Author/Authors :
Haikal Zainal, Muhammad Faculty of Applied Sciences - Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia , Syed Mohamad, Sharifah Aminah Faculty of Applied Sciences - Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia , Tunku Kudin, Tunku Ishak Faculty of Applied Sciences - Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia , Mohmad Ameran, Hazlini Universiti Teknologi MARA, Kuala Selangor, Malaysia , Akma Kamalruzaman, Nurul Khamsatul Universiti Teknologi MARA, Kuala Selangor, Malaysia , Hasdinor Hassan, Oskar Faculty of Art and Design - Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia , Marwan Ali, Ab Malik Universiti Teknologi MARA, Kuala Selangor, Malaysia , Azhan Yahya, Muhd Zu Faculty of Science and Defence Technology - Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Abstract :
Algae biomass has strong and complex cell wall structure that is a hindrance for microbial digestion. In this work, two extracted algae biomass, which are freeze dried and spray dried Chlorella vulgaris biomass is applied to investigate the generation of bioelectricity by using single chamber air-cathode Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC). MFC was fed with freeze-dried algae powder to produce energy and determine its degradation efficiency. MFC with freeze-dried algae biomass was generating voltage around 739 mV from bacterial metabolism with algae substrate and phosphate buffered medium. Based on the power curve obtained, the maximum power density is 159 mW/m2 with 2.5 g/L of substrate concentration. The Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) removal efficiency is 54.2% and Coulombic efficiency (CE) obtained is 28.4%.
