A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ELECTRICITY GENERATION FROM INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER THROUGH MICROBIAL FUEL CELL
The present study presents a comparison of the electricity generation from industrial wastewater via Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC). Four experimental setups with four types of MFC were developed for this study. For MFC 1, 75% of wastewater from Factory A added to a fixed concentration of cow manure to o...
| Main Authors: | , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
UTP Press
2020-06-01
|
| Series: | Platform, a Journal of Engineering |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://myjms.mohe.gov.my/index.php/paje/article/view/7596/4508 |
| _version_ | 1797740509574201344 |
|---|---|
| author | M. I. N. Ma’arof Girma T. Chala M.B. Chaudhry B.K. Premakumar |
| author_facet | M. I. N. Ma’arof Girma T. Chala M.B. Chaudhry B.K. Premakumar |
| author_sort | M. I. N. Ma’arof |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | The present study presents a comparison of the electricity generation from industrial wastewater via Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC). Four experimental setups with four types of MFC were developed for this study. For MFC 1, 75% of wastewater from Factory A added to a fixed concentration of cow manure to obtain a solution of 600ml in the anodic chamber while adding distilled water into the cathodic chamber. Contrastingly, for MFC 2, 75% of wastewater from Factory A was added to a fixed concentration of cow manure to obtain a solution of 600ml in the anodic chamber, whereas distilled water mixed with 15g of potassium ferricyanide was added to the cathodic chamber. For MFC 3, a similar setup was made as in MFC 1 though it utilizes wastewater from Factory B. MFC 4 in return replicated the setup of MFC 2, yet the wastewater was collected from Factory B. Two (2) tests were conducted where Test 1 was to compare the voltage readings from MFC 1 and MFC 3, while Test 2 was for MFC 2 and MFC 4. It was observed that the voltage produced by the wastewater from Factory A was higher than that of voltage produced from Factory B by 41% in test 1 and 82.4% in test 2. Interestingly, the addition of potassium ferricyanide further increased the voltage by 63.17% when comparing between MFCs 4 and 3, while 111% for MFCs 2 and 1, respectively. Hence, it can be deduced that the addition of an external electron acceptor such as the potassium ferricyanide greatly increases the voltage produced. For future studies, other types of external electron acceptors could be tested in identifying its potential in improving the capability of the MFC. |
| first_indexed | 2024-03-12T14:13:26Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-3203bda688df454ca99a1e4cd7fef47f |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 2636-9877 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-03-12T14:13:26Z |
| publishDate | 2020-06-01 |
| publisher | UTP Press |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Platform, a Journal of Engineering |
| spelling | doaj.art-3203bda688df454ca99a1e4cd7fef47f2023-08-21T03:15:46ZengUTP PressPlatform, a Journal of Engineering2636-98772020-06-01427075A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ELECTRICITY GENERATION FROM INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER THROUGH MICROBIAL FUEL CELLM. I. N. Ma’arof 0Girma T. Chala1M.B. Chaudhry 2B.K. Premakumar3INTI International University, Nilai, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia International College of Engineering and Management, Muscat, Oman INTI International University, Nilai, Negeri Sembilan, MalaysiaINTI International University, Nilai, Negeri Sembilan, MalaysiaThe present study presents a comparison of the electricity generation from industrial wastewater via Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC). Four experimental setups with four types of MFC were developed for this study. For MFC 1, 75% of wastewater from Factory A added to a fixed concentration of cow manure to obtain a solution of 600ml in the anodic chamber while adding distilled water into the cathodic chamber. Contrastingly, for MFC 2, 75% of wastewater from Factory A was added to a fixed concentration of cow manure to obtain a solution of 600ml in the anodic chamber, whereas distilled water mixed with 15g of potassium ferricyanide was added to the cathodic chamber. For MFC 3, a similar setup was made as in MFC 1 though it utilizes wastewater from Factory B. MFC 4 in return replicated the setup of MFC 2, yet the wastewater was collected from Factory B. Two (2) tests were conducted where Test 1 was to compare the voltage readings from MFC 1 and MFC 3, while Test 2 was for MFC 2 and MFC 4. It was observed that the voltage produced by the wastewater from Factory A was higher than that of voltage produced from Factory B by 41% in test 1 and 82.4% in test 2. Interestingly, the addition of potassium ferricyanide further increased the voltage by 63.17% when comparing between MFCs 4 and 3, while 111% for MFCs 2 and 1, respectively. Hence, it can be deduced that the addition of an external electron acceptor such as the potassium ferricyanide greatly increases the voltage produced. For future studies, other types of external electron acceptors could be tested in identifying its potential in improving the capability of the MFC.https://myjms.mohe.gov.my/index.php/paje/article/view/7596/4508microbial fuel cellnatural mixesisoelectronic microbesecological concern |
| spellingShingle | M. I. N. Ma’arof Girma T. Chala M.B. Chaudhry B.K. Premakumar A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ELECTRICITY GENERATION FROM INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER THROUGH MICROBIAL FUEL CELL Platform, a Journal of Engineering microbial fuel cell natural mixes isoelectronic microbes ecological concern |
| title | A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ELECTRICITY GENERATION FROM INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER THROUGH MICROBIAL FUEL CELL |
| title_full | A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ELECTRICITY GENERATION FROM INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER THROUGH MICROBIAL FUEL CELL |
| title_fullStr | A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ELECTRICITY GENERATION FROM INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER THROUGH MICROBIAL FUEL CELL |
| title_full_unstemmed | A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ELECTRICITY GENERATION FROM INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER THROUGH MICROBIAL FUEL CELL |
| title_short | A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ELECTRICITY GENERATION FROM INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER THROUGH MICROBIAL FUEL CELL |
| title_sort | comparative study of electricity generation from industrial wastewater through microbial fuel cell |
| topic | microbial fuel cell natural mixes isoelectronic microbes ecological concern |
| url | https://myjms.mohe.gov.my/index.php/paje/article/view/7596/4508 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT minmaarof acomparativestudyofelectricitygenerationfromindustrialwastewaterthroughmicrobialfuelcell AT girmatchala acomparativestudyofelectricitygenerationfromindustrialwastewaterthroughmicrobialfuelcell AT mbchaudhry acomparativestudyofelectricitygenerationfromindustrialwastewaterthroughmicrobialfuelcell AT bkpremakumar acomparativestudyofelectricitygenerationfromindustrialwastewaterthroughmicrobialfuelcell AT minmaarof comparativestudyofelectricitygenerationfromindustrialwastewaterthroughmicrobialfuelcell AT girmatchala comparativestudyofelectricitygenerationfromindustrialwastewaterthroughmicrobialfuelcell AT mbchaudhry comparativestudyofelectricitygenerationfromindustrialwastewaterthroughmicrobialfuelcell AT bkpremakumar comparativestudyofelectricitygenerationfromindustrialwastewaterthroughmicrobialfuelcell |