Single-chamber microbial fuel cells as on-line shock-sensors for volatile fatty acids in anaerobic digesters

A Schievano, A Colombo, A Cossettini, A Goglio… - Waste Management, 2018 - Elsevier
In anaerobic digesters (AD), volatile fatty acids (VFAs) concentration is a critical operative
parameter, which is usually manually monitored to prevent inhibition of microbial consortia …

Innovative operation of microbial fuel cell-based biosensor for selective monitoring of acetate during anaerobic digestion

H Sun, Y Zhang, S Wu, R Dong, I Angelidaki - Science of The Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Volatile fatty acids (VFAs) especially acetate concentration have been proved to be a
sensitive and reliable indicator for many anaerobic processes such as anaerobic digestion …

Innovative air-cathode bioelectrochemical sensor for monitoring of total volatile fatty acids during anaerobic digestion

H Sun, M Xu, S Wu, R Dong, I Angelidaki, Y Zhang - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Bioelectrochemical sensors have proven attractive as simple and low-cost methods with
high potential for online monitoring of volatile fatty acids (VFA) in the anaerobic digestion …

Submersible probe type microbial electrochemical sensor for volatile fatty acids monitoring in the anaerobic digestion process

Y Jiang, N Chu, RJ Zeng - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2019 - Elsevier
Microbial electrochemical sensor with a more simplified architecture is required in the
anaerobic digestion (AD) process for in situ on-line volatile fatty acids (VFAs) monitoring. In …

Microbial electrochemical monitoring of volatile fatty acids during anaerobic digestion

X Jin, I Angelidaki, Y Zhang - Environmental science & technology, 2016 - ACS Publications
Volatile fatty acid (VFA) concentration is known as an important indicator to control and
optimize anaerobic digestion (AD) process. In this study, an innovative VFA biosensor was …

Microbial electrochemical sensors for volatile fatty acid measurement in high strength wastewaters: A review

A Hill, S Tait, C Baillie, B Virdis, B McCabe - Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2020 - Elsevier
In this review, the use of MESe are evaluated in the monitoring of volatile fatty acids (VFAs)
during the anaerobic digestion of high strength wastewater, with a focus on slaughterhouse …

Microbial fuel cell type biosensor for specific volatile fatty acids using acclimated bacterial communities

A Kaur, JR Kim, I Michie, RM Dinsdale, AJ Guwy… - Biosensors and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Volatile fatty acid (VFA) concentration is one of the most important parameters for monitoring
bio-processes such as anaerobic digestion and microbial fuel cells. In this study the …

Microbial fuel cell biosensor for in situ assessment of microbial activity

JM Tront, JD Fortner, M Plötze, JB Hughes… - Biosensors and …, 2008 - Elsevier
Microbial fuel cell (MFC)-based sensing was explored to provide useful information for the
development of an approach to in situ monitoring of substrate concentration and microbial …

Bio-electrolytic sensor for rapid monitoring of volatile fatty acids in anaerobic digestion process

X Jin, X Li, N Zhao, I Angelidaki, Y Zhang - Water research, 2017 - Elsevier
This study presents an innovative biosensor that was developed on the basis of a microbial
electrolysis cell for fast and reliable measurement of volatile fatty acids (VFA) during …

Optimization of sensing performance in an integrated dual sensors system combining microbial fuel cells and upflow anaerobic sludge bed reactor

H Jia, W Liu, J Wang, HH Ngo, W Guo, H Zhang - Chemosphere, 2018 - Elsevier
Two bio-cathode microbial fuel cells (MFCs) with Upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB)
are integrated to construct a UASB-MFC dual sensors system, developed to solve the …