Long-term bio-power of ceramic microbial fuel cells in individual and stacked configurations.

ABSTRACT: In order to improve the potential of Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs) as an applicable technology, the main challenge is to engineer practical systems for bioenergy production at larger scales and to test how the prototypes withstand the challenges occurring during the prolonged operation under constant feeding regime with real waste stream. This work presents the performance assessment of low-cost ceramic MFCs in the individual, stacked (modular) and modular cascade (3 modules) configurations during long term operation up to 19 months, utilising neat human urine as feedstock. During 1 year, the performance of the individual MFC units reached up to 1.56 mW (22.3 W/m³), exhibiting only 20% power loss on day 350 which was significantly smaller in comparison to conventional proton or ca

SUBMITTER: Gajda I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7132540 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature