Separation of Acetate Produced from C1 Gas Fermentation Using an Electrodialysis-Based Bioelectrochemical System

Autor: Jiyun Baek, Changman Kim, Young Eun Song, Hyeon Sung Im, Mutyala Sakuntala, Jung Rae Kim
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Energies, Vol 11, Iss 10, p 2770 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1996-1073
DOI: 10.3390/en11102770
Popis: The conversion of C1 gas feedstock, such as carbon monoxide (CO), to useful platform chemicals has attracted considerable interest in industrial biotechnology. One conversion method is electrode-based electron transfer to microorganisms using bioelectrochemical systems (BESs). In this BES system, acetate is the predominant component of various volatile fatty acids (VFAs). To appropriately separate and concentrate the acetate produced, a BES-type electrodialysis cell with an anion exchange membrane was constructed and evaluated under various operational conditions, such as applied external current, acetate concentration, and pH. A high acetate flux of 23.9 mmol/m2∙h was observed under a −15 mA current in an electrodialysis-based bioelectrochemical system. In addition, the initial acetate concentration affected the separation efficiency and transportation rate. The maximum flux appeared at 48.6 mmol/m2∙h when the acetate concentration was 100 mM, whereas the effects of the initial pH of the anolyte were negligible. The acetate flux was 14.9 mmol/m2∙h when actual fermentation broth from BES-based CO fermentation was used as a catholyte. A comparison of the synthetic broth with the actual fermentation broth suggests that unknown substances and metabolites produced from the previous bioconversion process interfere with electrodialysis. These results provide information on the optimal conditions for the separation of VFAs produced by C1 gas fermentation through electrodialysis and a combination of a BES and electrodialysis.
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