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© 2019 Elsevier B.V. Copper recovery from distillery effluent was studied in a scalable bioelectro-chemical system with approx. 6.8 L total volume. Two control strategies based on the control of power with maximum power point tracking (MPPT) and the application of 0.5 V using an external power supply were used to investigate the resultant modified electroplating characteristics. The reactor system was constructed from two electrically separated, but hydraulically connected cells, to which the MPPT and 0.5 V control strategies were applied. Three experiments were carried out using a relatively high copper concentration i.e. 1000 mg/L followed by a lower concentration i.e. 50 mg/L, with operational run times defined to meet the treatment requirements for distillery effluents considered. Real distillery waste was introduced into the cathode to reduce ionic copper concentrations. This waste was then recirculated to the anode as a feed stock after the copper depletion step, in order to test the bioenergy self-sustainability of the system. Approx. 60–95% copper was recovered in the form of deposits depending on starting concentration. However, the recovery was low when the anode was supplied with copper depleted distillery waste. Through process control (MPPT or 0.5 V applied voltage) the amount and form of the copper recovered could be manipulated.
Author(s): Kaur A, Boghani HC, Milner EM, Kimber RL, Michie IS, Daalmans R, Dinsdale RM, Guwy AJ, Head IM, Lloyd JR, Yu EH, Sadhukhan J, Premier GC
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Journal of Hazardous Materials
Year: 2019
Volume: 371
Pages: 18-26
Print publication date: 05/06/2019
Online publication date: 27/02/2019
Acceptance date: 26/02/2019
Date deposited: 07/05/2019
ISSN (print): 0304-3894
ISSN (electronic): 1873-3336
Publisher: Elsevier BV
URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2019.02.100
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2019.02.100
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