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Schneider, Kenneth. "Photo-microbial fuel cells." Thesis, University of Bath, 2014. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.675704.

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Fundamental studies for the improvement of photo-microbial fuel cells (pMFCs) within this work comprised investigations into ceramic electrodes, toxicity of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and hot-pressing of air-cathode materials. A novel type of macroporous electrode was fabricated from the conductive ceramic Ti2AlC. Reticulated electrode shapes were achieved by employing the replica ceramic processing method on polyurethane foam templates. Cyclic voltammetry of these ceramics indicated that the application of potentials larger than 0.5 V with regard to a Ag/AgCl reference electrode results

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Thorne, Rebecca. "Bio-photo-voltaic cells (photosynthetic-microbial fuel cells)." Thesis, University of Bath, 2012. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.548097.

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Photosynthetic Microbial Fuel Cell (p-MFC) research aims to develop devices containing photosynthetic micro-organisms to produce electricity. Micro-organisms within the device photosynthesise carbohydrates under illumination, and produce reductive equivalents (excess electrons) from both carbohydrate production and the subsequent carbohydrate break down. Redox mediators are utilised to shuttle electrons between the organism and the electrode. The mediator is reduced by the micro-organism and subsequently re-oxidised at the electrode. However this technology is in its early stages and extensive

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Shantaram, Avinash. "Power Management for Microbial Fuel Cells." Thesis, Montana State University, 2005. http://etd.lib.montana.edu/etd/2005/shantaram/ShantaramA0505.pdf.

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Monitoring parameters characterizing water quality, such as temperature, pH and concentrations of heavy metals in natural waters, is often followed by transmitting the data to remote receivers using telemetry systems. Such systems are commonly powered by batteries, which can be inconvenient at times because batteries have a limited lifetime and have to be recharged or replaced periodically to ensure that sufficient energy is available to power the electronics. To avoid these inconveniences, we have designed and tested a self-renewable power source, a microbial fuel cell, which has the potentia

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Wilkinson, Mark. "Microbial fuel cells : electricity from waste?" Thesis, University of Liverpool, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.540039.

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Nicolas, Degrenne. "Power Management for Microbial Fuel Cells." Phd thesis, Ecole Centrale de Lyon, 2012. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-01064521.

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Les Piles à Combustible Microbiennes (PCMs) mettent en oeuvre le métabolisme de micro-organismes et utilisent de la matière organique pour générer de l'énergie électrique. Les applications potentielles incluent le traitement d'eau usée autonome en énergie, les bio-batteries, et le grappillage d'énergie ambiante. Les PCMs sont des équipements basse-tension et basse-puissance dont le comportement est influencé par la vitesse à laquelle l'énergie électrique est récupérée. Dans cette thèse, on étudie des méthodes pour récupérer l'énergie électrique de façon efficace. La tension à laquelle l'énergi

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Stefánsdóttir, Lára Kristín. "Microbial fuel cells for organic dye degradation." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för bioteknologi (BIO), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-215020.

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Gajda, Iwona. "Self sustainable cathodes for microbial fuel cells." Thesis, University of the West of England, Bristol, 2016. http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/27391/.

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The ultimate goal of this thesis was to investigate and produce an MFC with self-sustainable cathode so it could be implemented in real world applications. Using methods previously employed [polarisation curve experiments, power output measurements, chemical assays for determining COD in wastewater and other elements present in anolyte or catholyte, biomass assessments] and with a focus on the cathode, experiments were conducted to compare and contrast different designs, materials and nutrient input to microbial fuel cells with appropriate experimental control systems. Results from these exper

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Krige, Adolf. "Microbial Fuel cells, applications and biofilm characterization." Licentiate thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Kemiteknik, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-73938.

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Since the 1900’s it has been known that microorganisms are capable of generating electrical power through extracellular electron transfer by converting the energy found organic compounds (Potter, 1911). Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) has garnered more attention recently, and have shown promise in several applications, including wastewater treatment (Yakar et al., 2018), bioremediation (Rosenbaum & Franks, 2014), biosensors (ElMekawy et al., 2018) desalination (Zhang et al., 2018) and as an alternative renewable energy source in remote areas (Castro et al., 2014). In MFCs catalytic reactions o

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Adelaja, O. "Bioremediation of petroleum hydrocarbons using microbial fuel cells." Thesis, University of Westminster, 2015. https://westminsterresearch.westminster.ac.uk/item/9qvyy/bioremediation-of-petroleum-hydrocarbons-using-microbial-fuel-cells.

