Microbial Fuel Cell United with Other Existing Technologies for Enhanced Power Generation and Efficient Wastewater Treatment
Nowadays, the world is experiencing an energy crisis due to extensive globalization and industrialization. Most of the sources of renewable energy are getting depleted, and thus, there is an urge to locate alternative routes to produce energy efficiently. Microbial fuel cell (MFC) is a favorable tec...
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| author | Sanchita Bipin Patwardhan Nishit Savla Soumya Pandit Piyush Kumar Gupta Abhilasha Singh Mathuriya Dibyajit Lahiri Dipak A. Jadhav Ashutosh Kumar Rai KanuPriya Rina Rani Ray Vandana Singh Vivek Kumar Ram Prasad |
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| description | Nowadays, the world is experiencing an energy crisis due to extensive globalization and industrialization. Most of the sources of renewable energy are getting depleted, and thus, there is an urge to locate alternative routes to produce energy efficiently. Microbial fuel cell (MFC) is a favorable technology that utilizes electroactive microorganisms acting as a biocatalyst at the anode compartment converting organic matter present in sewage water for bioelectricity production and simultaneously treating wastewater. However, there are certain limitations with a typical stand-alone MFC for efficient energy recovery and its practical implementation, including low power output and high cost associated with treatment. There are various modifications carried out on MFC for eliminating the limitations of a stand-alone MFC. Examples of such modification include integration of microbial fuel cell with capacitive deionization technology, forward osmosis technology, anaerobic digester, and constructed wetland technology. This review describes various integrated MFC systems along with their potential application on an industrial scale for wastewater treatment, biofuel generation, and energy production. As a result, such integration of MFCs with existing systems is urgently needed to address the cost, fouling, durability, and sustainability-related issues of MFCs while also improving the grade of treatment received by effluent. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-27cea9a90ecc4675b5e6e45c8ba3265c2023-11-22T22:18:46ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172021-11-0111221077710.3390/app112210777Microbial Fuel Cell United with Other Existing Technologies for Enhanced Power Generation and Efficient Wastewater TreatmentSanchita Bipin Patwardhan0Nishit Savla1Soumya Pandit2Piyush Kumar Gupta3Abhilasha Singh Mathuriya4Dibyajit Lahiri5Dipak A. Jadhav6Ashutosh Kumar Rai7KanuPriya8Rina Rani Ray9Vandana Singh10Vivek Kumar11Ram Prasad12Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, Mumbai 410206, IndiaAmity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, Mumbai 410206, IndiaDepartment of Life Sciences, School of Basic Sciences and Research, Sharda University, Greater Noida 201306, IndiaDepartment of Life Sciences, School of Basic Sciences and Research, Sharda University, Greater Noida 201306, IndiaDepartment of Life Sciences, School of Basic Sciences and Research, Sharda University, Greater Noida 201306, IndiaDepartment of Biotechnology, University of Engineering & Management, Kolkata 700156, IndiaDepartment of Agricultural Engineering, Maharashtra Institute of Technology, Aurangabad 431010, IndiaDepartment of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam 31441, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Life Sciences, School of Basic Sciences and Research, Sharda University, Greater Noida 201306, IndiaDepartment of Biotechnology, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, West Bengal 700064, IndiaDepartment of Allied Health Science, Sharda University, Greater Noida 201306, IndiaHimalayan School of Biosciences, Swami Rama Himalayan University, Dehradun 248016, IndiaDepartment of Botany, Mahatma Gandhi Central University, Motihari 845401, IndiaNowadays, the world is experiencing an energy crisis due to extensive globalization and industrialization. Most of the sources of renewable energy are getting depleted, and thus, there is an urge to locate alternative routes to produce energy efficiently. Microbial fuel cell (MFC) is a favorable technology that utilizes electroactive microorganisms acting as a biocatalyst at the anode compartment converting organic matter present in sewage water for bioelectricity production and simultaneously treating wastewater. However, there are certain limitations with a typical stand-alone MFC for efficient energy recovery and its practical implementation, including low power output and high cost associated with treatment. There are various modifications carried out on MFC for eliminating the limitations of a stand-alone MFC. Examples of such modification include integration of microbial fuel cell with capacitive deionization technology, forward osmosis technology, anaerobic digester, and constructed wetland technology. This review describes various integrated MFC systems along with their potential application on an industrial scale for wastewater treatment, biofuel generation, and energy production. As a result, such integration of MFCs with existing systems is urgently needed to address the cost, fouling, durability, and sustainability-related issues of MFCs while also improving the grade of treatment received by effluent.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/22/10777microbial fuel cellmicrobial electrochemical systembioelectricitypower densitywastewater treatmentanaerobic digester |
| spellingShingle | Sanchita Bipin Patwardhan Nishit Savla Soumya Pandit Piyush Kumar Gupta Abhilasha Singh Mathuriya Dibyajit Lahiri Dipak A. Jadhav Ashutosh Kumar Rai KanuPriya Rina Rani Ray Vandana Singh Vivek Kumar Ram Prasad Microbial Fuel Cell United with Other Existing Technologies for Enhanced Power Generation and Efficient Wastewater Treatment Applied Sciences microbial fuel cell microbial electrochemical system bioelectricity power density wastewater treatment anaerobic digester |
| title | Microbial Fuel Cell United with Other Existing Technologies for Enhanced Power Generation and Efficient Wastewater Treatment |
| title_full | Microbial Fuel Cell United with Other Existing Technologies for Enhanced Power Generation and Efficient Wastewater Treatment |
| title_fullStr | Microbial Fuel Cell United with Other Existing Technologies for Enhanced Power Generation and Efficient Wastewater Treatment |
| title_full_unstemmed | Microbial Fuel Cell United with Other Existing Technologies for Enhanced Power Generation and Efficient Wastewater Treatment |
| title_short | Microbial Fuel Cell United with Other Existing Technologies for Enhanced Power Generation and Efficient Wastewater Treatment |
| title_sort | microbial fuel cell united with other existing technologies for enhanced power generation and efficient wastewater treatment |
| topic | microbial fuel cell microbial electrochemical system bioelectricity power density wastewater treatment anaerobic digester |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/22/10777 |
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