Application of microbial fuel cell (MFC) in solid waste composting / 生物工程学报
Chinese Journal of Biotechnology
;
(12): 295-304, 2012.
Article
in Chinese
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-304492
ABSTRACT
Microbial fuel cell (MFC) is a new technology that can recover energy from biomass with simultaneous waste treatment. This technique has been developed fast in recent years in combining with environmental techniques such as wastewater treatment, degradation of toxic pollutants and desalination. With the increase of solid waste, applying MFC in composting is promising due to its property of waste disposal with simultaneous energy generation. In this paper, the microbial community of MFCs during composting was summarized. Four major influencing factors including electrodes, separators, oxygen supplement and configurations on the performance of composting MFCs were discussed. The characteristics of composting MFC as a new technique for reducing solid waste were as follows high microbial biomass resulted in the high current density; adaptable to different environmental conditions; self-adjustable temperature with high energy efficiency; the transportation of proton from anode to cathode were limited by different solid substrates.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Bioelectric Energy Sources
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Refuse Disposal
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Electricity
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Electrodes
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Methods
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Microbiology
Language:
Chinese
Journal:
Chinese Journal of Biotechnology
Year:
2012
Type:
Article
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