The possible utilization of MFCs technology to the remediation of waters polluted by Polyclicic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) was explored in this work. Ten microbial strains, isolated in urban environment, were inoculated in a MFC (three replicates) fuelled by 400 ml Winogradsky saline solution containing no other carbon and energy sources than anthracene (100 ppm), naphthalene (200 ppm), phenantrene (100 ppm), pyrene (100 ppm), benzo(a)pyrene (50 ppm) and incubated at 25°C. The performances were evaluated in terms of Power Density (PD), Current Density (CD), PAHs degradation rate and toxicity vs Daphnia magna and Lepidium sativum. A significant variability in PD (486 μW/m3 on average) was measured along with a maximum CD of 9 mA/m3. A degradation of 53% (naphthalene), 28% (anthracene and phenanthrene), 17% (pyrene) and 25% (benzo(a)pyrene) but, an increase in ecotoxicity vs L.sativum was measured in Winogradsky solutions+PAHs after one month.

Nastro, R.a., Toscanesi, M., Gambino, E., Monteverde, M., Guida, M., Falcucci, G., et al. (2015). Use of a single-chamber, air-cathode MFC for policyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) remediation in water environment. In Proceedings of the 6th European Fuel Cell - Piero Lunghi Conference, EFC 2015 (pp.317-318). ENEA.

Use of a single-chamber, air-cathode MFC for policyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) remediation in water environment

Falcucci G.;
2015-01-01

Abstract

The possible utilization of MFCs technology to the remediation of waters polluted by Polyclicic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) was explored in this work. Ten microbial strains, isolated in urban environment, were inoculated in a MFC (three replicates) fuelled by 400 ml Winogradsky saline solution containing no other carbon and energy sources than anthracene (100 ppm), naphthalene (200 ppm), phenantrene (100 ppm), pyrene (100 ppm), benzo(a)pyrene (50 ppm) and incubated at 25°C. The performances were evaluated in terms of Power Density (PD), Current Density (CD), PAHs degradation rate and toxicity vs Daphnia magna and Lepidium sativum. A significant variability in PD (486 μW/m3 on average) was measured along with a maximum CD of 9 mA/m3. A degradation of 53% (naphthalene), 28% (anthracene and phenanthrene), 17% (pyrene) and 25% (benzo(a)pyrene) but, an increase in ecotoxicity vs L.sativum was measured in Winogradsky solutions+PAHs after one month.
6th European Fuel Cell Technology and Applications Conference - Piero Lunghi Conference, EFC 2015
ita
2015
Hiden Analytical
Rilevanza internazionale
2015
Settore ING-IND/09 - SISTEMI PER L'ENERGIA E L'AMBIENTE
English
Bioremediation
Ecotoxicity
Microbial fuel cells
PAHs
Intervento a convegno
Nastro, R.a., Toscanesi, M., Gambino, E., Monteverde, M., Guida, M., Falcucci, G., et al. (2015). Use of a single-chamber, air-cathode MFC for policyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) remediation in water environment. In Proceedings of the 6th European Fuel Cell - Piero Lunghi Conference, EFC 2015 (pp.317-318). ENEA.
Nastro, Ra; Toscanesi, M; Gambino, E; Monteverde, M; Guida, M; Falcucci, G; Minutillo, M; Jannelli, E; Trifuoggi, M
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