Bioelectrochemical Systems
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Bioelectrochemical Systems

  1. 524 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Bioelectrochemical Systems

About this book

In the context of wastewater treatment, Bioelectrochemical Systems (BESs) have gained considerable interest in the past few years, and several BES processes are on the brink of application to this area. This book, written by a large number of world experts in the different sub-topics, describes the different aspects and processes relevant to their development. 

Bioelectrochemical Systems (BESs) use micro-organisms to catalyze an oxidation and/or reduction reaction at an anodic and cathodic electrode respectively. Briefly, at an anode oxidation of organic and inorganic electron donors can occur. Prime examples of such electron donors are waste organics and sulfides. At the cathode, an electron acceptor such as oxygen or nitrate can be reduced. The anode and the cathode are connected through an electrical circuit. If electrical power is harvested from this circuit, the system is called a Microbial Fuel Cell; if electrical power is invested, the system is called a Microbial Electrolysis Cell. 

The overall framework of bio-energy and bio-fuels is discussed. A number of chapters discuss the basics – microbiology, microbial ecology, electrochemistry, technology and materials development. The book continues by highlighting the plurality of processes based on BES technology already in existence, going from wastewater based reactors to sediment based bio-batteries. The integration of BESs into existing water or process lines is discussed. Finally, an outlook is provided of how BES will fit within the emerging biorefinery area. 


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Yes, you can access Bioelectrochemical Systems by Korneel Rabaey,Lars Angenent,Uwe Schroder,Jurg Keller in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Technology & Engineering & Environmental Science. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Half title
  2. Series
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Foreword
  7. List of Contributors
  8. Chapter 1: Bioelectrochemical Systems: a new approach towards environmental and industrial biotechnology
  9. Chapter 2: Microbial energy production from biomass
  10. Chapter 3: Enzymatic fuel cells and their complementarities relative to BES/MFC
  11. Chapter 4: Shuttling via soluble compounds
  12. Chapter 5: A survey of direct electron transfer from microbes to electronically active surfaces
  13. Chapter 6: Genetically modified microorganisms for bioelectrochemical systems
  14. Chapter 7: Electrochemical losses
  15. Chapter 8: Electrochemical techniques for the analysis of bioelectrochemical systems
  16. Chapter 9: Materials for BES
  17. Chapter 10: Technological factors affecting BES performance and bottlenecks towards scale up
  18. Chapter 11: Organics oxidation
  19. Chapter 12: Conversion of sulfur species in bioelectrochemical systems
  20. Chapter 13: Chemically catalyzed cathodes in bioelectrochemical systems
  21. Chapter 14: Bioelectrochemical reductions in reactor systems
  22. Chapter 15: Bioelectrochemical systems (BES) for subsurface remediation
  23. Chapter 16: Fundamentals of benthic microbial fuel cells: theory, development and application
  24. Chapter 17: Microbial fuel cells as biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and toxicity sensors
  25. Chapter 18: Feedstocks for BES conversions
  26. Chapter 19: Integrating BES in the wastewater and sludge treatment line
  27. Chapter 20: Peripherals of BES – small scale yet feasible (demonstrated) applications
  28. Chapter 21: Towards a mathematical description of bioelectrochemical systems
  29. Outlook: Research directions and new applications for BES
  30. Index