ArticleScientific reports2020
Sediment microbial fuel cells as a barrier to sulfide accumulation and their potential for sediment remediation beneath aquaculture pens.
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- Operational efficiencies and sustainable bioprocessing in electro-fermentation and microbial fuel cells.Bioprocess and biosystems engineering · 2026Pooled it
- Multidisciplinary methodologies used in the study of cable bacteria.FEMS microbiology reviews · 2025Review
- Migration of various ions based on pH shifts triggered by the application of sediment microbial fuel cells.Water science and technology : a journal of the International Association on Water Pollution Research · 2024Article
- A comprehensive review of microbial fuel cells considering materials, methods, structures, and microorganisms.Heliyon · 2024Review
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- Microbial Electrochemical Technologies for Sustainable Nitrogen Removal in Marine and Coastal Environments.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- Biogeochemical impacts of fish farming on coastal sediments: Insights into the functional role of cable bacteria.Frontiers in microbiology · 2022Article
- Advancement in Benthic Microbial Fuel Cells toward Sustainable Bioremediation and Renewable Energy Production.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Review
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Abstract
Sediment microbial fuel cells (SMFCs) generate electricity through the oxidation of reduced compounds, such as sulfide or organic carbon compounds, buried in anoxic sediments. The ability to remove sulfide suggests their use in the remediation of sediments impacted by point source organic matter loading, such as occurs beneath open pen aquaculture farms. However, for SMFCs to be a viable technology they must remove sulfide at a scale relevant to the environmental contamination and their impact on the sediment geochemistry as a whole must be evaluated. Here we address these issues through a laboratory microcosm experiment. Two SMFCs placed in high organic matter sediments were operated for 96 days and compared to open circuit and sediment only controls. The impact on sediment geochemistry was evaluated with microsensor profiling for oxygen, sulfide, and pH. The SMFCs had no discernable effect on oxygen profiles, however porewater sulfide was significantly lower in the sediment microcosms with functioning SMFCs than those without. Depth integrated sulfide inventories in the SMFCs were only 20% that of the controls. However, the SMFCs also lowered pH in the sediments and the consequences of this acidification on sediment geochemistry should be considered if developing SMFCs for remediation. The data presented here indicate that SMFCs have potential for the remediation of sulfidic sediments around aquaculture operations.
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