Integration of microbial fuel cell with independent membrane cathode bioreactor for power generation, membrane fouling mitigation and wastewater treatment

Simultaneous power generation and wastewater treatment in the single chamber air cathode microbial fuel cell have been enhanced by introducing wild-type Klebsiella variicola as an efficient inoculum for the anode operated with palm oil mill effluent.

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Effectiveness of constructed wetland integrated with microbial fuel cell for domestic wastewater treatment and to facilitate power generation

Environmental Science and Pollution Research ◽

10.1007/s11356-021-17517-z ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Anamika Yadav ◽

Dipak A. Jadhav ◽

Makarand M. Ghangrekar ◽

Arunabha Mitra

Keyword(s):

Power Generation ◽

Wastewater Treatment ◽

Fuel Cell ◽

Microbial Fuel Cell ◽

Constructed Wetland ◽

Domestic Wastewater ◽

Domestic Wastewater Treatment

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Microbial Fuel Cell: A Synergistic Flow Approach for Energy Power Generation and Wastewater Treatment

Materials Horizons: From Nature to Nanomaterials - Advances in Sustainable Polymers ◽

10.1007/978-981-32-9804-0_14 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 309-334 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Chin-Tsan Wang ◽

Thangavel Sangeetha

Keyword(s):

Power Generation ◽

Wastewater Treatment ◽

Fuel Cell ◽

Microbial Fuel Cell

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Performance Evaluation of Plug Flow Microbial Fuel Cell (PF-MFC) and Complete Mixing Microbial Fuel Cell (CM-MFC) for Wastewater Treatment and Power Generation

Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation ◽

10.2175/193864713813673947 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 2013 (16) ◽

pp. 2014-2023 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Udayarka Karra ◽

Elizabeth Troop ◽

Michael Curtis ◽

Karl Scheible ◽

Baikun Li

Keyword(s):

Power Generation ◽

Wastewater Treatment ◽

Performance Evaluation ◽

Fuel Cell ◽

Microbial Fuel Cell ◽

Plug Flow

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Performance of plug flow microbial fuel cell (PF-MFC) and complete mixing microbial fuel cell (CM-MFC) for wastewater treatment and power generation

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy ◽

10.1016/j.ijhydene.2013.02.092 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 38 (13) ◽

pp. 5383-5388 ◽

Cited By ~ 25

Author(s):

Udayarka Karra ◽

Elizabeth Troop ◽

Michael Curtis ◽

Karl Scheible ◽

Christopher Tenaglier ◽

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Keyword(s):

Power Generation ◽

Wastewater Treatment ◽

Fuel Cell ◽

Microbial Fuel Cell ◽

Plug Flow

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Studies on Power Generation and Wastewater Treatment Using Modified Single Chamber Microbial Fuel Cell

Advanced Materials Research ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.1113.823 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 1113 ◽

pp. 823-827 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Nik Mahmood Nik Azmi ◽

Nazlee Faisal Ghazali ◽

Ahmad Fikri ◽

Md Abbas Ali

Keyword(s):

Power Generation ◽

Wastewater Treatment ◽

Fuel Cell ◽

Microbial Fuel Cell ◽

Mixed Culture ◽

Power Density ◽

Oxygen Demand ◽

Wastewater Sample ◽

Single Chamber ◽

Wastewater Samples

A membrane-less and mediator-less system was designed and tested with wastewater sample as fuel to generate electricity. Microorganisms were first isolated from the wastewater sample to pure culture and were used as the ‘machinery’ that converts wastewater into energy. The wastewater samples were treated either by sterilization or non-sterilization methods. These tests were run using a modified air-cathode single chamber microbial fuel cell (MFC). By sterilizing the wastewater, the calculated power density was much lower compared to non-sterilized wastewater indicating a significant role of microbial activity in the SCMFC system and substrate availability. Furthermore, mixed culture was observed to give larger power density compared to an individual microbe (18.42 ± 5.84 mW/m2 for mixed culture and 8.82 ± 4.56 mW/m2 to 9.46 ± 4.87 mW/m2 for individual microbe, Bukholderi capecia and Acidovorax sp. respectively) to prove that larger power value could be achieved with a mixed microbial system. In addition, the system proved to remove 68.57% of chemical oxygen demand (COD) of the wastewater sample tested. In conclusion, the designed SCMFC has been proven capable of power generation and wastewater treatment comparable to other SCMFCs to date.

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