Scale-up of the bioelectrochemical system: Strategic perspectives and normalization of performance indices


Jadhav D. A., Chendake A. D., Vinayak V., ATABANI A., Abdelkareem M. A., Chae K.

BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY, vol.363, 2022 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Review
  • Volume: 363
  • Publication Date: 2022
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.biortech.2022.127935
  • Journal Name: BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, PASCAL, Aqualine, Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA), BIOSIS, Biotechnology Research Abstracts, CAB Abstracts, Chemical Abstracts Core, Compendex, EMBASE, Environment Index, Food Science & Technology Abstracts, Geobase, INSPEC, MEDLINE, Pollution Abstracts, Veterinary Science Database, Civil Engineering Abstracts
  • Keywords: Energy balance, Microbial electrochemical technology, Net energy recovery, Normalization of performance, Resource recovery, Techno-economic feasibility
  • Erciyes University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Electrochemists and ecological engineers find environmental bioelectrochemistry appealing; however, there is a big gap between expectations and actual progress in bioelectrochemical system (BES). Implementing such technology opens new opportunities for novel electrochemical reactions for resource recovery and effective wastewater treatment. Loopholes of BES exist in its scaling-up applications, and numerous attempts toward practical applications (200, 1000, and 1500 L) are key successive indicators toward its commercialization. This review emphasized the critical rethinking of standardization of performance indices i.e. current generation (A/ m2), net energy recovery (kWh/kg.COD), product/resource yield (mM), and economic feasibility ($/kWh) to make fair comparison with the existing treatment system. Therefore, directional perspectives, including modularity, energy-cost balance, energy and resource recovery, have been proposed for the sustainable market of BES. The current state of the art and up-gradation in resource recovery and contaminant removal warrants a systematic rethinking of functional worth and niches of BES for practical applications.