Exploitation of Citrus Peel Extract as a Feedstock for Power Generation in Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC)

Autor: Kondaveeti, S., Kondaveeti, Sanath, Mohanakrishna, Gunda, Kumar, Anurag, Lai, Chunfen, Lee, Jung Kul, Kalia, Vipin C.
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Indian J Microbiol
ISSN: 0046-8991
Popis: Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are envisioned as an evolving cost-effective process for treating organic wastes to simultaneously generate bioelectricity. Therefore, in present study a single chambered mediator- less air cathode MFC was operated for bioelectricity generation using citrus waste (CW) as a feedstock. The MFC was operated at four organic loading conditions (OLs; 3, 6, 9 and 12 kg/m3). The voltage generation and organic content reduction demonstrated the possibility of utilizing CW as a substrate in MFC. The polarization analysis revealed a high-power generation of 71.1 mW/m2 with low OL of 3 kg/m3. The decrease in pH and high volatile fatty acids (VFAs) generation was noted at high OL. Our current findings suggest better performance of MFC, in terms of energy generation and organic reduction at high OL. This research was supported by Brain Pool Grant (NRF-2019H1D3A2A01060226) by National Research Foundation of Korea to work at Konkuk University (VCK). This research was supported by Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (2013M3A6A8073184). This research was supported by 2018 KU Brain Pool of Konkuk University. Scopus
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