TY - JOUR
T1 - Waste or Gold? Bioelectrochemical Resource Recovery in Source-Separated Urine
AU - Nazari, Safoora
AU - Zinatizadeh, Ali A.
AU - Mirghorayshi, Mahsa
AU - van Loosdrecht, Mark C.M.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - In recent years, source-separated human urine has been highlighted as an effective resource for energy and nutrient recovery. However, even though several technologies exist for resource recovery, they have not been widely implemented. Among these technologies, bioelectrochemical systems (BESs) hold promise as technically and economically interesting alternatives for sustainable resource recovery from source-separated urine. Here, we review the resource recovery performance of BESs, including microbial fuel cells (MFCs) and microbial electrolysis cells (MECs), fed with source-separated urine over the past decade, and suggest an effective path forward toward their widespread implementation.
AB - In recent years, source-separated human urine has been highlighted as an effective resource for energy and nutrient recovery. However, even though several technologies exist for resource recovery, they have not been widely implemented. Among these technologies, bioelectrochemical systems (BESs) hold promise as technically and economically interesting alternatives for sustainable resource recovery from source-separated urine. Here, we review the resource recovery performance of BESs, including microbial fuel cells (MFCs) and microbial electrolysis cells (MECs), fed with source-separated urine over the past decade, and suggest an effective path forward toward their widespread implementation.
KW - bioelectrochemical resource recovery
KW - microbial electrolysis cells
KW - microbial fuel cells
KW - source-separated urine
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85083702325&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.tibtech.2020.03.007
DO - 10.1016/j.tibtech.2020.03.007
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85083702325
SN - 0167-7799
VL - 38
SP - 990
EP - 1006
JO - Trends in Biotechnology
JF - Trends in Biotechnology
IS - 9
ER -