期刊名称：International Journal of Innovative Research in Science, Engineering and Technology
印刷版ISSN：2347-6710
电子版ISSN：2319-8753
出版年度：2015
卷号：4
期号：3
页码：1321
DOI：10.15680/IJIRSET.2015.0403057
出版社：S&S Publications
摘要：Cost efficient and economical treatment methods are the need of the hour in waste water treatmentindustry. Both the criteria can be met by the effective treatment method of “Microbial fuel cells” which is capable ofconverting the biomass substrate into electricity. In this paper, effort was taken to select reactor configuration which isessential for the single chambered membrane less MFC to perform efficiently. Two reactors of tubular configurationswere selected in this project, one with activated carbon media and another one without media. The flow pattern andmixing behaviour in the reactor are analysed by conducting the tracer test using sodium chloride and KMnO4 as tracers.NaCl is measured in terms of electrical conductivity and KMnO4 for estimating the flow rate to be adopted for thetracer test. KMnO4 tracer test was conducted to identify the presence of dead zones inside the reactors. Result of theNaCl tracer test is obtained by plotting the RTD curves between electrical conductivity and time. Regression values andPeclet number are obtained from the graph to decide the pattern between PFR (plug flow reactor) or CSTR flowregime.
