Microbial fuel cells: Insight into simultaneous wastewater treatment and bioelectricity generation

Nawaz, Ali; Haq, Ikram Ul; Qaisar, Kinza; Gunes, Burcu; Raja, Saleha Ibadat; Mohyuddin, Khola; Amin, Haseeb

doi:10.1016/j.psep.2022.03.039

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“…Membrane technology is widely applied and has excellent filtration properties for the elimination of bacteria, adherent viruses, and adsorbed substances [114][115][116]. However, wastewater treatment by MBRs alone is not sufficient to achieve the stringent effluent quality standards [117]. MBR can be combined with technologies such as MFC and MEC to improve performance and reduce membrane fouling, rather than being employed as the sole treatment process.…”

Section: Mfc-mbr Coupling Systemmentioning

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Microbial Electrochemical Systems and Membrane Bioreactor Technology for Wastewater Treatment

et al. 2023

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Membrane bioreactors (MBRs) and microbial electrochemical systems (MESs) are promising technologies for wastewater treatment and generation of electricity from organic matter. The application of MBRs is limited due to membrane fouling and high energy consumption. The novel design of the coupling system of microbial fuel cell and membrane bioreactor (MFC-MBR), which efficiently combines microbial degradation in MFCs and uses the microelectric field to reduce and mitigate membrane fouling in MBR. The fundamentals of extracellular electron transport, the performance of MFCs, different types of MBR systems, and the novelty of the MFC-MBR coupling system for wastewater treatment are reviewed.

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Microbial Electrochemical Systems and Membrane Bioreactor Technology for Wastewater Treatment

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“…In order to optimise energy production in MFCs, it is crucial to carefully examine these parameters while constructing and operating MFCs. 1,3,41,[50][51][52][53][54][55] MFCs generate energy from a variety of rened and unre-ned substrates, including domestic and industrial wastewater, molasses, dairy, oil reneries, textile dye industry, tannery, breweries, food industry e.g., chocolate making, paper industry, etc. 1,56,57 MFCs may be utilized for a variety of applications, such as biosensors, environmental monitoring, [58][59][60][61] onsite power production in remote regions and removing contaminants from groundwater in addition to wastewater treatment and energy production.…”

Section: Fundamentals Of Microbial Fuel Cellsmentioning

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Nanocomposite use in MFCs: a state of the art review

Kordek-Khalil,

Altiok,

Salvian

et al. 2023

Sustainable Energy Fuels

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“…These pollutants should be removed from water to avoid a huge health hazard to human beings, animals, and plants [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]. So far, various techniques and methods of wastewater treatment such as nanotechnology [ 4 ], biotechnology [ 5 ], molecularly imprinted technology [ 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 ], fuel cell technology [ 10 ], advanced oxidation [ 11 ], ultrafiltration [ 12 ], and adsorption have been developed. Among them, adsorption is promising because of its advantages, which include high efficiency, ease of operation, and a low cost.…”

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A Weed-Derived Hierarchical Porous Carbon with a Large Specific Surface Area for Efficient Dye and Antibiotic Removal

Liang

Tian

Zhang

et al. 2022

IJMS

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Adsorption is an economical and efficient method for wastewater treatment, and its advantages are closely related to adsorbents. Herein, the Abutilon theophrasti medicus calyx (AC) was used as the precursor for producing the porous carbon adsorbent (PCAC). PCAC was prepared through carbonization and chemical activation. The product activated by potassium hydroxide exhibited a larger specific surface area, more mesopores, and a higher adsorption capacity than the product activated by sodium hydroxide. PCAC was used for adsorbing rhodamine B (RhB) and chloramphenicol (CAP) from water. Three adsorption kinetic models (the pseudo-first-order, pseudo-second-order, and intra-particle diffusion models), four adsorption isotherm models (the Langmuir, Freundlich, Sips, and Redlich–Peterson models), and thermodynamic equations were used to investigate adsorption processes. The pseudo-second kinetic and Sips isotherm models fit the experimental data well. The adsorption mechanism and the reusability of PCAC were also investigated. PCAC exhibited a large specific surface area. The maximum adsorption capacities (1883.3 mg g−1 for RhB and 1375.3 mg g−1 for CAP) of PCAC are higher than most adsorbents. Additionally, in the fixed bed experiments, PCAC exhibited good performance for the removal of RhB. These results indicated that PCAC was an adsorbent with the advantages of low-cost, a large specific surface area, and high performance.

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Microbial fuel cells: Insight into simultaneous wastewater treatment and bioelectricity generation

Cited by 106 publications

References 165 publications

Microbial Electrochemical Systems and Membrane Bioreactor Technology for Wastewater Treatment

Microbial Electrochemical Systems and Membrane Bioreactor Technology for Wastewater Treatment

Nanocomposite use in MFCs: a state of the art review

A Weed-Derived Hierarchical Porous Carbon with a Large Specific Surface Area for Efficient Dye and Antibiotic Removal

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