Impact of Inoculum Type on the Microbial Community and Power Performance of Urine-Fed Microbial Fuel Cells.

ABSTRACT: Bacteria are the driving force of the microbial fuel cell (MFC) technology, which benefits from their natural ability to degrade organic matter and generate electricity. The development of an efficient anodic biofilm has a significant impact on the power performance of this technology so it is essential to understand the effects of the inoculum nature on the anodic bacterial diversity and establish its relationship with the power performance of the system. Thus, this work aims at analysing the impact of 3 different types of inoculum: (i) stored urine, (ii) sludge and (iii) effluent from a working MFC, on the microbial community of the anodic biofilm and therefore on the power performance of urine-fed ceramic MFCs. The results showed that MFCs inoculated with sludge outperformed the rest an

SUBMITTER: Salar-Garcia MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7761717 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature