scholarly journals Progress in Domestic Wastewater Treatment, Resource Recovery and Energy Generation Using Microbial Fuel Cell

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Girum Ayalneh Tiruye
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Microbial Fuel Cells ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Coulombic Efficiency ◽  
Domestic Wastewater ◽  
Energy Generation ◽  
Resource Recovery ◽  
Organic Substrate ◽  
Domestic Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Low Efficiency

Microbial fuel cells (MFC) are emerging as a versatile eco-friendly bioelectrochemical system (BES) that utilizes microorganisms as biocatalysts to simultaneously convert chemical energy in the chemical bond of organic and inorganic substrates into bioelectricity and treat wastewater. The performance of MFC depends on the electroactive microorganisms, popularly known as exoelectrogens, the loading rate of organic substrate, pH, MFC configurations, hydraulic retention time, and temperature. In most cases, the performance of MFC can be evaluated by measuring chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal efficiency, Coulombic efficiency and MFC power density output. To date, the most common MFC’s reactor designs are single-chamber MFC, double-chambers MFC, and stacked-MFC configurations. Generally, considerable developments in MFC systems for waste treatment, renewable energy generation and resource recovery have been made in the last two decades, despite critical challenges of capital cost investment, and low efficiency for large scale applications are impeding MFC from commercialization. This mini-review chapter provides a comprehensive assessment of principles and configurations of MFC, treatment of domestic wastewater, energy generation, and resource recovery by MFC and challenges of MFC. I believe the information provided in this chapter will enlighten the current and future prospects of versatile applications of MFC during domestic wastewater treatment.

Implementation of Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs)-Based Wastewater Treatment

2013 ◽  
Vol 684 ◽  
pp. 230-233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Young Ho Ahn
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Microbial Fuel Cells ◽  
Treatment Process ◽  
Domestic Wastewater ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Air Cathode ◽  
Effluent Quality ◽  
Domestic Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Secondary Clarifier ◽  
Balance Analysis

This paper provides feasibility estimation for actual domestic wastewater treatment under assumptions of a flow of 10,000 m3/d (about 40,000 capita), when air cathode MFCs configurations were adopted. Temperature-phased (mesophilic-ambient) process configurations in which can achieve either better effluent quality (i.e. maximizing treatment) or high energy recoveries is schematized. The performance used in the mass balance analysis of the treatment process conducted here compared with typical values in conventional biological wastewater treatment. Various advantages of using MFCs for wastewater treatment, including energy saving, less sludge production (and perhaps the lack of a need for a secondary clarifier), and no need for sludge handling, etc., were also addressed.

Simultaneous domestic wastewater treatment and renewable energy production using microbial fuel cells (MFCs)

2011 ◽  
Vol 64 (4) ◽  
pp. 904-909 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Puig ◽  
M. Serra ◽  
M. Coma ◽  
M. D. Balaguer ◽  
J. Colprim
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Fuel Cells ◽  
Microbial Fuel Cells ◽  
Energy Production ◽  
Nitrogen Loss ◽  
Domestic Wastewater ◽  
Air Cathode ◽  
Domestic Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Load Rate

Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) can be used in wastewater treatment and to simultaneously produce electricity (renewable energy). MFC technology has already been applied successfully in lab-scale studies to treat domestic wastewater, focussing on organic matter removal and energy production. However, domestic wastewater also contains nitrogen that needs to be treated before being discharged. The goal of this paper is to assess simultaneous domestic wastewater treatment and energy production using an air-cathode MFC, paying special attention to nitrogen compound transformations. An air-cathode MFC was designed and run treating 1.39 L d−1 of wastewater with an organic load rate of 7.2 kg COD m−3 d−1 (80% removal efficiency) and producing 1.42 W m−3. In terms of nitrogen transformations, the study demonstrates that two different processes took place in the MFC: physical–chemical and biological. Nitrogen loss was observed increasing in line with the power produced. A low level of oxygen was present in the anodic compartment, and ammonium was oxidised to nitrite and nitrate.

AN APPROACH ON ATTACHED GROWTH PROCESS FOR DOMESTIC WASTEWATER TREATMENT

2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 145-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alireza Valipour ◽  
Seyed Masoud Taghvaei ◽  
Venkatraman Kalyan Raman ◽  
Gagik Badalians Gholikandi ◽  
Shervin Jamshidi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Growth Process ◽  
Domestic Wastewater ◽  
Attached Growth ◽  
Domestic Wastewater Treatment
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