[HTML][HTML] Microbial electrolysis cells for electromethanogenesis: Materials, configurations and operations

AA Pawar, A Karthic, S Lee, S Pandit… - Environmental Engineering …, 2022 - eeer.org
Anaerobic digestion is a traditional method of producing methane-containing biogas by
utilizing the methanogenic conversion of organic matter like agricultural waste and animal …

Progress towards catalyzing electro-methanogenesis in anaerobic digestion process: Fundamentals, process optimization, design and scale-up considerations

BS Zakaria, BR Dhar - Bioresource technology, 2019 - Elsevier
Electro-methanogenesis represents an emerging bio-methane production pathway that can
be achieved through integrating microbial electrolysis cell (MEC) with conventional …

Domestic wastewater treatment in parallel with methane production in a microbial electrolysis cell

R Moreno, MI San-Martín, A Escapa, A Morán - Renewable Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
Microbial electrolysis cells (MECs) have great potential as a technology for wastewater
treatment in parallel to energy production. In this study we explore the feasibility of using a …

Methane production improvement and associated methanogenic assemblages in bioelectrochemically assisted anaerobic digestion

S Gajaraj, Y Huang, P Zheng, Z Hu - Biochemical Engineering Journal, 2017 - Elsevier
Microbial electrolysis cell (MEC) was incorporated into anaerobic digestion (AD) to evaluate
the methane recovery from digestion of glucose and sludge and the pertinent methanogenic …

Microbial electrolysis cell as an emerging versatile technology: a review on its potential application, advance and challenge

T Hua, S Li, F Li, Q Zhou… - Journal of Chemical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Microbial electrolysis cells (MECs) have been studied in a wide range of potential
applications such as recalcitrant pollutants removal, chemicals synthesis, resources …

A review on the applications of microbial electrolysis cells in anaerobic digestion

Z Yu, X Leng, S Zhao, J Ji, T Zhou, A Khan… - Bioresource …, 2018 - Elsevier
Anaerobic digestion (AD) has been widely used for biogas or biofuel generation from waste
treatment. Because a low production rate and instability of AD occur frequently, various …

Surpassing the current limitations of high purity H2 production in microbial electrolysis cell (MECs): Strategies for inhibiting growth of methanogens

A Kadier, MS Kalil, K Chandrasekhar… - …, 2018 - Elsevier
Microbial electrolysis cells (MECs) are perceived as a potential and promising innovative
biotechnological tool that can convert carbon-rich waste biomass or wastewater into …

The role of microbial electrolysis cell in urban wastewater treatment: integration options, challenges, and prospects

KP Katuri, M Ali, PE Saikaly - Current opinion in biotechnology, 2019 - Elsevier
Highlights•MEC has the potential for anaerobic treatment of urban wastewater with resource
recovery.•Successful implementation for urban wastewater treatment requires integration …

Bioelectrohydrogenesis and inhibition of methanogenic activity in microbial electrolysis cells-A review

R Karthikeyan, KY Cheng, A Selvam, A Bose… - Biotechnology …, 2017 - Elsevier
Microbial electrolysis cells (MECs) are a promising technology for biological hydrogen
production. Compared to abiotic water electrolysis, a much lower electrical voltage (~ 0.2 V) …

Methanogenesis in membraneless microbial electrolysis cells

P Clauwaert, W Verstraete - Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 2009 - Springer
Operation of microbial electrolysis cells (MECs) without an ion exchange membrane could
help to lower the construction costs while lowering the ohmic cell resistance and improving …