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ArticleWater environment research : a research publication of the Water Environment Federation2026

Computational Fluid Dynamics Reveals Mass Transfer Limitations in a Pilot-Scale Microbial Electrolysis Cell.

Oscar Guerrero-Sodric, Rholand Jordi Navarro-Quispe, Martí Cortada-García, Juan Antonio Baeza, Albert Guisasola

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Article in Water environment research : a research publication of the Water Environment Federation, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Oscar Guerrero-SodricGENOCOV, Department of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain.
Rholand Jordi Navarro-QuispeGENOCOV, Department of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain.
Martí Cortada-GarcíaGENOCOV, Department of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain.
Juan Antonio BaezaGENOCOV, Department of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1290-1669
Albert GuisasolaGENOCOV, Department of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3012-7964

Funding

Generalitat de Catalunya 2021SGR515Institucio Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA) 2025-2029LIFE programme LIFE19ENV/ES/000191
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The scalability of microbial electrochemical technologies (METs), particularly microbial electrolysis cells (MECs), is constrained by hydrodynamic and mass transfer limitations that hinder efficient resource recovery from wastewater. This study presents a comprehensive computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model of a pilot-scale MEC (1 m

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Bioelectric Energy SourcesElectrolysisHydrodynamicsBioreactorsComputer SimulationModels, TheoreticalPilot ProjectsANSYS Fluentcomputational fluid dynamics (CFD)microbial electrolysis cell (MEC)pilot plantwastewater treatment

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PMID42318628
PMCPMC13280648

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