| Parameter |
Description |
| F |
Faraday’s constant (96485.4 C mol-1) |
| R |
Gas constant (8.3144 J mol-1 K-1) |
| T |
Temperature (K) |
| km |
Electrical conductivity of membrane (Ohm-1 m-1) |
| dm |
Thickness of membrane (m) |
| kaq |
Electrical conductivity of aqueous solution (Ohm-1 m-1) |
| dcell |
Distance between anode and cathode in the cell (m) |
| Ca |
Capacitance of anode (F m-2) |
| Cc |
Capacitance of cathode (F m-2) |
| Va |
Volume of anode (m3) |
| Vc |
Volume of cathode compartment (m3) |
| Am |
Area of membrane (m2) |
| YAW |
Bacterial yield (dimensionless) |
| Kdec |
Decay constant (h-1) |
| fx |
Reciprocal of wash-out fraction (dimensionless) |
| Qa |
Flow rate of wastewater feed to anode (m3 h-1) |
| Qc |
Flow rate of oxygen rich water to cathode (m3 h-1) |
| CinAc |
Concentration of acetate in wastewater (mol m-3) |
| CinCO2 |
Concentration of CO2 in the wastewater (mol m-3) |
| Xin |
Concentration of bacteria in the wastewater (mol m-3) |
| CinH |
Concentration of H+in the wastewater (mol m-3) |
| CinO2 |
Concentration of O2 in the influent of cathode compartment (mol m-3) |
| CinM |
Concentration of M+in the influent of the cathode compartment (mol m-3) |
| CinOH |
Concentration of OH- in the influent of the cathode compartment (mol m-3) |
| U0 |
Cell open circuit potential (V) |
| k10 |
Forward reaction rate constant for glucose (molm-2 h-1) |
| k20 |
Forward reaction rate constant for glutamic acid (mol m-2h-1) |
| K6 |
Half velocity rate constant for glucose (mol m-3) |
| K5 |
Half velocity rate constant for glutamic acid (mol m-3) |
| KO2 |
Half velocity rate constant for dissolved oxygen (mol m-3) |
| α1 |
Charge transfer coefficient for glucose oxidation (dimensionless) |
| α2 |
Charge transfer coefficient for glutamic acid oxidation (dimensionless) |
| β |
Charge transfer coefficient of cathode (dimensionless) |
