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Microbial community control by power distribution and application for wastewater treatment

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15K14058
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Civil and environmental engineering
Research InstitutionKyoto University

Principal Investigator

NISHIMURA Fumitake  京都大学, 工学研究科, 准教授 (60283636)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 日高 平  京都大学, 工学(系)研究科(研究院), 助教 (30346093)
楠田 育成  京都大学, 工学研究科, 技術職員 (60649200)
Project Period (FY) 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Keywords微生物燃料電池 / 廃水処理 / 通電制御 / 活性炭 / 栄養塩 / 下水汚泥 / リアルタイム状況把握
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Microbial fuel cell(MFC) is expected that it can establish a new wastewater treatment system which can accomplish electricity generation as well as wastewater treatment. However, concentration of organic carbon in domestic wastewater such as sewage is usually low for enough electricity generation by MFC, and practical application to sewage treatment has not been attained. MFC is driven by special microbes such as Geobacter which can construct electrical circuit, therefore improvement of electrical circuit condition can change the microbial community and MFC efficiency. In this study, addition of activated carbon is considered for attached growth media which can conduct electricity. It is observed that addition of activated carbon can attain both wastewater treatment and electricity generation, which suggests possibility of new wastewater treatment system with energy recovery and low sludge production.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2017 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (2 results)

All 2018 2017

All Presentation (2 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results)

  • [Presentation] Wastewater treatment by microbial fuel cell with activated carbon anode2018

    • Author(s)
      T. Suzuki, T.Hidaka, T.Mizuno, Y.Kusuda, F.Nishimura
    • Organizer
      the 27th Joint KAIST-KYOTO-NTU-NUS Symposium on Environmental Engineering
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 活性炭を負極に用いた微生物燃料電池による排水処理特性2017

    • Author(s)
      鈴木拓弥・日高平・水野忠雄・楠田育成・西村文武
    • Organizer
      土木学会第54回環境工学研究フォーラム
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2015-04-16   Modified: 2019-03-29  

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