{"id":12918,"date":"2024-06-19T09:07:28","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T09:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lequia-udg.com\/2024\/06\/19\/advancing-towards-electro-bioremediation-scaling-up-on-site-pilot-plant-for-successful-nitrate-contaminated-groundwater-treatment\/"},"modified":"2024-06-19T09:16:17","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T09:16:17","slug":"advancing-towards-electro-bioremediation-scaling-up-on-site-pilot-plant-for-successful-nitrate-contaminated-groundwater-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lequia-udg.com\/ca\/2024\/06\/19\/advancing-towards-electro-bioremediation-scaling-up-on-site-pilot-plant-for-successful-nitrate-contaminated-groundwater-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"Advancing towards electro-bioremediation scaling-up: On-site pilot plant for successful nitrate-contaminated groundwater treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"12918\" class=\"elementor elementor-12918 elementor-12910\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-241ae6c9 ts-col-stretched-none ts-bg-color-over-image elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"241ae6c9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-71259173 ts-bg-color-over-image\" data-id=\"71259173\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21dc1c8d ts-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-ts_heading\" data-id=\"21dc1c8d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ts_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ts-heading-subheading ts-reverse-heading-yes animation-style4\"><h4 class=\"ts-custom-heading ts-custom-subtitle\">\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\tAuthors:  Ceballos-Escalera, Alba; Pous, Narc\u00eds; Ba\u00f1eras, Llu\u00eds; Balaguer, M. Dolors; Puig, Sebasti\u00e0                                                                                                       \r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<\/h4>\r\n\t\t<h2 class=\"ts-custom-heading ts-custom-heading-title\">\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\tAdvancing towards electro-bioremediation scaling-up: On-site pilot plant for successful nitrate-contaminated groundwater treatment\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5d7f2e89 ts-col-stretched-none ts-bg-color-over-image elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5d7f2e89\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4fbdc7d2 ts-bg-color-over-image\" data-id=\"4fbdc7d2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e272fe1 elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e272fe1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #2e2e2e; font-family: gulliver, georgia, 'times new roman', times, stixgeneral, 'cambria math', 'lucida sans unicode', 'microsoft sans serif', 'segoe ui symbol', 'arial unicode ms', serif; font-size: 16px;\">The potential of nitrate electro-bioremediation has been fully demonstrated at the laboratory scale, although it has not yet been fully implemented due to the challenges associated with scaling-up bioelectrochemical reactors and their on-site operation. This study describes the initial start-up and subsequent stable operation of an electro-bioremediation pilot plant for the treatment of nitrate-contaminated groundwater on-site (Navata site, Spain). The pilot plant was operated under continuous flow mode for 3 months, producing an effluent suitable for drinking water in terms of nitrates and nitrites (&lt;50 mg NO<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; bottom: -0.25em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #2e2e2e; font-family: gulliver, georgia, 'times new roman', times, stixgeneral, 'cambria math', 'lucida sans unicode', 'microsoft sans serif', 'segoe ui symbol', 'arial unicode ms', serif;\">3<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #2e2e2e; font-family: gulliver, georgia, 'times new roman', times, stixgeneral, 'cambria math', 'lucida sans unicode', 'microsoft sans serif', 'segoe ui symbol', 'arial unicode ms', serif;\">&#8211;<\/span><span style=\"color: #2e2e2e; font-family: gulliver, georgia, 'times new roman', times, stixgeneral, 'cambria math', 'lucida sans unicode', 'microsoft sans serif', 'segoe ui symbol', 'arial unicode ms', serif; font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0L<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #2e2e2e; font-family: gulliver, georgia, 'times new roman', times, stixgeneral, 'cambria math', 'lucida sans unicode', 'microsoft sans serif', 'segoe ui symbol', 'arial unicode ms', serif;\">-1<\/span><span style=\"color: #2e2e2e; font-family: gulliver, georgia, 'times new roman', times, stixgeneral, 'cambria math', 'lucida sans unicode', 'microsoft sans serif', 'segoe ui symbol', 'arial unicode ms', serif; font-size: 