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Microbial fuel cell constructed with a micro-organism isolated from sugar industry effluent
- Source :
- Journal of Power Sources. 160:991-996
- Publication Year :
- 2006
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2006.
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Abstract
- Investigations are carried out with Clostridium sp. which is isolated from sugar industry effluents, as a biocatalyst for current generation in a microbial fuel cell. Two different configurations of the cell are evaluated. In both cells, the anode compartment consists of suspended cells of Clostridium sp. in a nutrient broth in a phosphate buffer. In the first configuration, the cathode compartment consisted of ferricyanide solution (0.05 M). In the second configuration, the cathode compartment consisted of cells of Thiobacillus ferrooxidans suspended in a nutrient broth. The second configuration represents a complete microbial cell with the anodic and cathodic reactions driven by micro-organisms. The performance characteristics of the two configurations are evaluated with two different anode materials, graphite and graphite felt.
- Subjects :
- Microbial fuel cell
biology
Waste management
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Microorganism
Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Compartment (chemistry)
biology.organism_classification
Cathode
Anode
law.invention
chemistry.chemical_compound
Clostridium
Chemical engineering
chemistry
law
Ferricyanide
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Effluent
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 03787753
- Volume :
- 160
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Power Sources
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........73cd9a2d05bb58e8f56236d311fe64c7