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 …

Microbial fuel cell (MFC) power performance improvement through enhanced microbial electrogenicity

M Li, M Zhou, X Tian, C Tan, CT McDaniel… - Biotechnology …, 2018 - Elsevier
Within the past 5 years, tremendous advances have been made to maximize the
performance of microbial fuel cells (MFCs) for both “clean” bioenergy production and …

One-year operation of 1000-L modularized microbial fuel cell for municipal wastewater treatment

P Liang, R Duan, Y Jiang, X Zhang, Y Qiu, X Huang - Water Research, 2018 - Elsevier
This study constructed a 1000 L modularized MFC system, the largest volume so far, to treat
practical municipal wastewater. This MFC system was operated under two different water …

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 …

Microbial electrolysis cell (MEC): Strengths, weaknesses and research needs from electrochemical engineering standpoint

R Rousseau, L Etcheverry, E Roubaud, R Basséguy… - Applied Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Microbial electrolysis cells (MECs) produce hydrogen at the cathode associated with the
oxidation of organic matter at the anode. This technology can produce hydrogen by …

A critical review on recent proton exchange membranes applied in microbial fuel cells for renewable energy recovery

M Shabani, H Younesi, M Pontié, A Rahimpour… - Journal of cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper proposes a critical review of the proton exchange membranes currently available
or under development for use in batch-mode microbial fuel cell (MFC) systems in order to …

Performance and inorganic fouling of a submergible 255 L prototype microbial fuel cell module during continuous long-term operation with real municipal wastewater …

H Hiegemann, T Littfinski, S Krimmler, M Lübken… - Bioresource …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract A submergible 255 L prototype MFC module was operated under practical
conditions with municipal wastewater having a large share in industrial discharges for 98 …

A novel pico-hydro power (PHP)-Microbial electrolysis cell (MEC) coupled system for sustainable hydrogen production during palm oil mill effluent (POME) wastewater …

A Kadier, R Singh, D Song, F Ghanbari, NS Zaidi… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Due to accelerating global efforts toward decarbonization, a clean hydrogen (H 2) producing
technology, Microbial Electrolysis Cell (MEC), has garnered considerable attention …

[HTML][HTML] Cathodic biofouling control by microbial separators in air-breathing microbial fuel cells

C Li, K Yi, S Hu, W Yang - Environmental Science and Ecotechnology, 2023 - Elsevier
Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) incorporating air-breathing cathodes have emerged as a
promising eco-friendly wastewater treatment technology capable of operating on an energy …

Microbial electrolysis cells for hydrogen production and urban wastewater treatment: A case study of Saudi Arabia

MZ Khan, AS Nizami, M Rehan, OKM Ouda, S Sultana… - Applied Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper reviews the status of microbial electrolysis cells (MEC) as a mean for hydrogen
(H 2) production and urban wastewater treatment method. A case study of the Kingdom of …