Ammonia/ammonium removal/recovery from wastewaters using bioelectrochemical systems (BES): A review

• Published in: Bioresource technology Vol. 363; p. 127927
• Main Authors: Lee, Yu-Jen, Lin, Bin-Le, Xue, Mianqiang, Tsunemi, Kiyotaka
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.11.2022
• Subjects: aeration; ammonia; ammonium; bioeconomics; cost effectiveness; desalination; electrosynthesis; energy; microbial electrolysis cells; wastewater

This review updates the current research efforts on using BES to recover NH3/NH4+, highlighting the novel configurations and introducing the working principles and the applications of microbial fuel cell (MFC), microbial electrolysis cell (MEC), microbial desalination cell (MDC), and microbial elect...