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Bioelectrosynthesis technology for enhancing methane production using a thermophilic methanogenic consortium.
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Bioresource technology [Bioresour Technol] 2020 Oct; Vol. 314, pp. 123892. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Jul 21. - Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- This work investigated the electrocatalytic activity of a thermophilic methanogenic consortia (TMC) for developing a bioelectrosynthesis process to convert food and paper wastes to methane. Electroanalytical techniques were used to analyze the electrocatalytic activity of the TMC biofilm formed onto the electrodes. The developed electromethanogenesis process enhanced the yield of methane by 54.7% than control experiments. Scanning electron micrographs of the TMC bioelectrodes showed that the electrosynthesis process accelerates biofilm formation onto the electrodes leading to enhanced direct electron transfer reactions at electrode-electrolyte interface. This study will help in developing a novel approach for valorization of food and paper waste to biofuels.<br />Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.<br /> (Copyright © 2020. Published by Elsevier Ltd.)
- Subjects :
- Anaerobiosis
Biofuels
Methane
Bioreactors
Sewage
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1873-2976
- Volume :
- 314
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Bioresource technology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 32718806
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2020.123892