Electrochemical device for electricity generation using waste water as a fuel

以废水为燃料发电的电化学装置

• 批准号: 132160
• 金额: $ 11.31万
• 依托单位: C-TECH INNOVATION LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Feasibility Studies
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2016 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=132160
• 关键词: Electrochemical; device; electricity; generation; using

Thanks to an innovative electrochemical device, this project will add value to organic materials dissolved in waste-water streams by generating electricity upon their electrochemical oxidation in a low cost but high power fuel cell (15 mW/cm2). Large amounts of waste water contaminated with sugars and other high energy organic molecules are currently generated as a result of the industrial activity in sectors including food manufacturers, beverage production, breweries, wineries or biofuel generators. These water streams represent an increasing problem for those industries as expensive and slow water cleaning procedures are mandatory prior to municipal disposal. The system here proposed enables significant carbon dioxide savings and a dramatic drop the energy requirements for water remediation and related costs. Alternative technologies are capital intensive with low electrical generation efficiency (anerobic digestion) or uneconomic (microbiological fuel cells with a power density of less than 2 mW/cm2). Unlike many renewable energy sources, this fuel cell provides continuous and clean electricity generation to support the grid and provide peak shaving.

由于采用了创新的电化学装置，该项目将通过在低成本但高功率的燃料电池（15 mW/cm 2）中进行电化学氧化来发电，从而为溶解在废水流中的有机材料增值。目前，由于食品制造商、饮料生产、酿酒厂、葡萄酒厂或生物燃料发电机等行业的工业活动，产生了大量被糖和其他高能有机分子污染的废水。这些水流代表了这些行业日益严重的问题，因为在市政处置之前必须进行昂贵且缓慢的水清洁程序。这里提出的系统能够显著地节省二氧化碳，并且显著地降低用于水修复的能量需求和相关成本。替代技术是资本密集型的，发电效率低（厌氧消化）或不经济（微生物燃料电池，功率密度低于2 mW/cm 2）。与许多可再生能源不同，这种燃料电池提供连续和清洁的发电，以支持电网并提供调峰。