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Environmental pollution by petroleum hydrocarbons has serious environmental consequences on critical natural resources upon which all living things (including mankind) largely depend. Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) could be employed in the treatment of these environmental pollutants with concomitant bioelectricity generation. Therefore, the overarching objective of this study was to develop an MFC system for the effective and efficient treatment of petroleum hydrocarbons in both liquid and particulate systems. Biodegradation of target hydrocarbons, phenanthrene and benzene, was investigated in du

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Edwards, Sean. "Nanostructures and metallophthalocyanines : applications in microbial fuel cells." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1011742.

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Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are a promising form of alternative energy capable of harnessing the potential energy stores in organic waste. The oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) forms an integral role in the generation of electricity in MFCs however it is also a potential obstacle in enhancing the performance of MFCs. Platinum, a commonly used catalyst for the ORR, is expensive and rare. Significant research has been conducted into developing alternative catalysts. Metallophthalocyanines (MPc) have garnered attention for use as catalysts. Iron phthalocyanine (FePc) has been shown to have catalyti

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Ganguli, Rahul. "High power density yeast catalyzed microbial fuel cells." Diss., Restricted to subscribing institutions, 2009. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1835552461&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=1564&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Angathevar, Veluchamy Raaja Raajan. "Chemical sensors and instrumentation powered by microbial fuel cells." Thesis, Montana State University, 2007. http://etd.lib.montana.edu/etd/2007/angathevarveluchamy/AngathevarVeluchamyR1207.pdf.

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Girme, Gauri Manik. "Algae powered Microbial Desalination Cells." The Ohio State University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1397735584.

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Winfield, Jonathan. "Scale-up of microbial fuel cells for wastewater treatment." Thesis, University of the West of England, Bristol, 2012. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.572852.

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For decades microbial fuel cells (MFCs) have offered the potential to treat wastewater while concomitantly producing power, but to date scale-up has not been achieved. The goal for this thesis was initially to explore the capabilities of MFCs in the laboratory and then to test the technology in the wastewater treatment environment. The aim was to operate the demonstrator in an existing process, without altering infrastructure or adding extra energy (Le. pumping). Laboratory work yielded novel findings helping to achieve the thesis objective while also contributing to MFC knowledge. Investigati

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Larrosa-Guerrero, Amor. "Parametric study in microbial fuel cells for wastewater treatment." Thesis, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.531755.

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Saba, Beenish. "Simultaneous Biotreatment and Power Generation in Microbial Fuel Cells." The Ohio State University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu149233408160918.

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You, J. "Waste and wastewater clean-up using microbial fuel cells." Thesis, University of the West of England, Bristol, 2016. http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/26953/.

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A sustainable energy portfolio should include a range of carbon-neutral and renewable energy technologies. Amongst the renewable energy technologies, MFCs can offer a solution for both sustainable energy and clean water demands. In order to take the MFC technology to commercial level, more effort has to be spent to improve the performance and treatment efficiency. The goal for this thesis was to improve anode performance and waste utilisation. To achieve this goal, the approach taken was system scale-up through multiples of relatively small sized MFC units. Two main aspects of the MFC anode, d

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Fapetu, Segun. "Enhancing energy recovery from industrial wastewater using microbial fuel cells." Thesis, University of Westminster, 2018. https://westminsterresearch.westminster.ac.uk/item/q9480/enhancing-energy-recovery-from-industrial-wastewater-using-microbial-fuel-cells.

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Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) hold great promise for the simultaneous treatment of wastewater and electricity production. However, the electricity recovery needs improvement if MFCs are to compete with already established technologies e.g. anaerobic digestion. The aim of this study was to investigate ways of enhancing electricity recovery from (synthetic) industrial wastewater. Initial studies investigated the use of defined cocultures as a way of improving turnover of substrate and hence electricity produced by exploiting mutualistic relationships such as syntrophy or ability of facultative mic

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Rismani-Yazdi, Hamid. "Bioconversion of cellulose into electrical energy in microbial fuel cells." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1211313869.

