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Bioelectrochemical systems (BES) and their hybrid integration with anaerobic digestion significantly enhance wastewater treatment by increasing methane yields, reducing excess sludge, and enabling the simultaneous recovery of energy, nutrients, and biochemicals. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.SYNTHESIS. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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To evaluate the mechanisms, resource recovery capabilities, and circular economy integration of bioelectrochemical systems and hybrid anaerobic digestion configurations for sustainable wastewater treatment.

September 2, 2026ProcessesOpen Access

Bioelectrochemical and Anaerobic Processes for Sustainable Wastewater Valorization: Mechanisms, Resource Recovery, and Circular Economy Integration

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HYHyusein Yemendzhiev YMYana Mersinkova GPGergana Peeva

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Review demonstrates enhanced methane yield and direct resource recovery in bioelectrochemical wastewater treatment, highlighting the potential for zero-waste circular biorefineries.

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To evaluate the mechanisms, resource recovery capabilities, and circular economy integration of bioelectrochemical systems and hybrid anaerobic digestion configurations for sustainable wastewater treatment.
Reviewed mechanisms of microbial fuel cells, microbial electrolysis cells, and microbial electrosynthesis for pollutant conversion into electricity and value-added biochemicals.
Synthesized performance data from bioelectrochemical systems and hybrid microbial electrolysis cell-anaerobic digestion platforms operating via direct interspecies electron transfer.
Bioelectrochemical systems achieved power densities from 2,203 to 4,990 mW/m² for sludge-fed microbial fuel cells (up to 26,680 mW/m² in algae-assisted systems), chemical oxygen demand removal up to 92%, and sludge production of 0.09 g/g COD compared to 0.159 g/g COD for anaerobic digestion.
Hybrid microbial electrolysis cell-anaerobic digestion configurations increased methane yields by 3% to 228% over unpolarized controls.
In a 1.7 L reactor treating alkaline-thermally pretreated waste-activated sludge, an optimal 0.6 V bias increased methane yield from 213.2 ± 9.5 to 308.7 ± 5.9 mL CH4/g COD removed.

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Yemendzhiev et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a97e305c562ede874ec7961 https://doi.org/10.3390/pr14172799

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September 2, 2026ProcessesOpen Access

Bioelectrochemical and Anaerobic Processes for Sustainable Wastewater Valorization: Mechanisms, Resource Recovery, and Circular Economy Integration

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Authors

HYHyusein Yemendzhiev YMYana Mersinkova GPGergana Peeva

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Overview

Review demonstrates enhanced methane yield and direct resource recovery in bioelectrochemical wastewater treatment, highlighting the potential for zero-waste circular biorefineries.

Key Points

To evaluate the mechanisms, resource recovery capabilities, and circular economy integration of bioelectrochemical systems and hybrid anaerobic digestion configurations for sustainable wastewater treatment.
Reviewed mechanisms of microbial fuel cells, microbial electrolysis cells, and microbial electrosynthesis for pollutant conversion into electricity and value-added biochemicals.
Synthesized performance data from bioelectrochemical systems and hybrid microbial electrolysis cell-anaerobic digestion platforms operating via direct interspecies electron transfer.
Bioelectrochemical systems achieved power densities from 2,203 to 4,990 mW/m² for sludge-fed microbial fuel cells (up to 26,680 mW/m² in algae-assisted systems), chemical oxygen demand removal up to 92%, and sludge production of 0.09 g/g COD compared to 0.159 g/g COD for anaerobic digestion.
Hybrid microbial electrolysis cell-anaerobic digestion configurations increased methane yields by 3% to 228% over unpolarized controls.
In a 1.7 L reactor treating alkaline-thermally pretreated waste-activated sludge, an optimal 0.6 V bias increased methane yield from 213.2 ± 9.5 to 308.7 ± 5.9 mL CH4/g COD removed.

Cite This Study

Yemendzhiev et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a97e305c562ede874ec7961 https://doi.org/10.3390/pr14172799

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