Abstract
The recovery of silver from ammonia chelated silver alkaline waste water, COD removal from acetate waste water and electricity production in a dual chamber bio-electrochemical cell was investigated. The results indicated that pure silver could be deposited on cathode with over 99.9% silver ions removed from the catholyte while over 83% COD could be removed from anolyte simultaneously. As a result, the maximum electricity of 3.2. J and 160. C charges could be produced and 1.6. g Ag could be recovered on the cathode when 1. g COD was removed from the anolyte in the bio-electrochemical cell.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1337-1341 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Applied Energy |
| Volume | 112 |
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| State | Published - Dec 2013 |
Keywords
- Ammonia chelated silver
- Bipolar membrane
- Electricity production
- Microbial fuel cell
- Silver recovery