scholarly journals Electricity generating by Microbial Fuel Cell

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shaimaa Nghamish Mizil
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Microbial Fuel Cell ◽  
Glucose Concentration ◽  
Ph Value ◽  
Electrical Energy ◽  
Chemical Energy ◽  
Anode Chamber ◽  
Maximum Voltage

In this study we tried to convert the chemical energy to electrical energy by using microbial fuel cell (MFC) consist of two chambers (anode and cathode) in presence of bacteria (Escherichia coli, pseudomonas aeroginosa ) and yeast (Saccharomyces cervesia) in the anode chamber to generate electrons. The system was started with glucose concentration 5gm/l in different pH value from (5-8). From the results we get the great generation of electricity with S. cervesia at pH 5 and the maximum voltage was 833mv. In case of bacteria that used in our experiment, the suitable pH for generation the electricity was (7).

scholarly journals Microalgae Microbial Fuel Cell (MMFC) using Chlorella vulgaris and “Batik” Wastewater as Bioelectricity

2021 ◽  
Vol 226 ◽  
pp. 00032
Author(s):  
Nadiyah Faizi Polontalo ◽  
Falvocha Alifsmara Joelyna ◽  
Abdullah Malik Islam Filardli ◽  
Hadiyanto Hadiyanto ◽  
Zainul Akmar Zakaria
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Microbial Fuel Cell ◽  
Chlorella Vulgaris ◽  
Alternative Energy ◽  
Human Growth ◽  
Electrical Energy ◽  
Anode Chamber ◽  
Graphite Electrodes ◽  
Environmental Friendly ◽  
Metabolic Activities

Nowadays, Indonesia is faced with an increase in human growth, and followed by increasing electricity demand. One of the environmental friendly alternative energy that can solve this problem is microbial fuel cell, which utilizes organic matter as a substrate of bacteria in carrying out its metabolic activities to produce electricity. In this study, investigated the electrical energy produced by Microalgae Microbial Fuel Cell (MMFC) using Chlorella vulgaris and “Batik” wastewater. This study aims to assess the performance of the MMFC system based on the influence of yeast (8 g L−1 and 4 g L−1), “Batik wastewater” concentration (50 % and 100 %), and graphite electrodes (1:1 and 2:2). The MMFC system was carried out by filling anode chamber with “Batik” wastewater and the cathode with C. vulgaris. MMFC simulation was operated for 7 d. Concentration of 100 % “Batik” wastewater and 2:2 number of electrodes gave the best result in MMFC with voltage 0.115 Volt, algae absorbance 0.666. The COD decreased from 824 mg L−1 to 752 mg L−1 after the MMFC. The addition of 8 g L−1 yeast gave the optimum of bioelectricity production reached 0.322 Volt and the microalgae grew until the absorbance reached 1.031.

Microbial Fuel Cell for Conversion of Chemical Energy to Electrical Energy from Food Industry Wastewater

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 481-485 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zuraidah Rasep ◽  
Nur Shahirah Mohd. Aripen ◽  
Mohd. Syazwan Mohd. Ghazali ◽  
Norilhamiah Yahya ◽  
Aida Safina Arida ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Microbial Fuel Cell ◽  
Food Industry ◽  
Electrical Energy ◽  
Chemical Energy ◽  
Industry Wastewater

scholarly journals Bioconversion on Wastewater of Soybeans using Microbial Fuel Cell

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yohanes A Cahyono ◽  
Tilana Madurani ◽  
Widya F Azzahra ◽  
Retno A S Lestari
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Microbial Fuel Cell ◽  
Electrical Energy ◽  
Electricity Production ◽  
Anode Chamber ◽  
Cathode Chamber ◽  
Renewable Electricity ◽  
Electric Currents ◽  
Washing Wastewater

