1. Electricity production from municipal solid waste using microbial fuel cells.
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Chiu, H. Y., Pai, T. Y., Liu, M. H., Chang, C. A., Lo, F. C., Chang, T. C., Lo, H. M., Chiang, C. F., Chao, K. P., Lo, W. Y., Lo, S. W., and Chu, Y. L.
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SOLID waste management ,MICROBIAL fuel cells ,ELECTRIC power production ,RENEWABLE energy sources ,WASTE-to-energy power plants ,POWER density - Abstract
The organic content of municipal solid waste has long been an attractive source of renewable energy, mainly as a solid fuel in waste-to-energy plants. This study focuses on the potential to use microbial fuel cells to convert municipal solid waste organics into energy using various operational conditions. The results showed that two-chamber microbial fuel cells with carbon felt and carbon felt allocation had a higher maximal power density (20.12 and 30.47 mW m
-2 for 1.5 and 4 L, respectively) than those of other electrode plate allocations. Most two-chamber microbial fuel cells (1.5 and 4 L) had a higher maximal power density than single-chamber ones with corresponding electrode plate allocations. Municipal solid waste with alkali hydrolysis pre-treatment and K3 Fe(CN)6 as an electron acceptor improved the maximal power density to 1817.88 mW m-2 (~0.49% coulomb efficiency, from 0.05–0.49%). The maximal power density from experiments using individual 1.5 and 4 L two-chamber microbial fuel cells, and serial and parallel connections of 1.5 and 4 L two-chamber microbial fuel cells, was found to be in the order of individual 4 L (30.47 mW m-2 ) > serial connection of 1.5 and 4 L (27.75) > individual 1.5 L (20.12) > parallel connection of 1.5 and 4 L (17.04) two-chamber microbial fuel cells . The power density using municipal solid waste microbial fuel cells was compared with information in the literature and discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2016
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