Domestic wastewater treatment and power generation in continuous flow air-cathode stacked microbial fuel cell: Effect of series and parallel configuration

Estrada‐Arriaga, Edson Baltazar; Hernández-Romano, Jesús; García‐Sánchez, Liliana; Garcés, Rosa Angélica Guillén; Bahena-Bahena, Erick Obed; Guadarrama-Pérez, Oscar; Chávez, Gabriela

doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.03.007

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“…Microbial fuel cell (MFC) technology can generate electricity from organic waste because microorganisms can convert organic or inorganic compounds into electricity (Daniel et al, ; Rahimnejad et al, ; Yang et al, ). The MFC technology represents a novel approach for simultaneous energy production and wastewater treatment (Mohan et al, ; Estrada‐Arriaga et al, ). In addition, MFCs have the ability to function efficiently at the ambient temperature and consume less energy for temperature maintenance compared with anaerobic digestion reactors (Li et al, ).…”

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confidence: 99%

A comparative study on treatment of wastewaters with various biodegradability and various pH values using single‐chamber microbial fuel cells

Safwat

Rozaik

Abdel-Halim

2018

Water & Environment J

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This work assessed the performance of a single-chamber microbial fuel cell (MFC) with various substrates. Primary settled domestic wastewaters were used to simulate wastewaters of high biodegradability; while phenol-based wastewaters and benzene-based wastewaters were used to simulate wastewaters of low biodegradability. Experiments were performed at initial pH values of 6, 7 and 8. The maximum voltage production, power density and removal of substrate were obtained using primary settled domestic wastewater, whereas the lowest values were obtained using phenol-based wastewater. The maximum chemical oxygen demand removal efficiency, phenol removal efficiency and benzene removal efficiency were 80.8, 63.3 and 77.8%, respectively. The performance of the MFC was enhanced by increasing the influent pH. The lowest coulombic efficiencies were obtained from phenol-based wastewater and benzene-based wastewater, which indicated that electrogenic bacteria were not the primary microorganisms responsible for the biodegradation of low biodegradable wastewater.

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A comparative study on treatment of wastewaters with various biodegradability and various pH values using single‐chamber microbial fuel cells

Safwat

Rozaik

Abdel-Halim

2018

Water & Environment J

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“…In series connection mode, a Pd of 2500mW m -2 , voltage of 4.9V, COD removal of 84% and NH 4 -N removal of 80% were obtained. In parallel connection, the Pd of 5.8mW m -2 , COD elimination of 78% and NH 4 -N removal of 73% were obtained [168]. Further, the power saving, low solids formation and high treatment efficiency are the major benefits of applying temperature-phased in MFC series configurations [169].…”

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Comprehensive Review on the Use of Food Industry Wastewater as Substrates in Microbial Fuel Cells

Kanani

2021

IJESNR

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Today, the world is facing climate change challenges with environmental protection being a top priority. Optimizing energy consumption due to its high cost and environment protection is a basic human demand. For industries, reduction in production costs is determinative to success. In this regard, Microbial fuel cell (MFC) is a unique promising technology with wastewater treatment and bioelectricity generation. The MFCs will help reduce energy consumption, curb the wastewater pollution, and standardize it for releasing into the environment. The food industry by producing high volumes of biomass with high organic pollution load are highly prone to use in MFCs as a substrate. Various food industry effluents have been tested, in real or synthetic form in the MFCs. Due to the improvements in the process and progress in novel configurations, better results have been increasingly obtained. Now, the MFC can be used in the industries individually or by integration with other technologies. In this review, the latest results from the use of food industry wastewater in MFCs along with effective process conditions are evaluated.

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“…Where, α is the symmetric coefficient, i0 is the exchange current density, R is the universal gas constant, T is the temperature. If we use α= 0.5, equation [6] can be written as,…”

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“…However, considering the lower amount of mass, MFC can be used as an energy storage device. It has been reported that when more than one individual MFC is connected in a stack or multi-electrode, the voltage and current increase, depending on the connection mode (series or parallel) [6]. The performance of the MFC can be varied by changing various factors such as temperature, the mass of wastewater, anode and cathode material, etc.…”

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Analysis of the Performance of Microbial Fuel Cell as a Potential Energy Storage Device

Hossain¹,

Masud²,

Yasin³

et al. 2020

Proceedings of International Exchange and Innovation Conference on Engineering &Amp; Sciences (IEICES)

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Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are regarded as one of the best potential natural resources to be discovered as a way towards reducing the over-dependence on fossil-fuel-based electricity generation. But, Limitations of advanced study on MFCs have slow-downed its development. Moreover, Low power generations from MFCs, expensive electrode materials, and the inability to scale up MFCs to industrially relevant capacities have made that worse. However, the Utilization of MFC in the arena of electro-chemistry and thermal science can be very promising in other aspects. In this work, we studied various materials and processes that can be applied to construct economical MFCs on small scale. Then, a Charge-Discharge cycling experiment was conducted on the Cell. During the test, Voltage generation close to Lithium-Ion Batteries (LIBs) was identified which shows MFCs can be used as batteries. Next, a single spherical particle one-dimensional (1D) physics-based thermo-electrochemical model was developed to investigate the potential overall performance of MFC as an energy storage device. Using our model in simulation, we validated the experimental results to predict the techniques required to analyze the system's optimum performance and provided recommendations on theories and parameters to include in MFC studies to achieve the best possible outcomes. The outcome of this work will provide useful information on the concept of MFC and design guidelines for various applications.

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Domestic wastewater treatment and power generation in continuous flow air-cathode stacked microbial fuel cell: Effect of series and parallel configuration

Cited by 65 publications

References 43 publications

A comparative study on treatment of wastewaters with various biodegradability and various pH values using single‐chamber microbial fuel cells

A comparative study on treatment of wastewaters with various biodegradability and various pH values using single‐chamber microbial fuel cells

Comprehensive Review on the Use of Food Industry Wastewater as Substrates in Microbial Fuel Cells

Analysis of the Performance of Microbial Fuel Cell as a Potential Energy Storage Device

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