Novel microbial fuel cell design to operate with different wastewaters simultaneously
Abhilasha Singh Mathuriya
DOI:10.1016/j.jes.2015.06.014
Received April 02, 2015,Revised June 24, 2015, Accepted June 25, 2015, Available online August 31, 2015
Volume 28,2016,Pages 105-111
A novel single cathode chamber and multiple anode chamber microbial fuel cell design (MAC-MFC) was developed by incorporating multiple anode chambers into a single unit and its performance was checked. During 60 days of operation, performance of MAC-MFC was assessed and compared with standard single anode/cathode chamber microbial fuel cell (SC-MFC). The tests showed that MAC-MFC generated stable and higher power outputs compared with SC-MFC and each anode chamber contributed efficiently. Further, MAC-MFCs were incorporated with different wastewaters in different anode chambers and their behavior in MFC performance was observed. MAC-MFC efficiently treated multiple wastewaters simultaneously at low cost and small space, which claims its candidature for future possible scale-up applications.
