Understanding the impact of flow rate and recycle on the conversion of a complex biorefinery stream using a flow-through microbial electrolysis cell
By Alex J. Lewis and Abhijeet P. Borole
Published in Biochemical Engineering Journal
2016
Abstract
The effect of flow rate and recycle on the conversion of a biomass-derived pyrolysis aqueous phase in a microbial electrolysis cell (MEC) were investigated to demonstrate production of renewable hydrogen in biorefinery. A continuous \MEC\ operation was investigated under one-pass and recycle conditions using the complex, biomass-derived, fermentable, mixed substrate feed at a constant concentration of 0.026 g/L, while testing flow rates ranging from 0.19 to 3.6 mL/min. This corresponds to an organic loading rate (OLR) of 0.54