화학공학소재연구정보센터
홈 로그인 로그아웃 연락처 사이트맵
Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, Vol.38, No.1, 72-80, January, 2021
DOI10.1007/s11814-020-0674-3  Export Citation
Microbial fuel cell for oilfield produced water treatment and reuse: Modelling and process optimization
Majid Mohammadi, Mehdi Sedighi1, †, Rajamohan Natarajan2, Sedky Hassan Aly Hassan3, and Mostafa Ghasemi2, †
  • Department of Energy Engineering, Qom University of Technology, Qom, Iran
  • 1Division of Energy Systems, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Qom, Qom, Iran
  • 2Chemical Engineering Section, Sohar University, Sohar, 311, Oman
  • 3Botany & Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, New Valley University, 72511 El-Kharga, Egypt
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Oilfield produced water is one of the vast amounts of wastewater that pollute the environment and cause serious problems. In this study, the produced water was treated in a microbial fuel cell (MFC), and response surface methodology and central composite design (RSM/CCD) were used as powerful tools to optimize the process. The results of two separate parameters of sulfonated poly ether ether ketone (SPEEK) as well as nanocomposite composition (CNT/Pt) on the chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal and power generation were discussed. The nanocomposite was analyzed using XRD, SEM, and TEM. Moreover, the degree of sulfonation (DS) was measured by NMR. A quadratic model was utilized to forecast the removal of COD and power generation under distinct circumstances. To obtain the maximum COD removal along with maximum power generation, favorable conditions were achieved by statistical and mathematical techniques. The findings proved that MFC could remove 92% of COD and generate 545mW/m2 of power density at optimum conditions of DS=80; and CNT/Pt of 14 wt% CNT- 86 wt% Pt.
Keywords:MFC;COD Removal;Power Generation;CNT/Pt Nanocomposite;Optimization
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