Review on microbial fuel cells applications, developments and costs

JV Boas, VB Oliveira, M Simões, AMFR Pinto - Journal of Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
The microbial fuel cell (MFC) technology has attracted significant attention in the last years
due to its potential to recover energy in a wastewater treatment. The idea of using an MFC in …

An overview of microbial fuel cell usage in wastewater treatment, resource recovery and energy production

C Munoz-Cupa, Y Hu, C Xu, A Bassi - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Wastewater treatment is a high-cost and energy-intensive process not only due to large
amounts of pollutants but also for the large volumes of water to be treated, which are mainly …

Microbial fuel cells: An overview of current technology

AJ Slate, KA Whitehead, DAC Brownson… - … and sustainable energy …, 2019 - Elsevier
Research into alternative renewable energy generation is a priority, due to the ever-
increasing concern of climate change. Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are one potential avenue …

[HTML][HTML] Resource recovery from wastewater by biological technologies: opportunities, challenges, and prospects

D Puyol, DJ Batstone, T Hülsen, S Astals… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Limits in resource availability are driving a change in current societal production systems,
changing the focus from residues treatment, such as wastewater treatment, toward resource …

Wastewater treatment in microbial fuel cells–an overview

VG Gude - Journal of cleaner production, 2016 - Elsevier
Environmental issues associated with water sanitation are not confined to developing
countries alone but are the most basic human and environmental necessities all over the …

Impact of reactor configuration on pilot-scale microbial fuel cell performance

R Rossi, BE Logan - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Different microbial fuel cell (MFC) configurations have been successfully operated at pilot-
scale levels (> 100 L) to demonstrate electricity generation while accomplishing domestic or …

[HTML][HTML] Microbial electron transport and energy conservation–the foundation for optimizing bioelectrochemical systems

F Kracke, I Vassilev, JO Krömer - Frontiers in microbiology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Microbial electrochemical techniques describe a variety of emerging technologies that use
electrode–bacteria interactions for biotechnology applications including the production of …

[HTML][HTML] Microbial fuel cells: Insight into simultaneous wastewater treatment and bioelectricity generation

A Nawaz, I ul Haq, K Qaisar, B Gunes, SI Raja… - Process Safety and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Burgeoning industrialization has escalated the energy demand and amplified the insistence
on depleting petroleum-based reservoirs. Subsequently, this has imposed a study to …

[HTML][HTML] Overview of recent advancements in the microbial fuel cell from fundamentals to applications: design, major elements, and scalability

SGA Flimban, IMI Ismail, T Kim, SE Oh - Energies, 2019 - mdpi.com
Microbial fuel cell (MFC) technology offers an alternative means for producing energy from
waste products. In this review, several characteristics of MFC technology that make it …

Recent progress in microbial fuel cells for industrial effluent treatment and energy generation: Fundamentals to scale-up application and challenges

R Selvasembian, J Mal, R Rani, R Sinha… - Bioresource …, 2022 - Elsevier
Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) technology have the potential to decarbonize electricity
generation and offer an eco-friendly route for treating a wide range of industrial effluents …