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Livestock’s Urine-Based Plant Microbial Fuel Cells Improve Plant Growth and Power Generation

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  • Wilgince Apollon

    (Department of Agricultural and Food Engineering, Faculty of Agronomy, Autonomous University of Nuevo León, Francisco Villa S/N, Ex-Hacienda El Canadá, General Escobedo 66050, Nuevo León, Mexico)

  • Juan Antonio Vidales-Contreras

    (Department of Agricultural and Food Engineering, Faculty of Agronomy, Autonomous University of Nuevo León, Francisco Villa S/N, Ex-Hacienda El Canadá, General Escobedo 66050, Nuevo León, Mexico)

  • Humberto Rodríguez-Fuentes

    (Department of Agricultural and Food Engineering, Faculty of Agronomy, Autonomous University of Nuevo León, Francisco Villa S/N, Ex-Hacienda El Canadá, General Escobedo 66050, Nuevo León, Mexico)

  • Juan Florencio Gómez-Leyva

    (Molecular Biology Laboratory, TecNM-Technological Institute of Tlajomulco (ITTJ), Km 10 Carretera a San Miguel Cuyutlán, Tlajomulco de Zúñiga 45640, Jalisco, Mexico)

  • Emilio Olivares-Sáenz

    (Department of Agricultural and Food Engineering, Faculty of Agronomy, Autonomous University of Nuevo León, Francisco Villa S/N, Ex-Hacienda El Canadá, General Escobedo 66050, Nuevo León, Mexico)

  • Víctor Arturo Maldonado-Ruelas

    (Postgraduate and Research Department, Polytechnic University of Aguascalientes (UPA), Paseo San Gerardo No. 207, Fracc. San Gerardo, Aguascalientes 20342, Mexico)

  • Raúl Arturo Ortiz-Medina

    (Postgraduate and Research Department, Polytechnic University of Aguascalientes (UPA), Paseo San Gerardo No. 207, Fracc. San Gerardo, Aguascalientes 20342, Mexico)

  • Sathish-Kumar Kamaraj

    (Sustainable Environment Laboratory, TecNM-Technological Institute El Llano Aguascalientes (ITEL), Km. 18 Carretera Aguascalientes-San Luis Potosí, El Llano, Aguascalientes 20330, Mexico)

  • Alejandro Isabel Luna-Maldonado

    (Department of Agricultural and Food Engineering, Faculty of Agronomy, Autonomous University of Nuevo León, Francisco Villa S/N, Ex-Hacienda El Canadá, General Escobedo 66050, Nuevo León, Mexico)

Abstract

Plant microbial fuel cells (P-MFCs) are sustainable and eco-friendly technologies, which use plant root exudates to directly nourish the electrochemically active bacteria (EABs) to generate sustainable electricity. However, their use in evaluating plant growth has been insufficiently studied. In this study, interconnection between plant growth and the production of bioelectricity was evaluated by using P-MFCs inoculated with 642.865 mL ≅ 643 mL of livestock’s urine such as cow urine, goat urine, and sheep urine. The greatest mean stem diameter of 0.52 ± 0.01 cm was found in P-MFC-3 inoculated with goat urine, while the P-MFC-2 treated with cow urine reached a higher average number of roots with a value of 86 ± 2.50 (95% improvement) ( p < 0.05). Besides, P-MFC-4 presented greater height of 50.08 ± 0.67 cm. For polarization curve experiment a higher maximum power density of 132 ± 11.6 mW m −2 (931 mA m −2 ) was reached with cow urine; in turn, with regard to the long-term operation, the same reactor indicated a higher maximum average power density of 43.68 ± 3.05 mW m −2 . The study’s findings indicated that Stevia P-MFC inoculated with urine was a good option to increase the biomass amount for the agricultural plants along with power generation. Further, this study opens the way for more investigation of evaluating the impact of P-MFC on plant growth.

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  • Wilgince Apollon & Juan Antonio Vidales-Contreras & Humberto Rodríguez-Fuentes & Juan Florencio Gómez-Leyva & Emilio Olivares-Sáenz & Víctor Arturo Maldonado-Ruelas & Raúl Arturo Ortiz-Medina & Sathis, 2022. "Livestock’s Urine-Based Plant Microbial Fuel Cells Improve Plant Growth and Power Generation," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(19), pages 1-18, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:15:y:2022:i:19:p:6985-:d:923259
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