Wastewater treatment and electricity generation by membrane less microbial fuel. (1st January 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Amin, M.S.A.; Haque, T.; Tarannum, R.; Khan, Maksudur R.
• Is Part Of: International journal of environmental engineering. Volume 6:Number 3(2014)
• Page Start: 314
• Page End: 323
• Publication Date: 2014-01-01
• Subjects: microbial fuel cell -- MFC -- COD -- wastewater treatment; Environmental engineering -- Periodicals; 363.705
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1756-8463

Abstract

Membrane less microbial fuel cell (ML-MFC) is one of the attractive approaches for the simultaneous electricity generation and wastewater treatment. In this present paper, electricity generation by ML-MFC has been studied in continuous mode. Several experiments such as effect of aeration in cathode compartment, sludge concentration, initial substrate concentration and the COD removing capability of the ML-MFC were investigated to maximise the performance. A maximum power density of 8.98mW/m 2 was observed at the current density of 34.02 mA/m 2 . COD removal was detailed from 44% to 54% in all experiments.