018 Feb 1.

Authors

Peng Zhang¹, Youpeng Qu², Yujie Feng¹, Jia Liu³

Affiliations

¹ State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology. No 73 Huanghe Road, Nangang District, Harbin 150090, China.
² School of Life Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology. No. 2 Yikuang Street, Nangang District, Harbin 150080, China.
³ State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology. No 73 Huanghe Road, Nangang District, Harbin 150090, China. Electronic address: jialiu@hit.edu.cn.

PMID: 29427863
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2018.01.124

Abstract

The aim of this work was to evaluate the influence of FMA biofilm on nutrient removal through the filtration membrane air-cathode (FMA) replacement test. The result showed that the biofilm accounted for only 29.9% of the COD removal, while 82.9% of the TN removal can be due to the contribution of the FMA biofilm. The microbial community analysis showed that most of the primary genus in the FMA biofilm were TN removal related bacteria. This quantitative determination of the FMA biofilm influence on COD and TN removal would promote the further optimization of the MFC reactor with FMA for higher wastewater treatment efficiency.

Keywords: Biofilm; COD; Filtration air-cathode; Microbial fuel cell; TN.

MeSH terms

Bacteria
Bioelectric Energy Sources
Biofilms*
Bioreactors
Electrodes
Wastewater*

Substances

Waste Water