TY - THES ID - 137469785 TI - Microbial ElectroSynthesis: Reducing Carbon Dioxide to Acetate AU - Willekens, Wout AU - Bény, Guido AU - KU Leuven. Faculteit Industriële Ingenieurswetenschappen. Opleiding Master of Chemical Engineering Technology (Leuven) PY - 2016 PB - Leuven KU Leuven. Faculteit Industriële Ingenieurswetenschappen DB - UniCat UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:137469785 AB - Microbial electrosynthesis is a process, which can be used to convert CO2 into useful carbon compounds with the help of microorganisms. Since this technology is still being developed, experiments need to be conducted to find the optimal working conditions for the microorganisms to function most efficiently. Here, two experiments were carried out as a part of a bigger project with a total of 9 experiments due to time limitations. In these experiments three different parameters (pH, cathode potential, substrate concentration) were adjusted to find the optimal values. Cyclic voltammetry and chronoamperometry were run. Samples from the cathode were regularly taken and tested on pH and analyzed with high performance liquid chromatography. It was observed that the formation of the biofilm was faster when the cathode potential was slightly higher. ER -