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. 2022 Nov 16;13:968812. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.968812

Table 7.

Performance of bioelectrochemical processes.

Process description Influent N concentrations (mg-N/L) NRE (%) NRR (kg-N/m3-day) Remarks References
1 BES (Abiotic anode—biocathode) 4.4–6.8 54–100 0.018–0.121 2 l up-flow column with recirculation units Sander et al. (2017)
1 Abiotic anode—biocathode 50 18–43 0.00063–0.00156 Applied voltage: 0.7–1.1 V; 25°C Nguyen et al. (2015)
2 Biotic anode—biocathode 50 75.4 ± 2.9 0.0024 ± 0.00035 Cell voltage variation between 0.1 V and 1 V; 25°C; C/N ratio = 3; 150 mg-COD/L CH3COONa
3 Microbial fuel cell (MFC): biotic anode and cathode 2,615 - 0.08 1 g/L CH3COONa in the anodic section and KNO3 in cathodic section Clauwaert et al. (2007)
4 Microbial electrolysis cell (biotic anode and cathode) 30.5 90–95a 0.01 Applied voltages were 0.4 V, 0.6 V and 0.8 V Liang et al. (2021)
5 Electrochemical denitrification cell (abiotic anode and cathode) 30.5 57–62 a - Abiotic conditions were applied
6 H2 20 0–100 0.12b Current supplied: −2 to 10 mA Feleke et al. (1998)
7 biotic anode and cathode with S2− addition in cathode chamber 100 100 - 400 ml system Jianping et al. (2022)
8 Microbial electrolysis cell 30–1,400c 70 0.98c 150 l MFC; 1 V between anode and anode Isabel San-Martín et al. (2018)
a

For both Ti mesh and stainless steel mesh cathodes.

b

Estimated from Figure 2 in the source file.

c

Estimated from Figure 4 in the source file.