Effect of HRT and external resistances on power generation of sidestream microbial fuel cell with CNT-coated SSM anode treating actual fermentation filtrate of municipal sludge.

A microbial fuel cell (MFC) with multiwall carbon nanotube (CNT) coated stainless steel mesh (SSM) coated anode (S-MFC) was operated with a filtrate generated by the fermentation of municipal primary sludge. The S-MFC's maximum power density (MPD: 69.8-164.

The performance and long-term stability of low-cost separators in single-chamber bottle-type microbial fuel cells.

This study evaluates long-term stability of low-cost separators in single-chamber bottle-type microbial fuel cells with domestic wastewater. Low-cost separators tested in this study were nonwoven fabrics (NWF) of polypropylene (PP80, PP100), textile fabrics of polyphenylene sulfide (PPS), sulfonated polyphenylene sulfide (SPPS), and cellulose esters. NWF PP80 separator generated the highest power density of 280 mW/m, which was higher than with ion-exchange membranes (cation exchange membrane; CEM = 271 mW/m, cation exchange membrane; CMI = 196 mW/m, Nafion = 260 mW/m).

Power generation response to readily biodegradable COD in single-chamber microbial fuel cells.

Single-chamber microbial fuel cells (MFCs) using domestic wastewater (DWW) and milk processing wastewater (MWW) were operated at different organic loading rates (OLRs). The maximum power density (PDmax) and OLR (readily biodegradable COD [RBCOD] and soluble COD [SCOD]) followed the Lineweaver-Burk equation in all influents. The coefficients of determination were 0.

Power densities and microbial communities of brewery wastewater-fed microbial fuel cells according to the initial substrates.

Single-chamber microbial fuel cells (MFCs) acclimated with glucose, butyrate, propionate, acetate, and a mixture of the four were operated with brewery wastewater (BWW) under a fed-batch mode. Glucose-fed MFC (GW-MFC) showed the highest maximum power density (PDmax) of 1,519 mW/m(2), followed in order by acetate-fed MFC (AW-MFC), mixed substrates-fed MFC (MW-MFC), butyrate-fed MFC (BW-MFC), and propionate-fed MFC (PW-MFC). After changing to BWW, power production was decreased for all MFCs.

Electricity generation and microbial community in microbial fuel cell using low-pH distillery wastewater at different external resistances.

Single chamber MFC (SMFC) consisted of two separator-electrode assemblies (SEA) using low-pH distillery wastewater (DW) was operated under continuous mode. The electricity generation and microbial community were analyzed according to the external resistance (Rext; 0.1, 0.

Computational fluid dynamics analysis in microbial fuel cells with different anode configurations.

A key criterion in microbial fuel cell (MFC) design is that the bio-electrochemical reaction between bacteria and the bulk solution should occur evenly on the electrode surface in order to improve electricity generation. However, experimental optimization of MFC design over a wide range of conditions is limited. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) technology makes it possible to evaluate physicochemical phenomena such as fluid flows, mass transfer and chemical reaction, which can assist in system optimization.