Potential of Biomass for Electricity Generation using Environment-Friendly MFC

International Journal of Chemical Engineering Research

© 2017 by SSRG - IJCER Journal

Volume 4 Issue 3

Year of Publication : 2017

Authors : Anand Parkash

10.14445/23945370/IJCER-V4I6P102

How to Cite?

Anand Parkash, "Potential of Biomass for Electricity Generation using Environment-Friendly MFC," SSRG International Journal of Chemical Engineering Research, vol. 4,  no. 3, pp. 15-18, 2017. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/23945370/IJCER-V4I6P102

Abstract:

MFC had advantages over theconventional treatment of wastewater regarding nature of converting chemical energy into bio-electricity generation. The study was made for treatment of algal biomass in MFC for electricity generation. The present study deals with the utilization of sewage sludge, which contains ahigh level of readily biodegradable biowaste and is also one of the major sources of environmental pollution, as asubstrate in MFC. Saccharomyces cerevisiae used biocatalyst and potassium ferricyanide as an oxidizer were utilized for the conversion of sewage sludge into voltage utilizing dual chambered MFC.A maximum of thevoltage of 0.9-1.0V was obtained per liter of the sludgewith the cathode in continuous mode and theanode in batch feed mode of operation

Keywords:

Algal Biomass, Electricity Generation, MFC

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