Patent ID: 7871508
Filing Date: 2011-01-18
Classification: C02F,C10J,H01M,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A process for and the use of the mediated electrochemical oxidation (MEO) process on biological and organic waste materials to produce hydrogen and oxygen comprising disposing an electrolyte in an electrochemical cell, separating the electrolyte into an anolyte portion having an anode and a catholyte portion having a cathode with a hydrogen ion-selective membrane, applying a direct current voltage between the anolyte portion and the catholyte portion, placing biological and organic waste in the anolyte portion, oxidizing waste materials in solution in the anolyte, and biological and organic waste in the anolyte portion with a mediated electrochemical oxidation (MEO) process, wherein the anolyte portion further comprises a mediator in aqueous solution and the electrolyte is an acid, neutral or alkaline aqueous solution, wherein hydrogen ions are generated from the waste materials in the anolyte portion, and current is carried by the hydrogen ions from the anode to the cathode in the electrochemical cell, wherein hydrogen gas evolves from the hydrogen ions at the cathode, and the hydrogen is used in a further device for producing energy.