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Microbial Fuel Cell and Wastewater Treatment

Springer Water, ISSN: 2364-8198, Vol: Part F1580, Page: 293-322
2023
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Book Chapter Description

Microbial fuel cell (MFC) systems oxidize organic and inorganic substrates using the bio-electrochemical catalytic activity of microbial biofilms. This chapter is about the current wastewater treatment methods and the energy required. MFCs work on the principle of chemical oxygen demand removal, which can be affected by various operating conditions. There are many different types of MFCs (e.g., single circuit, double circuit, mediator MFCs, mediator free MFCs), biocatalysts (e.g., Axenic bacterial culture, mixed bacterial fuel culture), feedstocks (e.g., simple sugars, chemical compounds, urban sewage, wastewaters from various industries like agricultural, brewery, food and dairy farms) that can be managed to recover and recycle different resources (e.g., organics, nutrients, and metals). This also summarize the literature on recent pilot studies, the benefits and drawbacks of current MFC technologies, the technical challenges MFC operations face, and the cost-effectiveness of using MFCs in wastewater treatment.

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Syed Mohsin Bukhari; Nimra Khalid; Javeria Asghar; Arshad Javid; Waqas Ali; Shahbaz Ahmad; Khalil Ur Rehman; Shahla Andleeb; Ali Hussain

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Earth and Planetary Sciences; Agricultural and Biological Sciences; Environmental Science

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