Electric prompting and control of denitrification

Yutaka Sakakibara; Masao Kuroda

doi:10.1002/bit.260420418

Electric prompting and control of denitrification

Yutaka Sakakibara^*, Masao Kuroda

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Abstract

The effectiveness of a denitrification process which is driven and controlled by an electric current is demonstrated. Denitrifying microorganisms were immobilized on a carbon electrode and hydrogen was produced through the electrolysis of water. The hydrogen was utilized for the reduction of nitrate to N₂. The denitrification rate was a linear function of the electric current, and it was shown that about 1 mol of electron reduces 0.2 mol of nitrate to N₂ gas. These results exhibit that the proposed process is simple and feasible, especially for the treatment of low‐strength nitrate solutions. © 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	535-537
Number of pages	3
Journal	Biotechnology and bioengineering
Volume	42
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/bit.260420418
Publication status	Published - 1993 Aug 5
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

carbon electrode
denitrification
electrochemical biofilm process
ground water
nitrate treatment

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Biotechnology
Bioengineering
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

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