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Chapter 1. Introduction 1
1.1. Backgrounds 2
1.2. Research objectives. 6
References. 8
Chapter 2. Literature review 13
2.1. Microbial fuel cell 14
2.1.1. Principle of MFC 14
2.1.2. MFC-based technologies 16
2.1.3. Domestic wastewater treatment based on MFC systems 23
2.2. Nitrogen removal mechanism 29
2.2.1. Nitrification 29
2.2.2. Denitrification 32
2.2.3. Anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) 34
2.2.4. Simultaneous nitritation, anammox and denitrification 39
2.3. Novel nitrogen removal technologies based on MFCs 41
2.3.1. Bioelectrochemical denitrification 41
2.3.2. Ammonia volatilization 43
2.3.3. Simultaneous nitrification and denitrification using MFCs. 44
References. 51
Chapter 3. Evaluation for electricity production from flat-panel air-cathode microbial fuel cells treating domestic wastewater 68
3.1. Introduction 69
3.2. Materials and methods 72
3.2.1. FA-MFC construction 72
3.2.2. FA-MFC operation 74
3.2.3. Chemical and electrochemical analyses 78
3.3. Results and discussion 79
3.3.1. Electricity generation with acetate 79
3.3.2. Electricity generation with domestic wastewater 80
3.3.3. Maximum power density and internal resistance 84
3.3.4. COD removal and Coulombic efficiency 93
3.4. Conclusions 96
References 97
Chapter 4. Evaluation for simultaneous nitrification and denitrification from flat-panel air-cathode microbial nitrogen-removal cells treating domestic wastewater 104
4.1. Introduction 105
4.2. Materials and methods 109
4.2.1. FA- MNC construction and operation 109
4.2.2. Chemical and electrochemical analyses 113
4.2.3. Microbial community analyses 114
4.3. Results and discussion 116
4.3.1. Performance of FA-MNC units in individual operation 116
4.3.2. Electricity generation in the series FA-MNC 120
4.3.3. COD and TN removals in the series FA-MNC 125
4.3.4. Microbial communities 136
4.4. Conclusions 142
References 143
Chapter 5. Understanding complete ammonia removal mechanism in flatpanel air-cathode microbial nitrogen-removal cells treating domestic wastewater 153
5.1. Introduction 154
5.2. Materials and methods 157
5.2.1. FA-MNC construction and operation 157
5.2.2. Analysis methods. 158
5.2.3. DNA extraction 159
5.2.4. High-throughput 16S rRNA gene sequencing 160
5.3. Results and discussion 161
5.3.1. FA-MNC performance 161
5.3.2. Comparative analysis 164
5.3.3. Taxonomic analysis 166
5.3.4. Biological mechanisms in the FA-MNC system 180
5.3.5. Perspective of the FA-MNC system 187
5.4. Conclusions 188
References 189
Chapter 6. Conclusions 198
요약 203