Title :
Electricity generation from petrochemical wastewater using a membrane-less single chamber microbial fuel cell
Author :
Marashi, Seyed Kamran Foad ; Kariminia, Hamid-Reza
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Chem. & Pet. Eng., Sharif Univ. of Technol., Tehran, Iran
Abstract :
Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) represent a new method for simultaneous wastewater treatment and biological electricity generation. In this study, petrochemical wastewater with 8000 mg/l of chemical oxygen demand was examined in a membrane-less single chamber MFC. Effects of wastewater concentration as substrate for microbial oxidation, and anode material (stainless steel or carbon brush) were investigated as designing parameters.
Keywords :
anodes; electrochemical electrodes; fuel cell power plants; industrial waste; microbial fuel cells; wastewater treatment; MFC; anode material; biological electricity generation; carbon brush; chemical oxygen demand; electricity generation; membraneless single-chamber microbial fuel cell; microbial oxidation; petrochemical wastewater; stainless steel; wastewater concentration; wastewater treatment; Anodes; Brushes; Electricity; Fuel cells; Immune system; Substrates; Wastewater; Microbial fuel cell; bioelectricity generation; petrochemical wastewater; stainless steel anode;
Conference_Titel :
Renewable Energy and Distributed Generation (ICREDG), 2012 Second Iranian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Tehran
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0663-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0664-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICREDG.2012.6190462
