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UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST
FACULTY OF PHYSICS Guest
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Conference: Bucharest University Faculty of Physics 2015 Meeting
Section: Physics and Technology of Renewable and Alternative Energy Sources
Title:
Microorganisms capacity to reduce nitrates in microbial fuel cells
Authors:
Ana CUCU(1) , Iulian TANASE(1), Elena Cristina SERBAN(1), Catalin CEAUS(1), Ioan STAMATIN(1), Adrian CIOCANEA(2) , Sanda BUDEA(2), Alexandru Anton CIUCU(3)
Affiliation:
1) University of Bucharest, Faculty of Physics, 3Nano-SAE Research Center, MG-38, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania
2)Polytehnica University of Bucharest, Power Engineering Faculty, Hydraulics, Hidraulic Machines and Environmental Engineering Department
E-mail
ana@3nanosae.org
Keywords:
Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs), wastewater treatment, energy production
Abstract:
Freshwater quality and availability has significantly decreased due to poor strategies in preventing losses and contamination. The main sources for water pollution can be traced to human residential, industrial, and agricultural waste, coupled with ineffective waste treatment and disposal practices. Microbial electrochemical systems constitute a breakthrough in environmental technology so our current research focuses on simultaneous energy production and organic matter removal in wastewater, we investigate the potential of a monochamber Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs) to produce electricity coupled with reduction of the organic load of wastewaters collected from Facai’s Wastewater Treatment Plant in Romania. The MFC system was inoculated with microbial cultures obtained from the silt from a river basin that regularly accepts heavy loads of nitrates from the local agriculture. We analyzed the efficiency of this system in organic matter removal, power generation and nitrate reduction.
Acknowledgement:
Ana Cucu was supported by the strategic grant POSDRU/159/1.5/S/133652, ”Integrated system to improve the quality of doctoral and postdoctoral research in Romania and promotion of the role of science in society” cofinanced by the European Social Found within the Sectorial Operational Program Human Resources Development 2007 – 2013.
This work was supported by a grant of the Romanian National Authority for Scientific Research, Program for research- PNCDI-II project number 75/2014, PNCDI-II- project number 46/2014.
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