Research Article
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Generation of Electricity from Organic Waste through Microbial Fuel Cell
T. Srikumar1, P.Srinivas2, P.Partha Koundinya2 and M.C. Rao1*
1Department of Physics, Andhra Loyola College, Vijayawada-520008, India
2St.John’s Institutions, Vijayawada-520005, India
2St.John’s Institutions, Vijayawada-520005, India
M.C. Rao et al /Int.J. TechnoChem Res. 2016,2(1),pp 67-77.
Abstract
Microbial fuel cell (MFC), one of the best alternative sources of energy production is a bioelectrochemical
device that directly generates electricity by harnessing the power of respiring microbes
to decompose organic substrates. This paper is aimed at the study of a microbial fuel cell which uses
yeast as micro-organism to decompose the organic waste for generation of electricity. This gives a
detailed report of a microbial fuel cell which works with a low cost proton exchange membrane. To
study the functioning of microbial fuel cell, a dual chambered microbial fuel cell was constructed using
cathode and anode chambers. Later, the microbial fuel cell construction was modified into series for a
detailed study. Moreover, a study of current density, power density, voltage, current, power was
conducted in the case of both MFC constructions.
device that directly generates electricity by harnessing the power of respiring microbes
to decompose organic substrates. This paper is aimed at the study of a microbial fuel cell which uses
yeast as micro-organism to decompose the organic waste for generation of electricity. This gives a
detailed report of a microbial fuel cell which works with a low cost proton exchange membrane. To
study the functioning of microbial fuel cell, a dual chambered microbial fuel cell was constructed using
cathode and anode chambers. Later, the microbial fuel cell construction was modified into series for a
detailed study. Moreover, a study of current density, power density, voltage, current, power was
conducted in the case of both MFC constructions.
Keywords
Microbial fuel cell, Cathode, Anode, Proton exchange membrane, Bio-electrochemical device.
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