16px;\">; 0 mg NO<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; bottom: -0.25em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #2e2e2e; font-family: gulliver, georgia, 'times new roman', times, stixgeneral, 'cambria math', 'lucida sans unicode', 'microsoft sans serif', 'segoe ui symbol', 'arial unicode ms', serif;\">2<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #2e2e2e; font-family: gulliver, georgia, 'times new roman', times, stixgeneral, 'cambria math', 'lucida sans unicode', 'microsoft sans serif', 'segoe ui symbol', 'arial unicode ms', serif;\">&#8211;<\/span><span style=\"color: #2e2e2e; font-family: gulliver, georgia, 'times new roman', times, stixgeneral, 'cambria math', 'lucida sans unicode', 'microsoft sans serif', 'segoe ui symbol', 'arial unicode ms', serif; font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0L<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #2e2e2e; font-family: gulliver, georgia, 'times new roman', times, stixgeneral, 'cambria math', 'lucida sans unicode', 'microsoft sans serif', 'segoe ui symbol', 'arial unicode ms', serif;\">-1<\/span><span style=\"color: #2e2e2e; font-family: gulliver, georgia, 'times new roman', times, stixgeneral, 'cambria math', 'lucida sans unicode', 'microsoft sans serif', 'segoe ui symbol', 'arial unicode ms', serif; font-size: 16px;\">). A maximum nitrate removal rate of 0.9 \u00b1 0.1 kg NO<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; bottom: -0.25em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #2e2e2e; font-family: gulliver, georgia, 'times new roman', times, stixgeneral, 'cambria math', 'lucida sans unicode', 'microsoft sans serif', 'segoe ui symbol', 'arial unicode ms', serif;\">3<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #2e2e2e; font-family: gulliver, georgia, 'times new roman', times, stixgeneral, 'cambria math', 'lucida sans unicode', 'microsoft sans serif', 'segoe ui symbol', 'arial unicode ms', serif;\">&#8211;<\/span><span style=\"color: #2e2e2e; font-family: gulliver, georgia, 'times new roman', times, stixgeneral, 'cambria math', 'lucida sans unicode', 'microsoft sans serif', 'segoe ui symbol', 'arial unicode ms', serif; font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0m<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #2e2e2e; font-family: gulliver, georgia, 'times new roman', times, stixgeneral, 'cambria math', 'lucida sans unicode', 'microsoft sans serif', 'segoe ui symbol', 'arial unicode ms', serif;\">-3<\/span><span style=\"color: #2e2e2e; font-family: gulliver, georgia, 'times new roman', times, stixgeneral, 'cambria math', 'lucida sans unicode', 'microsoft sans serif', 'segoe ui symbol', 'arial unicode ms', serif; font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0d<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #2e2e2e; font-family: gulliver, georgia, 'times new roman', times, stixgeneral, 'cambria math', 'lucida sans unicode', 'microsoft sans serif', 'segoe ui symbol', 'arial unicode ms', serif;\">-1<\/span><span style=\"color: #2e2e2e; font-family: gulliver, georgia, 'times new roman', times, stixgeneral, 'cambria math', 'lucida sans unicode', 'microsoft sans serif', 'segoe ui symbol', 'arial unicode ms', serif; font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0(efficiency 82 \u00b1 18 %) was achieved at a cathodic hydraulic retention time (HRT<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; bottom: -0.25em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #2e2e2e; font-family: gulliver, georgia, 'times new roman', times, stixgeneral, 'cambria math', 'lucida sans unicode', 'microsoft sans serif', 'segoe ui symbol', 'arial unicode ms', serif;\">cat<\/span><span style=\"color: #2e2e2e; font-family: gulliver, georgia, 'times new roman', times, stixgeneral, 'cambria math', 'lucida sans unicode', 'microsoft sans serif', 'segoe ui symbol', 'arial unicode ms', serif; font-size: 16px;\">) of 2.0 h with a competitive energy consumption of 4.3 \u00b1 0.4 kWh kg<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #2e2e2e; font-family: gulliver, georgia, 'times new roman', times, stixgeneral, 'cambria math', 'lucida sans unicode', 'microsoft sans serif', 'segoe ui symbol', 'arial unicode ms', serif;\">-1<\/span><span style=\"color: #2e2e2e; font-family: gulliver, georgia, 'times new roman', times, stixgeneral, 'cambria math', 'lucida sans unicode', 'microsoft sans serif', 'segoe ui symbol', 'arial unicode ms', serif; font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0NO<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; bottom: -0.25em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #2e2e2e; font-family: gulliver, georgia, 'times new roman', times, stixgeneral, 'cambria math', 'lucida sans unicode', 'microsoft sans serif', 'segoe ui symbol', 'arial unicode