Modelling the cathodic reduction of 2,4-dichlorophenol in a microbial fuel cell.

ABSTRACT: This work presents a simplified mathematical model able to predict the performance of a microbial fuel cell (MFC) for the cathodic dechlorination of 2,4-dichlorophenol (2,4-DCP) operating at different cathode pH values (7.0 and 5.0). Experimental data from previous work were utilized for the fitting of the model. The MFC modelled consisted of two chambers (bioanode and abiotic cathode), wherein the catholyte contained 300 mg L^-1 of 2,4-DCP and the anolyte 1000 mg L^-1 of sodium acetate. The model considered two mixed microbial populations in the anode compartment using sodium acetate as the carbon source for growth and maintenance: electrogenic and non-electrogenic biomass. 2,4-DCP, its intermediates of the reductive process (2-chlorophenol, 2-CP and 4-chlorophenol, 4-

SUBMITTER: Leon-Fernandez LF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8948123 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature