The aim of this study was to verify the possibility to use a polarized graphite electrode as an electron donor for the reductive dechlorination of 1,2-dichloroethane, an ubiquitous groundwater contaminant. The rate of 1,2-DCA dechlorination almost linearly increased by decreasing the set cathode potential over a broad range of set cathode potentials (i.e., from 300 mV to 900 mV vs. the standard hydrogen elec- trode). This process was primarily dependent on electrolytic H2 generation. On the other hand, reductive dechlorination proceeded (although quite slowly) with a very high Coulombic efficiency (near 70%) at a set cathode potential of 300 mV, where no H2 production occurred. Under this condition, reductive dechlorination was likely driven by direct electron uptake from the surface of the polarized electrode. Taken as a whole, this study further extends the range of chlorinated contaminants which can be treated with bioelectrochemical systems.
Bioelectrochemically-assisted reductive dechlorination of 1,2- Dichloroethane by a dehalococcoides-enriched microbial culture / Leitão, Patrícia; Rossetti, Simona; Nouws, Henri P. A.; Danko, Anthony S.; Majone, Mauro; Aulenta, Federico. - In: BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY. - ISSN 0960-8524. - STAMPA. - 195:(2015), pp. 78-82. [10.1016/j.biortech.2015.06.027]
Bioelectrochemically-assisted reductive dechlorination of 1,2- Dichloroethane by a dehalococcoides-enriched microbial culture
Mauro Majone;
2015
Abstract
The aim of this study was to verify the possibility to use a polarized graphite electrode as an electron donor for the reductive dechlorination of 1,2-dichloroethane, an ubiquitous groundwater contaminant. The rate of 1,2-DCA dechlorination almost linearly increased by decreasing the set cathode potential over a broad range of set cathode potentials (i.e., from 300 mV to 900 mV vs. the standard hydrogen elec- trode). This process was primarily dependent on electrolytic H2 generation. On the other hand, reductive dechlorination proceeded (although quite slowly) with a very high Coulombic efficiency (near 70%) at a set cathode potential of 300 mV, where no H2 production occurred. Under this condition, reductive dechlorination was likely driven by direct electron uptake from the surface of the polarized electrode. Taken as a whole, this study further extends the range of chlorinated contaminants which can be treated with bioelectrochemical systems.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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