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Electro-assisted anaerobic treatment of organic wastes
This project simultaneously addresses two of the world’s most pressing challenges, namely energy, and water
pollution &conservation. While this project focuses primarily on developing an innovative technological solution
to bioethanol waste management problems, it also opens the door for other agricultural and food industries to
adopt this enhanced fermentation technology both for making value-added products, and waste treatment. The
hydrogen economy is rapidly evolving due to the utilization of hydrogen as a clean energy source as well as a
valuable industrial gas that has uses in food and the oil industries among others. One of the main challenges of
biological hydrogen production from organics is the interference of hydrogen-utilizing bacteria, which convert the
hydrogen to methane and acetate in anaerobic dark fermentation processes. Recent developments have
demonstrated that acetate can be converted to hydrogen using special microorganisms, known as
exoelectrogens, that have the ability to transfer electrons, and are thus induced electrically by application of a
small voltage….
Faculty Supervisor:
George Nakhla
Student:
Partner:
GreenField Specialty Alcohols
Discipline:
Engineering
Sector:
Manufacturing
University:
Western University
Program:
Accelerate
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