The electrorefining process of the non-commercial Cu anodes was tested on enlarged laboratory equipment over 72 h. with Ni content 5 or 10 wt.% and total Pb, Sn, Sb about 1.5 were used for tests. real waste solution sulfuric acid character a working electrolyte different temperatures (T1 = 63 ± 2 °C T2 73 °C). current density 250 A/m2 same as in commercial process. Tests confirmed that those ca...

This paper addresses investigation of the corrosion behavior of copper bearing anodes with high nickel content. Anodes are produced from different solid wastes formed during the copper or nickel row materials treatment. Nickel content in anode samples had values up to 10 mas %. The content of tin, lead and antimony was up to 1 % for each of elements. Sulphuric acid solution, concentration of 17...

Background Bioelectrochemical systems (BESs) enable recovery of electrical energy through oxidation of a wide range of substrates at an anode and simultaneous recovery of metals at a cathode. Scale-up of BESs from the laboratory to pilot scale is a challenging step in the development of the process, and there are only a few successful experiences to build on. This paper presents a prototype BES...

Microbial fuels cells (MFCs) are bio-electrochemical transducers that generate energy from the metabolism of electro-active microorganisms. The organism Physarum polycephalum is a slime mould, which has demonstrated many novel and interesting properties in the field of unconventional computation, such as route mapping between nutrient sources, maze solving and nutrient balancing. It is a motile...

Copper and silver are antimicrobial metals, on whose surface bacteria do not grow. As our paper demonstrates, this commonly reported antimicrobial property does not apply to electrochemically active, electrode respiring bacteria. These bacteria readily colonize the surface of these metals, forming a highly active biofilm. Average anodic current densities of 1.1 mA cm 2 (silver) and 1.5 mA cm 2 ...