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 cell: A green eco-friendly agent for tannery wastewater treatment and simultaneous bioelectricity/power generation

C Saran, D Purchase, GD Saratale, RG Saratale… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
This review paper emphasised on the origin of hexavalent chromium toxicity in tannery
wastewater and its remediation using novel Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC) technology, including …

Fundamental understanding of microbial fuel cell technology: recent development and challenges

KA Dwivedi, SJ Huang, CT Wang, S Kumar - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
The research on microbial fuel cells (MFCs) is rising tremendously but its commercialization
is restricted by several microbiological, material, and economic constraints. Hence, a …

Microbial electrochemical technologies with the perspective of harnessing bioenergy: maneuvering towards upscaling

SK Butti, G Velvizhi, MLK Sulonen, JM Haavisto… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2016 - Elsevier
Microbial electrochemical technologies have gained much attention in the recent years
during which basic research has been carried out to provide proof of concept by utilizing …

Scalable microbial fuel cell (MFC) stack for continuous real wastewater treatment

L Zhuang, Y Zheng, S Zhou, Y Yuan, H Yuan… - Bioresource …, 2012 - Elsevier
A tubular air-cathode microbial fuel cell (MFC) stack with high scalability and low material
cost was constructed and the ability of simultaneous real wastewater treatment and …

Energy harvesting and wireless transfer in sensor network applications: Concepts and experiences

NA Bhatti, MH Alizai, AA Syed, L Mottola - ACM Transactions on Sensor …, 2016 - dl.acm.org
Advances in micro-electronics and miniaturized mechanical systems are redefining the
scope and extent of the energy constraints found in battery-operated wireless sensor …

Bio-electrochemical treatment of distillery wastewater in microbial fuel cell facilitating decolorization and desalination along with power generation

G Mohanakrishna, SV Mohan, PN Sarma - Journal of hazardous materials, 2010 - Elsevier
Microbial fuel cell (MFC; open-air cathode) was evaluated as bio-electrochemical treatment
system for distillery wastewater during bioelectricity generation. MFC was operated at three …

From waste to watts: Updates on key applications of microbial fuel cells in wastewater treatment and energy production

S Elhenawy, M Khraisheh, F AlMomani, M Al-Ghouti… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Due to fossil fuel depletion and the rapid growth of industry, it is critical to develop
environmentally friendly and long-term alternative energy technologies. Microbial fuel cells …

Electricity generation and modeling of microbial fuel cell from continuous beer brewery wastewater

Q Wen, Y Wu, D Cao, L Zhao, Q Sun - Bioresource technology, 2009 - Elsevier
Electricity production and modeling of microbial fuel cell (MFC) from continuous beer
brewery wastewater was studied in this paper. A single air-cathode MFC was constructed …

Electricity production during the treatment of real electroplating wastewater containing Cr6+ using microbial fuel cell

Z Li, X Zhang, L Lei - Process Biochemistry, 2008 - Elsevier
Microbial fuel cell (MFC) was employed to dispose Cr6+ in real electroplating wastewater
and generate electricity simultaneously. The experiments were carried out in a dual …