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Cooksey, Emily. "Development of microbial fuel cells for the treatment of wastewater." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2018. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/development-of-microbial-fuel-cells-for-the-treatment-of-wastewater(b53cc17f-51ef-46b5-b361-46cf1f64f920).html.

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The aim of this study was to develop a microbial fuel cell (MFC) wastewater treatment system with a reduced production of sludge; whilst generating electricity as a product. Addition of a graphite intercalated compound, Nyex, provided an opportunity to add an adsorbent system for removal of micropollutants and dyes. Electrochemical analysis, effluent analysis and biofilm analysis provided detail on power generation and wastewater treatment ability and understanding of the biofilm. An 800ml capacity two-chamber MFC was developed and operated using anaerobic wastewater sludge as the anodic inocu

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NGUYEN, MINH TOAN. "Iron-based electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction in microbial fuel cells." Doctoral thesis, Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata", 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2108/214227.

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The increasing energy demand in the context of population explosion excites human efforts to explore more renewable power sources. Among various systems for sustainable energy producing, Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs) are considered as a promising alternative to generate renewable energy, being an environmental biotechnology that turns the treatment of organic wastes into electricity. However, the high - and further increasing - cost of materials to build up devices, especially precious platinum catalyst at the cathode side, hinders MFCs being popular in the practical applications. This res

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GEROSA, MATTEO. "Engineering of Microbial Fuel Cells technology: Materials, Modelling and Architecture." Doctoral thesis, Politecnico di Torino, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11583/2677755.

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A Microbial fuel cell (MFC) is a bio-electrochemical reactor, able to convert chemical energy, contained in organic substrate, in electrical energy, thanks to the metabolic activity of microorganisms. Firstly, a fluid-dynamic modelling of different Microbial Fuel Cell configurations to study trajectories and concentration profile of the liquid containing the organic substrate during operation of the device was developed. The study of the device was joined with the study and the synthesis of carbon based aerogels to be used as new electrode materials, both for the anode and the cathode. The a

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MASSAGLIA, GIULIA. "Development of new nanostructured electrodes in Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs)." Doctoral thesis, Politecnico di Torino, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11583/2676549.

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The aim of my thesis work is to investigate new nanostructured materials, obtained by the electrospinning technique, in order to design 3D arrangement of the electrodes, leading thus to improve the energy efficiency of energy production devices, such as microbial fuel cells (MFCs). The carbon nanofibers reveal to be the most promising material in the field of bio electrochemistry; in fact, up to now the best performing microbial fuel cells are fabricated using carbon and carbon based material electrodes. To further enhance the performances of bio anodes and bio cathodes, a set of properties ar

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AHMED, DANIYAL. "Harvesting Energy from Microbial Fuel Cells and their Impedance Analysis." Doctoral thesis, Politecnico di Torino, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/11583/2740593.

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Michie, Iain. "The development and performance of anodic biofilms in microbial fuel cells." Thesis, University of South Wales, 2012. https://pure.southwales.ac.uk/en/studentthesis/the-development-and-performance-of-anodic-biofilms-in-microbial-fuel-cells(afa12282-6961-428f-80bc-809f28633ab1).html.

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Microbial fuel cell (MFC) systems capable of both treating wastewaters and recovering energy have the potential for successful scale-up as a low carbon technology. These systems utilize microorganisms residing in biofilms as biocatalytic agents in the conversion of reduced substrates to electrical energy. As such, it is important to understand how MFC anodic biofilms develop over time and also how environmental parameters such as substrate type, temperature, carbon support material, anode architecture and optimized applied potentials also affect electrogenic performance. The type of substrate

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Fernando, Eustace. "Treatment of azo dyes in industrial wastewater using microbial fuel cells." Thesis, University of Westminster, 2014. https://westminsterresearch.westminster.ac.uk/item/8yq85/treatment-of-azo-dyes-in-industrial-wastewater-using-microbial-fuel-cells.

