Using Microbial Fuel Cell to Monitor Volatile Fatty Acids in an Anaerobic Process

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dc.contributor.authorThennakoon, H.M.K.S.B.
dc.contributor.authorAriyarathna, S.M.W.T.P.K.
dc.contributor.authorDanthurebandara, M.
dc.date.accessioned2019-04-05T06:35:47Z
dc.date.available2019-04-05T06:35:47Z
dc.date.issued2019-02
dc.description.abstractVolatile Fatty Acid concentration is a sensitive parameter which affects the optimization and control of the anaerobic digestion process. The research is focused on developing a reliable and a simplified method than the currently used complex methods to monitor Volatile Fatty Acid concentration in this process. A synthetic Volatile Fatty Acid, Acetic Acid was used to develop a Microbial Fuel Cell. First, a correlation was developed between acid concentration and the voltage generated using 0.1M Acetic Acid sample. Then the same procedure was repeated for 3 different Acetic acid samples to check whether the obtained correlation depends on the initial acid concentration. A correlation of M= 0.0007V2 + 0.0074V + 0.0769 was obtained by using average concentration (M) and average voltage (V) of aforementioned repeated trials. After further analyzing this correlation, it was observed that the correlation between voltage and Volatile Fatty Acid concentration is independent of the initial acid concentration. Therefore, this correlation which was obtained using a synthetic Volatile Fatty Acid can be applied to any natural Volatile Fatty Acid sample, irrespective of its initial concentration.en_US
dc.identifier.isbn9789550481255
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.erepo.lib.uwu.ac.lk/bitstream/handle/123456789/78/38.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUva Wellassa University of Sri Lankaen_US
dc.subjectBioprocess Technologyen_US
dc.subjectBiotechnologyen_US
dc.subjectBio Chemicals Engineeringen_US
dc.titleUsing Microbial Fuel Cell to Monitor Volatile Fatty Acids in an Anaerobic Processen_US
dc.title.alternativeInternational Research Conference 2019en_US
dc.typeOtheren_US
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