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Power generation from organic substrate in batch and continuous flow microbial fuel cell operations

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  • Rahimnejad, Mostafa
  • Ghoreyshi, Ali Asghar
  • Najafpour, Ghasem
  • Jafary, Tahereh

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Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are biochemical-catalyzed systems in which electricity is produced by oxidizing biodegradable organic matters in presence of either bacteria or enzyme. This system can serve as a device for generating clean energy and, also wastewater treatment unit. In this paper, production of bioelectricity in MFC in batch and continuous systems were investigated. A dual chambered air–cathode MFC was fabricated for this purpose. Graphite plates were used as electrodes and glucose as a substrate with initial concentration of 30gl−1 was used. Cubic MFC reactor was fabricated and inoculated with Saccharomyces cerevisiae PTCC 5269 as active biocatalyst. Neutral red with concentration of 200μmoll−1 was selected as electron shuttle in anaerobic anode chamber. In order to enhance the performance of MFC, potassium permanganate at 400μmoll−1 concentration as oxidizer was used. The performance of MFC was analyzed by the measurement of polarization curve and cyclic volatmmetric data as well. Closed circuit voltage was obtained using a 1kΩ resistance. The voltage at steady-state condition was 440mV and it was stable for the entire operation time. In a continuous system, the effect of hydraulic retention time (HRT) on performance of MFC was examined. The optimum HRT was found to be around 7h. Maximum produced power and current density at optimum HRT were 1210mAm−2 and 283mWm−2, respectively.

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  • Rahimnejad, Mostafa & Ghoreyshi, Ali Asghar & Najafpour, Ghasem & Jafary, Tahereh, 2011. "Power generation from organic substrate in batch and continuous flow microbial fuel cell operations," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 88(11), pages 3999-4004.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:appene:v:88:y:2011:i:11:p:3999-4004
    DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2011.04.017
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