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Due to the extensive use of xenobiotic azo dyes in the colour industry and their proven mutagenic and cytotoxic nature, their treatment prior to discharge is essential and is legally enforced. However, currently used wastewater treatment technologies such as activated sludge systems, anaerobic digestion, electrochemical destruction, adsorption and membrane filtration are ineffective in removing azo dyes due to reasons such as inefficient dye degradation, slow degradation kinetics, toxic metabolite formation, inhibitory costs and generation of secondary waste streams. Therefore, in this study,

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Lamp, Jennifer Lynn. "Electrical Power Generation in Microbial Fuel Cells Using Carbon Nanostructure Enhanced Anodes." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/44458.

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Microbial fuel cells (MiFCs) have been suggested as a means to harness energy that is otherwise unutilized during the wastewater treatment process. MiFCs have the unique ability to treat influent waste streams while simultaneously generating power which can offset energy associated with the biological treatment of wastewater. During the oxidation of organic and inorganic wastes, microorganisms known as exoelectrogens have the ability to move electrons extracellularly. MiFCs generate electricity by facilitating the microbial transfer of these electrons from soluble electron donors in feedstocks

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Wang, Ying-Chin. "Using Red Blood Cells in Microbial Fuel Cell Catholyte Solution to Improve Electricity Generation." The Ohio State University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1398945679.

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Jiang, Junli. "Use of Manganese Compounds and Microbial Fuel Cells in Wastewater Treatment." Thesis, KTH, VA-teknik, Vatten, Avlopp och Avfall, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-96295.

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Manganese compounds have a high potential for treating wastewater, both for utilizing its oxidation, flocculation ability and catalyst ability in anaerobic nitrification. The promising use of manganese compounds (such as permanganate and manganese dioxide) is regarded as an effective method of treating organic compounds in wastewater from municipal and industrial wastewater. Now it is newly realized possibilities to combine manganese compounds with Microbial Fuel Cell technology. Aiming at reusing the biomass in anaerobic digested sludge for degrading organic pollutants and simultaneously reco

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Boghani, Hitesh Chandubhai. "Systems approaches to enhance performance and applicability of microbial fuel cells." Thesis, University of South Wales, 2014. https://pure.southwales.ac.uk/en/studentthesis/systems-approaches-to-enhance-performance-and-applicability-of-microbial-fuel-cells(80a19e1c-fd40-42de-90cd-8b6ebcbb73d7).html.

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Wastewater treatment is an energy intensive process and sustainable processes/technologies for the treatment of wastewaters need to be considered. One such contender might be the microbial fuel cell (MFC), a subset of bioelectrochemical system (BES) which generates electricity in the process of electrogenic (generating electrons) degradation of soluble organic contaminants present in the water (or wastewater) by electrogens (electron producing bacteria) at the anode in absence of oxygen. Several issues related to the power performance (also somewhat linked to the cost) of MFCs exist causing ba

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Wang, Weilong. "Application of a cobalt porphyrin as catalyst in microbial fuel cells." University of Dayton / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1398947294.

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Fradler, Katrin. "Improving bio-electricity production and waste stabilization in Microbial Fuel Cells." Thesis, University of South Wales, 2015. https://pure.southwales.ac.uk/en/studentthesis/improving-bioelectricity-production-and-waste-stabilization-in-microbial-fuel-cells(91c2db18-126b-4610-9bdb-42d7e42ae5e9).html.

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Biological wastewater treatment is typically aerobic and an energy intensive process, mainly due to the required aeration. Alternative sustainable processes are sought, such as Microbial fuel cells (MFC) where electrogenic bacteria can degrade organic matter present in the waste stream while simultaneously generating electricity. MFCs represent an emerging technology which may deliver the capability to reduce the pollution potential of low strength wastewaters (< 1500 mg COD l-1) while generating electricity which could be used to self-power the process. Waste streams high in volatile fatty ac

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Para, Eric George. "Coastal Sediment and Fish Biosolids Remediation Using a Microbial Fuel Cell." Fogler Library, University of Maine, 2006. http://www.library.umaine.edu/theses/pdf/ParaEG2006.pdf.

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Velasquez, Orta Sharon Belinda. "Bioelectricity production from simple and complex organic compounds using microbial fuel cells." Thesis, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.519590.

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Zhang, XiaoNan. "Dairy farm waste treatment by using microbial fuel cells (MFCs) and pyrolysis." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2014. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.662212.

