Application of microbial electrolysis cells to treat spent yeast from an alcoholic fermentation

Ornella Sosa-Hernández; Sudeep C. Popat; Prathap Parameswaran; Gibrán Sidney Alemán-Nava; Cesar Torres; Germán Buitrón; Roberto Parra-Saldívar

doi:10.1016/j.biortech.2015.10.053

Application of microbial electrolysis cells to treat spent yeast from an alcoholic fermentation

Ornella Sosa-Hernández, Sudeep C. Popat, Prathap Parameswaran, Gibrán Sidney Alemán-Nava, Cesar Torres, Germán Buitrón, Roberto Parra-Saldívar

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Abstract

Spent yeast (SY), a major challenge for the brewing industry, was treated using a microbial electrolysis cell to recover energy. Concentrations of SY from bench alcoholic fermentation and ethanol were tested, ranging from 750 to 1500mgCOD/L and 0 to 2400mgCOD/L respectively. COD removal efficiency (RE), coulombic efficiency (CE), coulombic recovery (CR), hydrogen production and current density were evaluated. The best treatment condition was 750mgCOD/LSY+1200mgCOD/L ethanol giving higher COD RE, CE, CR (90±1%, 90±2% and 81±1% respectively), as compared with 1500mgCOD/LSY (76±2%, 63±7% and 48±4% respectively); ethanol addition was significantly favorable (p value=0.011), possibly due to electron availability and SY autolysis. 1500mgCOD/LSY+1200mgCOD/L ethanol achieved higher current density (222.0±31.3A/m³) and hydrogen production (2.18±0.66 LH2/day/LReactor) but with lower efficiencies (87±2% COD RE, 71.0±.4% CE). Future work should focus on electron sinks, acclimation and optimizing SY breakdown.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	342-349
Number of pages	8
Journal	Bioresource Technology
Volume	200
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2015.10.053
State	Published - Jan 1 2016

Keywords

COD removal
Coulombic efficiency
Hydrogen
Microbial electrolysis cell
Spent yeast

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Bioengineering
Environmental Engineering
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Waste Management and Disposal

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Sosa-Hernández, O., Popat, S. C., Parameswaran, P., Alemán-Nava, G. S., Torres, C., Buitrón, G., & Parra-Saldívar, R. (2016). Application of microbial electrolysis cells to treat spent yeast from an alcoholic fermentation. Bioresource Technology, 200, 342-349. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2015.10.053

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