Microbial fuel cell construction features and application for sustainable wastewater treatment

H Roy, TU Rahman, N Tasnim, J Arju, MM Rafid… - Membranes, 2023 - mdpi.com
A microbial fuel cell (MFC) is a system that can generate electricity by harnessing
microorganisms' metabolic activity. MFCs can be used in wastewater treatment plants since …

Modeling and optimization strategies towards performance enhancement of microbial fuel cells

DA Jadhav, AA Carmona-Martínez, AD Chendake… - Bioresource …, 2021 - Elsevier
Considering the complexity associated with bioelectrochemical processes, the performance
of a microbial fuel cell (MFC) is governed by input operating parameters. For scaled-up …

Moving towards practical applications of microbial fuel cells for sanitation and resource recovery

DA Jadhav, I Das, MM Ghangrekar, D Pant - Journal of Water Process …, 2020 - Elsevier
Sanitation is the basic quality index of life and proper sanitation practices play a vital role in
maintaining the hygienic conditions. Use of human waste (urine and faeces) as a substrate …

Comparative review on microbial electrochemical technologies for resource recovery from wastewater towards circular economy and carbon neutrality

S Deng, C Wang, HH Ngo, W Guo, N You, H Tang… - Bioresource …, 2023 - Elsevier
Newly arising concepts such as the circular economy and carbon neutrality motivate
resource recovery from wastewater. This paper reviews and discusses state-of-the-art …

Effective power management system in stacked microbial fuel cells for onsite applications

A Mukherjee, V Patel, MT Shah, DA Jadhav… - Journal of Power …, 2022 - Elsevier
Application of power management system (PMS) in microbial fuel cell (MFC) for potential
energy harvesting is coming up as an emerging trend for field level applications. Though the …

Value added products from wastewater using bioelectrochemical systems: Current trends and perspectives

T Wilberforce, ET Sayed, MA Abdelkareem… - Journal of Water …, 2021 - Elsevier
The application of bioelectrochemical systems mostly aims to be used for the generation of
electricity or chemicals. The quest to generate energy that is both sustainable and …

[HTML][HTML] A review into the use of ceramics in microbial fuel cells

J Winfield, I Gajda, J Greenman, I Ieropoulos - Bioresource technology, 2016 - Elsevier
Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) offer great promise as a technology that can produce electricity
whilst at the same time treat wastewater. Although significant progress has been made in …

Physico-chemical and biological treatment strategies for converting municipal wastewater and its residue to resources

A Patel, A Arkatkar, S Singh, A Rabbani, JDS Medina… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
An increase in urbanization and industrialization has not only contributed to an improvement
in the lifestyle of people, but it has also contributed to a surge in the generation of …

The integrated processes for wastewater treatment based on the principle of microbial fuel cells: a review

L Xu, Y Zhao, L Doherty, Y Hu, X Hao - Critical Reviews in …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
abstract Microbial fuel cell (MFC) technology offers the dual advantages of wastewater
treatment and electricity generation. Research efforts have been made to improve its power …

Bioelectrochemical systems: sustainable bio-energy powerhouses

MM Gul, KS Ahmad - Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2019 - Elsevier
Bioelectrochemical systems comprise of several types of cells, from basic microbial fuel cells
(MFC) to photosynthetic MFCs and from plant MFCs to biophotovoltaics. All these cells …