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There is an estimated 20 million tonnes of slurry produced by 2 million dairy cows each year in the UK. The suitable treatment of dairy farm waste could address both environmental concerns and energy security. In this study, dairy farm waste was separated into liquid slurry and solid residues, and treated by Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs) and pyrolysis to minimise the environmental impact and produce bio-energy products. The effective treatment efficiencies were achieved by using incubated slurry mixed with fresh slurry as the anodic solution in MFC reactors. Comparing MFCs with anaerobic digesti

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Ge, Zheng. "Energy-efficient Wastewater Treatment by Microbial Fuel Cells: Scaling Up and Optimization." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/63989.

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Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are potentially advantageous as an energy-efficient approach to wastewater treatment. For single-chamber tubular MFCs, anode effluent is used as catholyte instead of tap water or buffer solutions. Therefore, exposing cathode electrode to atmosphere could be also considered as a passive aeration for further aerobic oxidation of organics and nitrification. Based on several bench-scale studies, a 200-L scale MFC system with passive aeration process has been developed for treating actual municipal wastewater after primary clarification. The integrated system was able to

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Gerber, Matthew. "The Effect of Anode Geometry on Power Output in Microbial Fuel Cells." The Ohio State University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1406120948.

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Gulamhussein, Mohamedjaffer. "The development and operation of plant microbial fuel cells using municipal sludge." Master's thesis, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/31262.

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Wastewater treatment accounts for 3-5% of the total electricity demand in developed countries. However, wastewater is estimated to have 9.3 times more energy than which is required to treat it. A sediment microbial fuel cell (SMFC) can potentially be used to treat wastewater and produce electricity by utilising the organics found in the wastewater. The challenge associated with using SMFCs is efficiency and longevity. Literature has shown that the efficiency can be increased by growing plants in a SMFC. Plants release organics and oxygen into the rhizosphere which can increase microbial growth

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Couperthwaite, Jennifer. "Integrating Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs) into the treatment of sulphate-rich wastewater." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20536.

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The use of laboratory scale Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs) for the combined generation of electricity and the treatment of wastewater has been well documented in literature. In addition to this the integration of MFCs into wastewater treatment reactors has also been shown to have several benefits. These include the improved treatment of wastewater, reduced solid waste and the potential to offset the energy costs of the process through the generation of electricity (Du et al., 2007). The treatment of sulphate-rich wastewater, and in particular Acid Rock Drainage (ARD), has become of increasing imp

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Tolmasoff, William A. "Study of Paper Microbial Fuel Cells for Use In On-Site Wastewater Testing." DigitalCommons@CalPoly, 2019. https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/2037.

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This study demonstrated a technique for fabricating simple, low-cost Paper Microbial fuel cells (PMFC’s) in the model of a previous study to, for the first time, produce voltage from wastewater effluent. The PMFC’s were created by stacking and gluing the main components of an MFC together: reservoir layer; anode; cation exchange membrane (CEM); air cathode. A wax printer was used to create the hydrophobic borders of the PMFC’s on filter paper, and graphite paint was applied to the paper to create the anode. The CEM’s considered were filter paper, wax, and Nafion, with Nafion being the most eff

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Xu, Bojun. "Microbial fuel cells coupled with open pond for wastewater treatment: is it viable?" Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/52987.

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Sediment microbial fuel cell (SMFC) is a special type of microbial fuel cells that can be deployed in a natural water body for energy production and contaminant removal. This MS project aims to explore whether it will be viable to apply SMFCs for wastewater treatment. Experimental SMFCs were studied in several configurations and operational modes for organic removal, nitrate reduction, and energy recovery. When treating an artificial secondary effluent for nitrate removal, the SMFC could remove 44% of the nitrate, higher than that without electricity generation. The enhanced removal was attrib

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Yost, Alan. "Effects of Nano-structure Enhanced Cathodes on Power Production in Microbial Fuel Cells." The Ohio State University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1325193135.

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Wang, Han. "Ammonium Removal and Electricity Generation by Using Microbial Desalination Cells." Thesis, KTH, VA-teknik, Vatten, Avlopp och Avfall, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-96298.

