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Assessment of electrocoagulation as a pretreatment method of olive mill wastewater towards alternative processes for biofuels production

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  • Ntaikou, I.
  • Antonopoulou, G.
  • Vayenas, D.
  • Lyberatos, G.

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In the present study, electrocoagulation (EC), alone or in combination with precipitation or centrifugation, was assessed as a potential pretreatment method for enhanced production of biofuels from 3-phase decanter olive mill wastewater (OMW). Experiments were performed using undiluted and diluted OMW in an EC reactor, operating with a current of 2 A and either Al or Fe electrode materials. Subsequently, diluted OMW was subjected to EC followed by precipitation or centrifugation. The effect of current density (0.05, 0.5 or 1 A) on the combined EC – centrifugation process was assessed and a high reduction of organics was observed for the higher current applied. The different fractions of the pretreated effluents were used as substrates for methane, hydrogen as well as for bioethanol production and the maximum energy recovery was determined in each case. It was shown that, EC at a current of 2 A or further combination with physical methods led to low biofuels yields. However, reduction of the current during EC to 0.05 A or 0.5 A, led to high methane and ethanol yields, with the best scenario being the production of methane yielding an energy equivalent of 1902 kJ/L OMW.

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  • Ntaikou, I. & Antonopoulou, G. & Vayenas, D. & Lyberatos, G., 2020. "Assessment of electrocoagulation as a pretreatment method of olive mill wastewater towards alternative processes for biofuels production," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 154(C), pages 1252-1262.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:154:y:2020:i:c:p:1252-1262
    DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2020.03.108
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    1. Wala'a Alshiekh Abdallah & Omar Zimmo & Eldon R. Rene & Peter Van Der Steen, 2017. "Anaerobic biodegradation of olive mill wastewater: batch and UASB reactor performance," International Journal of Global Environmental Issues, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 16(1/2/3), pages 162-175.
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    1. Ioanna Ntaikou & Georgia Antonopoulou & Gerasimos Lyberatos, 2020. "Sustainable Second-Generation Bioethanol Production from Enzymatically Hydrolyzed Domestic Food Waste Using Pichia anomala as Biocatalyst," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(1), pages 1-16, December.
    2. Rakhmania & Hesam Kamyab & Muhammad Ali Yuzir & Norhayati Abdullah & Le Minh Quan & Fatimah Azizah Riyadi & Riadh Marzouki, 2022. "Recent Applications of the Electrocoagulation Process on Agro-Based Industrial Wastewater: A Review," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(4), pages 1-19, February.
    3. Antonopoulou, G. & Bampos, G. & Ntaikou, I. & Alexandropoulou, M. & Dailianis, S. & Bebelis, S. & Lyberatos, G., 2023. "The biochemical and electrochemical characteristics of a microbial fuel cell used to produce electricity from olive mill wastewater," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 282(C).

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