Microbial fuel cell (MFC) is a technology developed to obtain new sources of renewable energy to produce electricity.  It can be an alternative for wastewater treatment and bioenergy producers of renewable electricity. This method requires bacteria to convert substrate in wastewater into electrical energy. The mechanism of MFC were oxidation of substrate by bacteria to produce electrons and protons at the anode. The proton in anode chamber passes through a membrane exchange to the cathode chamber, however the electrons couldn’t through. It caused accumulation of electron in anode chamber and then both of electrode had a potential difference, so electron in anode chamber passed through membrane exchange to cathode chamber. In this study used dual-chambers reactors with each compartment having 8 cm × 10 cm × 10 cm of dimensions and 5 mm of thickness. This study was subjected to evaluate the performance of MFC in soybean washing wastewater treatment with bacteria of EM4 to analyze the potentials production of electricity energy. The focus of this study was to evaluate the effect of time to electricity. MFC system was observed for 40 hours, measurement of voltages and electric currents performed every 4 hours. The results showed that there was potential of electricity production from soybean wastewater treatment by MFC. The maximum electricity reached in soybean wastewater media were voltage 441 mV (at 24 h), the electric currents 170 µA and the power density 51, 35 mW/m2 (at 24 h after acclimatization). Increasing of time effect to decreasing of electricity produced.Keywords: bioenergy, electricity, microbial fuel cell, membrane, wastewater soybean

Hexavalent chromium reduction and energy recovery by using dual-chambered microbial fuel cell

2014 ◽  
Vol 71 (3) ◽  
pp. 353-358 ◽  
Author(s):  
Praveena Gangadharan ◽  
Indumathi M. Nambi
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Microbial Fuel Cell ◽  
Hexavalent Chromium ◽  
Ph Value ◽  
Anaerobic Sludge ◽  
Anode Chamber ◽  
Ambient Conditions ◽  
Carbon Reduction ◽  
Organic Electron ◽  
Initial Ph

Microbial fuel cell (MFC) technology is utilized to treat hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) from wastewater and to generate electricity simultaneously. The Cr(VI) is bioelectrochemically reduced to non-toxic Cr(III) form in the presence of an organic electron donor in a dual-chambered MFC. The Cr(VI) as catholyte and artificial wastewater inoculated with anaerobic sludge as anolyte, Cr(VI) at 100 mg/L was completely removed within 48 h (initial pH value 2.0). The total amount of Cr recovered was 99.87% by the precipitation of Cr(III) on the surface of the cathode. In addition to that 78.4% of total organic carbon reduction was achieved at the anode chamber within 13 days of operation. Furthermore, the maximum power density of 767.01 mW/m2 (2.08 mA/m2) was achieved by MFCs at ambient conditions. The present work has successfully demonstrated the feasibility of using MFCs for simultaneous energy production from wastewater and reduction of toxic Cr(VI) to non-toxic Cr(III).

Salinity Effect on the Microbial Fuel Cell Performance

2014 ◽  
Vol 651-653 ◽  
pp. 1365-1369
Author(s):  
Luo Yong ◽  
Heng Yun Wu ◽  
Juan Juan Jia ◽  
Xiu Feng Li ◽  
Qi Ming Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Power Generation ◽  
Community Structure ◽  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Microbial Fuel Cell ◽  
Anode Chamber ◽  
Salt Solutions ◽  
Salinity Effect ◽  
Fuel Cell Performance ◽  
Maximum Value ◽  
Maximum Voltage

The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of salinity on power generation and microbial community structure in the microbial fuel cell (MFC). Three two-chamber MFCs (MFC-A, MFC-B, MFC-C) were used to conduct experiments. The MFC-A was operated sequentially using solutions of 0, 20, 40, 60, and 70 g/L NaCl in the anode chamber of the cell. The MFC-B was operated with solutions of 0 and 40 g/L NaCl and the MFC-C with solutions of 0 and 70 g/L NaCl. Results showed that the salinity inhibited power generation in all the MFCs. In the MFC-A, the maximum voltage outputs and CEs decreased from 660 to 130 mV and from 67% to 4%, respectively, with the NaCl concentrations from 0 to 70 g/L. However, the NaCl concentrations did not affect the removal efficiency of substrate (glucose) in the MFC, which reached 100% at the end of every cycle. Moreover, voltages could be recovered to the maximum value (630 mV) within 60 h after replacing the salt solutions with water. With the solutions of 40 and 70 g/L NaCl in the MFC-B and MFC-C, respectively, no obvious electricity was generated after two cycle operations.

