Development of a microbial fuel cell capable of simultaneous removal of organic matter and nitrogen with generating electric power from nitrogenous organic wastewater
| Project/Area Number |
26420528
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Civil and environmental engineering
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| Research Institution | Gunma University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
窪田 恵一 群馬大学, 大学院理工学府, 助教 (50707510)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥5,070,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,170,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000)
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| Keywords | 廃水処理 / 微生物燃料電池 / 硝化脱窒 / エアカソード / バイオリアクター |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
A novel microbial fuel cell (MFC), capable of removing organic matter and nitrogen from wastewater, was proposed and demonstrated experimentally. The proposed MFC was two -chamber structure and was comprised of anodic compartment and a cathodic compartment equipped with both a denitrifying biocathode and an air-cathode on which nitrifying biofilm was pre-enriched (nitrifying air-cathode). In the cathode compartment, TN removal successfully proceeded through a sequence of biological nitrification by utilizing oxygen passed through the nitrifying air-cathode and autotrophic denitrification on the denitrifying biocathode with utilizing electrons delivered from anode as electron donors. Electric power was generated both between the nitrifying air-cathode and anode and between the denitrifying biocathode and anode during organic matter degradation in the anode compartment and TN removal in the cathode compartment.
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Research Products
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