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Power generation from cheese whey using enzymatic fuel cell

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JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
Volume 254, Issue -, Pages -

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ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.120181

Keywords

Cheese whey; Lactose; Enzymatic fuel cell; Power generation; Cellobiose dehydrogenase

Funding

  1. National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Korean government (MSIP) [2014R1A2A2A01007321, NRF-2019R1A2C1006793]
  2. Kwangwoon University
  3. National Research Foundation of Korea [2014R1A2A2A01007321] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)

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As an organic waste of dairy manufacture, cheese whey was considered to be an environmental pollutant because of its high lactose content. Reutilization of lactose from cheese whey for power generation could be a novel solution for dairy industry. In this study, lactose was demonstrated as a fuel for power generation by enzymatic fuel cell (EFC) using cellobiose dehydrogenase (CDH). The enzyme was immobilized and characterized on the mediator modified electrode. To enhance the performance, various factors of this EFC system such as enzyme concentration, reaction pH, and initial concentration of lactose were investigated. The maximum current and power density were obtained at CDH concentration of 47.07 mg/ml and 100 mM lactose at pH 4.5 for EFC. The open circuit voltage and maximum power density of the EFC at optimum conditions were 0.52 V and 2,973 mu W/cm(2), respectively. Additionally, the cheese whey from dairy industry was directly demonstrated in this EFC and power density of 1,839 mu W/cm(2) was obtained. These results indicated positive prospects of cheese whey for the application of power generation, which demonstrated the feasibility of the organic waste from diary manufacture to produce a clean product. (C) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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