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UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST
FACULTY OF PHYSICS Guest
2024-11-23 18:01 |
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Conference: Bucharest University Faculty of Physics 2017 Meeting
Section: Physics and Technology of Renewable and Alternative Energy Sources
Title:
Microbial fuel cells - Applications in wastewater treatment
Authors:
Cornelia DIAC(1), Ana CUCU(2), Ioan STAMATIN(1,2)
Affiliation:
1) University of Bucharest, Faculty of Physics, PO Box MG-38, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania
2) University of Bucharest, Faculty of Physics, 3Nano-SAE Research Center, PO Box MG-38, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania
E-mail
corneliadiac@outlook.com
Keywords:
microbial fuel cells, wastewater treatment, electricity generation
Abstract:
Microbial fuel cells (MFC) is a new technological approach, that relies on the electrogenic nature of certain bacteria to simultaneously treat different wastewaters and produce electric power. Various types of wastewaters have been examined as substrates for feeding bacteria in MFCs. These types of fuel cells use microorganisms as bio-catalysts. Microorganisms actively catabolize substrate, and bioelectricities are generated. The traditional MFC consisted of anode and cathode compartments but there are single chamber MFCs. This paper show the different kinds of models used to purify water and some preliminary results obtained with different MFCs. Also, this research demonstrates the improvement of MFCs with summarization of their advantageous and possible applications. We researched the performance of different types (designs) of MFCs to produce power density, to remove organic matter, and to observe the microbial community behavior in a steady state operation by measuring pH, conductivity, dissolved oxygen and organic matter removal.
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