scholarly journals Membraneless Plant Microbial Fuel Cell using Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) for Green Energy Generation and Biomass Production

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-78
Author(s):  
Ika Dyah Widharyanti ◽  
Muhammad Andiri Hendrawan ◽  
Marcelinus Christwardana
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Microbial Fuel Cell ◽  
Water Hyacinth ◽  
Ph Value ◽  
Electrical Energy ◽  
Green Energy ◽  
Electrode Spacing ◽  
Global Demand ◽  
Iron And Zinc ◽  
Plant Microbial Fuel Cell

The plant microbial fuel cell (PMFC) is a technology built to produce renewable and sustainable electricityin order to meet the increasing global demand. This study demonstrates the potential application of PMFC in swamps dominated by water hyacinth to produce biological energy and plant biomass.In this research, the plant was integrated into a microbial fuel cell that adopts various types of anode materials such as carbon felt, iron and zinc, with a varying distance of 10 and 20 cm between the anode and cathode. Organic compounds emerging from the photosynthesis process were deposited by plant roots, which were then oxidized by bacteria in the mud media. The result showed that the developed PMFC produced a voltage and current density of 244.8 mV and 185.4 mA/m2, respectively, for 30 days, with a maximum power of 100.2 mW/m2 in the cells using zinc as anode material with an electrode spacing of 10 cm. Furthermore, the pH value on PMFC with a longer electrode was higher than the shorter distance due to the protons' inability to move from anode to cathode against the force of gravity. In conclusion, PMFC which utilizes water hyacinth has a good performance in converting chemical energy from the substrate into electrical energy, and has the potential to be developed in underdeveloped areas.

scholarly journals Practical Maximum-Power Extraction in Single Microbial Fuel Cell by Effective Delivery through Power Management System

Energies ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 2312
Author(s):  
Jeongjin Yeo ◽  
Taeyoung Kim ◽  
Jae Jang ◽  
Yoonseok Yang
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Microbial Fuel Cell ◽  
Power Management ◽  
Operation Time ◽  
Electrical Energy ◽  
Maximum Power ◽  
Extraction Technology ◽  
Power Extraction ◽  
Point Tracking ◽  
Power Point

Power management systems (PMSs) are essential for the practical use of microbial fuel cell (MFC) technology, as they replace the unstable stacking of MFCs with step-up voltage conversion. Maximum-power extraction technology could improve the power output of MFCs; however, owing to the power consumption of the PMS operation, the maximum-power extraction point cannot deliver maximum power to the application load. This study proposes a practical power extraction for single MFCs, which reserves more electrical energy for an application load than conventional maximum power-point tracking (MPPT). When experimentally validated on a real MFC, the proposed method delivered higher output power during a longer PMS operation time than MPPT. The maximum power delivery enables more effective power conditioning of various micro-energy harvesting systems.

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF BIOELECTRICITY-MICROBIAL FUEL CELL FOR ELECTRICITY GENERATION: PERFORMANCE CHARACTERIZATION AND CAPACITY IMPROVEMENT

2017 ◽  
Vol 79 (5-2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zul Hasrizal Bohari ◽  
Nur Asyhikin Azhari ◽  
Nuraina Nasuha Ab Rahman ◽  
Mohamad Faizal Baharom ◽  
Mohd Hafiz Jali ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Organic Matter ◽  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Microbial Fuel Cell ◽  
Electrical Power ◽  
Electrical Energy ◽  
Sewage Water ◽  
Electricity Production ◽  
Sample Type ◽  
Series Of Experiments ◽  
The Right