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Microbial fuel cell (MFC) has become one of the energy-sustainable technologies for wastewater treatment purpose in the recent years. It combines wastewater treatment and electricity generation together so as to achieve energy balance. By inoculating microorganism in the anode chamber and filling catholyte in the cathode chamber, and also with the help of a proton exchange membrane (PEM) between them, the MFC can transfer protons and produce power. Microbial desalination cells (MDC) are based on MFC’s structure and can fulfill desalination function by the addition of a middle chamber and anion

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Picardi, Robert N. "Numerical Analysis of Multiphase Flow in Bubble Columns and Applications for Microbial Fuel Cells." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/51689.

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Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling was used to predict the hydrodynamics of a column reactor. Bubble columns have applications across many engineering disciplines and improved modeling techniques help to increase the accuracy of numerical predictions. An Eulerian-Eulerian multi-fluid model was used to simulate fluidization and to capture the complex physics associated therewith. The commercial code ANSYS Fluent was used to study two-dimensional gas-liquid bubble columns. A comprehensive parameter study, including a detailed investigation of grid resolution was performed. Specific

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Hu, Tzuyang, and 胡子揚. "Miniature Microbial Fuel Cells." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/15587944470415691098.

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碩士<br>國立宜蘭大學<br>機械與機電工程學系碩士班<br>99<br>Microbial fuel cells are devices that can transform organic matter into energy. It has a large potential in cleaning the environment and as a emerging energy technology. This study is based on miniature biofuel cell tanks using the bacteria E.coli (No. 51534). The tank design is divided into two parts, the application of biophysical mixers to microbial fuel cells and the effect of electrophoresis driving on power performance. Before the experiment, a study analysis of the growth curve, mediator, and methods for growing E. coli were conducted to help develo

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Wang, Chih-Feng, and 王志&;#23791. "Mechanism study on photosynthetic microbial fuel cells and development of a novel microbial fuel cell." Thesis, 1999. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/48425152368089549714.

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碩士<br>國立中興大學<br>化學工程學系所<br>98<br>Based on the Nernst equation, the mechanism of the electric response on photosynthetic microbial fuel cells (PMFC) was investigated in this study. From the experimental results, the variation of voltage can be predicted by Nernst equation under the condition of sparging with N2 or CO2. According to Nernst equation, the microbial cell growth shows little effects on the voltage of PMFC. A modified Nernst equation was proposed to describe the varieties of voltage properly. Additionally, the phenomenon of oscillation on voltage was caused by aerating gas in anode o

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Chen, Chien-Chou, and 陳建州. "Fabrication and Characterization of Miniaturized Microbial Fuel Cells." Thesis, 2007. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/42114762394776910256.

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碩士<br>國立清華大學<br>工程與系統科學系<br>95<br>We have successfully demonstrated a portable microbial fuel cell that is capable of autonomously discharging CO2 bubbles and agitating aqueous anolyte to prolong its operation lifetime and facilitate the electron transport inside. This fuel cell consumes glucose and oxygen to generate electricity in a reaction catalyzed by encapsulated microorganisms. The bio-catalysts, fuels, and liquid electrolytes are sealed inside two liquid-impermeable compartments separated by a proton exchange membrane. In order to discharge generated CO2 gas, this fuel cell is equip

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"Process Control Applications in Microbial Fuel Cells(MFC)." Doctoral diss., 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.49364.

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abstract: Microbial fuel cells(MFC) use micro-organisms called anode-respiring bacteria(ARB) to convert chemical energy into electrical energy. This process can not only treat wastewater but can also produce useful byproduct hydrogen peroxide(H2O2). Process variables like anode potential and pH play important role in the MFC operation and the focus of this dissertation are pH and potential control problems. Most of the adaptive pH control solutions use signal-based-norms as cost functions, but their strong dependency on excitation signal properties makes them sensitive to noise, disturbanc

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Rezaei, Farzaneh Richard Thomas L. Logan Bruce E. "Electricity from complex biomass using microbial fuel cells." 2008. http://etda.libraries.psu.edu/theses/approved/PSUonlyIndex/ETD-3338/index.html.

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Correia, Ricardo Manuel de Andrade. "Microbial Fuel Cells For Energy Production and Wastewater Treatment." Master's thesis, 2020. https://hdl.handle.net/10216/128321.

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