Reduced internal resistance of microbial electrolysis cell (MEC) as factors of configuration and stuffing with granular activated carbon
(0) With limited external applied voltage,the microbial electrolysis cell (MEC) could produce hydrogen by exoelectrogenic microorganisms. The present study revealed that a cubiod-shaped chamber effectively reduce the distance between electrodes and thereby reduce the internal resistance of the entire cell.With 0.6 volt of applied voltage,the cuboid MEC had a columbic efficiency of 33.7%,much higher than that achieved in the H-shaped MEC test (ca.15%) of comparable size.Filling the anode chamber with granular activated carbon further enhanced the columbic efficiency to 45%. The corresponding hydrogen conversion rate could reach 35%.
microbial electrolysis cell (MEC) internal resistance biohydrogen granular activated carbon (GAC)
Aijie Wang Wenzong Liu Nanqi Ren Haoyi Cheng
State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment,Harbin Institute of Technology (SKLUWRE,HIT),150090,China
国际会议
第二届中国微生物燃料电池研讨会(The 2nd Symposium on Microbial Fuel Cell in China)
北京
英文
52-55
2009-11-13（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）