Energy trending lately shown the need of new possible renewable energy. This paper studies about the capability and capacity generating of electricity by using Bio-electricity-Microbial Fuel Cell (Bio-MFC). Bio-MFC is the device that converts chemical energy to electrical energy by using microbes that exist in the sewage water. The energy contained in organic matter can be converted into useful electrical power. MFC can be operated by microbes that transfer electrons from anode to cathode for generating electricity. There are two major goals in this study. The first goal is to determine the performance characteristics of MFCs in this application. Specifically we investigate the relationship between the percentages of organic matter in a sample results in higher electricity production of MFCs power by that sample. As a result, the sewage (wastewater) chosen in the second series experiment because the sewage (wastewater) also produced the highest percentage of organic matter which is around 10%. Due to these, the higher percentage of organic matter corresponds to higher electricity production. The second goal is to determine the condition under which MFC work most efficiently to generating electricity. After get the best result of the combination for the electrode, which is combination of zinc and copper (900mV),the third series of experiments was coducted, that show the independent variable was in the ambient temperature. The reasons of these observations will be explained throughout the paper. The study proved that the electricity production of MFC can be increased by selecting the right condition of sample type, temperature and type of electrode. 

scholarly journals Electrical energy production from plant biomass: an analysis model development for Pandanus Amaryllifolius plant microbial fuel cell

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 1163
Author(s):  
Teng Howe Cheng ◽  
Kok Boon Ching ◽  
Chessda Uttraphan ◽  
Yee Mei Heong
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Microbial Fuel Cell ◽  
Plant Biomass ◽  
Coulombic Efficiency ◽  
Functional Model ◽  
Electrical Energy ◽  
Microbial Culture ◽  
Analysis Model ◽  
Plant Microbial Fuel Cell ◽  
Pandanus Amaryllifolius

Plant microbial fuel cell (P-MFC) is an electrochemical reactor that converts organic compounds to electrical energy through the catalytic reaction from electrochemically active bacteria (EAB). However, there is no sign of an attempt in developing the functional model in predicting the energy conversion and utilization of P-MFC. In this study, an analytic model is proposed to show the whole production process of the organic compound to electrical energy generation. <em>Pandanus Amaryllifolius</em> plant was used as sources of photosynthate, where biomass product from rhizodeposition, acetate was produced, and soil bacteria as the microbial culture, and air as the input to the cathode chamber. The proposed analytical model is able to predict the output of the P-MFC using the parameters from the experiment. The generated data from the model was then compared with the monitored data from the <em>Pandanus Amaryllifolius </em>P-MFC. The results show the electrical power output has a high similarity pattern with the bacterial growth curve model and able to achieve the coulombic efficiency of 95.32%.

scholarly journals Potential of Root Crops as Source of Electrical Energy

2013 ◽  
pp. 22-39
Author(s):  
Daniel Leslie Tan ◽  
Julie Tan ◽  
Mark Anthony Atanacio ◽  
Ruel Delantar
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Microbial Fuel Cell ◽  
Regression Models ◽  
Energy Recovery ◽  
Electrical Energy ◽  
Galvanic Cell ◽  
Waste Waters ◽  
Light Emitting ◽  
Root Crops ◽  
Different Types

Energy from edible and inedible root crop roots and tubers using galvanic cell and processing waste waters through microbial fuel cell (MFC) technology was harnessed. Electrolyte in the roots and tubers was tapped for galvanic cell and the microorganisms from waste waters act as catalyst in MFC. In galvanic cell, the optimized responses of badiang, cassava and sweetpotato were greatly affected by the surface area and distance between anode and cathode electrodes. An increase of nata-de-coco membrane size in MFC increased the voltage and current by 4.94 and 11.71 times, respectively. Increasing the width of anode also enhanced the responses. Different types of microorganisms were isolated from the biofilm anode of MFC. Their growth and proliferation which corresponded to the generation of electricity were also demonstrated in this study. A total of 54 bacterial isolates were collected from the biofilm at the anode of single-chamber MFC (SCMFC). The generated electricity observed using light emitting diodes (LED) showed potential both for galvanic and microbial fuel cell. The generated regression models are reliable tools in predicting desired outputs for future applications. These promising results demonstrated basic information on the electrical energy recovery from rootcrop waste waters and roots/tubers.

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