PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS FOR THE TREATMENT OF INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER

Author(s)	Mr. Deepak Lohani, Mr. Anupam Kumar Gautam
Country	India
Abstract	Wastewater treatment has traditionally been an energy intensive process, consuming between 950 and 2850 kJ/m3 of wastewater treated. By one account, wastewater contains 9.3 times more energy than is used to treat an equivalent volume, thus creating the desire to harness this energy through the use of a Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC). MFCs oxidize organic substrates, allowing simultaneous wastewater treatment and electricity generation. Previous research has primarily focused on the development of MFCs for electricity generation, mainly at the small, laboratory scale. Herein, an industrial-scale MFC process is proposed for the treatment of wastewater from a microbrewery based on a previously published model describing MFC operation. Through optimization and scale-out, a two chamber MFC process is developed for the treatment of wastewater with an inlet Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD).
Keywords	Microbial fuel cell, Series-stacked, Substrate concentration, Voltage reversal.
Field	Engineering
Published In	Volume 7, Issue 3, May-June 2025
Published On	2025-05-17
DOI	https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i03.45085
Short DOI	https://doi.org/g9kfw3

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