Bioelectrochemical Integration of Waste Heat Recovery, Waste-to- Energy Conversion, and Waste-to-Chemical Conversion with Industrial Gas and Chemical Manufacturing Processes

Mac Dougall, James¹ 

[1] Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA (United States)

关键词: microbial fuel cell;    reverse electrodialysis;    electrolysis;    waste heat recovery;    bioelectrochemical systems;    wastewater;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1242987
RP-ID  :  DE--EE0005750
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1242987

学科分类：能源（综合）

美国|英语

来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

Many U.S. manufacturing facilities generate unrecovered, low-grade waste heat, and also generate or are located near organic-content waste effluents. Bioelectrochemical systems, such as microbial fuel cells and microbial electrolysis cells, provide a means to convert organic-content effluents into electric power and useful chemical products. A novel biochemical electrical system for industrial manufacturing processes uniquely integrates both waste heat recovery and waste effluent conversion, thereby significantly reducing manufacturing energy requirements. This project will enable the further development of this technology so that it can be applied across a wide variety of US manufacturing segments, including the chemical, food, pharmaceutical, refinery, and pulp and paper industries. It is conservatively estimated that adoption of this technology could provide nearly 40 TBtu/yr of energy, or more than 1% of the U.S. total industrial electricity use, while reducing CO₂ emissions by more than 6 million tons per year. Commercialization of this technology will make a significant contribution to DOE???s Industrial Technology Program goals for doubling energy efficiency and providing a more robust and competitive domestic manufacturing base.