ms', serif;\">3<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #2e2e2e; font-family: gulliver, georgia, 'times new roman', times, stixgeneral, 'cambria math', 'lucida sans unicode', 'microsoft sans serif', 'segoe ui symbol', 'arial unicode ms', serif;\">&#8211;<\/span><span style=\"color: #2e2e2e; font-family: gulliver, georgia, 'times new roman', times, stixgeneral, 'cambria math', 'lucida sans unicode', 'microsoft sans serif', 'segoe ui symbol', 'arial unicode ms', serif; font-size: 16px;\">. Under these conditions, the techno-economic analysis estimated an operational cost of 0.40 \u20ac m<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #2e2e2e; font-family: gulliver, georgia, 'times new roman', times, stixgeneral, 'cambria math', 'lucida sans unicode', 'microsoft sans serif', 'segoe ui symbol', 'arial unicode ms', serif;\">-3<\/span><span style=\"color: #2e2e2e; font-family: gulliver, georgia, 'times new roman', times, stixgeneral, 'cambria math', 'lucida sans unicode', 'microsoft sans serif', 'segoe ui symbol', 'arial unicode ms', serif; font-size: 16px;\">. Simultaneously, microbiological analyses revealed structural heterogeneity in the reactor, with denitrification functionality concentrated predominantly from the centre to the upper section of the reactor. The most abundant groups were Pseudomonadaceae, Rhizobiaceae, Gallionellaceae, and Xanthomonadaceae. In conclusion, this pilot plant represents a significant advancement in implementing this technology on a larger scale, validating its effectiveness in terms of nitrate removal and cost-effectiveness. 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Dolors; Puig, Sebasti\u00e0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #efefef;\">\n<td align=\"right\" width=\"200\"><strong>Refer\u00e8ncia:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><span class=\"Typography-module__lVnit Typography-module__Nfgvc Button-module__Imdmt\">Water Research, <\/span><span class=\"Typography-module__lVnit Typography-module__fRnrd Typography-module__Nfgvc\">Volume 256<\/span><span class=\"Typography-module__lVnit Typography-module__fRnrd Typography-module__Nfgvc\">1, June 2024, <\/span><span class=\"Typography-module__lVnit Typography-module__fRnrd Typography-module__Nfgvc\">Article number\u00a0121618<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #efefef;\">\n<td align=\"right\" width=\"200\"><strong>Enlla\u00e7:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/j.watres.2024.121618\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/j.watres.2024.121618<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74122533 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"74122533\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authors: Ceballos-Escalera, Alba; Pous, Narc\u00eds; Ba\u00f1eras, Llu\u00eds; Balaguer, M. Dolors; Puig, Sebasti\u00e0 Advancing towards electro-bioremediation scaling-up: On-site pilot plant for successful nitrate-contaminated groundwater treatment The potential of nitrate electro-bioremediation has been fully demonstrated at the laboratory scale, although it has not yet been fully implemented due to the challenges associated with scaling-up bioelectrochemical reactors and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/lequia-udg.com\/ca\/2024\/06\/19\/advancing-towards-electro-bioremediation-scaling-up-on-site-pilot-plant-for-successful-nitrate-contaminated-groundwater-treatment\/\" class=\"more-link\" title=\"Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advancing towards electro-bioremediation scaling-up: On-site pilot plant for successful nitrate-contaminated groundwater treatment<\/span>&#8220;>Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advancing towards electro-bioremediation scaling-up: On-site pilot plant for successful nitrate-contaminated groundwater treatment<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_header_footer","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles-ca"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lequia-udg.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lequia-udg.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lequia-udg.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lequia-udg.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lequia-udg.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12918"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lequia-udg.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12918\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12920,"href":"https:\/\/lequia-udg.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12918\/revisions\/12920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lequia-udg.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lequia-udg.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lequia-udg.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}