Iwona Serruys Iwona.Gajda@uwe.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer in Engineering Management
Small ceramic microbial fuel cell as a trigenerative system for electricity, organics degradation and urine filtration
Gajda, Iwona; Greenman, John; Santoro, Carlo; Serov, Alexey; Atanassov, Plamen; Ieropoulos, Ioannis
Authors
John Greenman john.greenman@uwe.ac.uk
Carlo Santoro Carlo.Santoro@uwe.ac.uk
Associate Professor in Bio-Energy
Alexey Serov
Plamen Atanassov
Yannis Ieropoulos Ioannis2.Ieropoulos@uwe.ac.uk
Professor in Bioenergy & Director of B-B
Abstract
Bioelectrochemical systems are employing microbes as biocatalysts to convert waste into valuable resources. For example, a Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC) utilises chemical energy locked in human urine into direct electrical current and can be scaled-up to power practical applications [1]. It is therefore paramount to improve power output and study catalytic reactions in which wastes are converted to useful products. In this work, an iron based electrocatalyst incorporated into an air-breathing cathode was tested in order to verify the functionality of the MFC as a simple, trigenerative system for (i) improved electricity levels (ii) to efficiently treat waste (neat human urine) in the anode and (iii) to obtain electrochemically treated (cleaned) catholyte as a function of system performance. The novelty of this process is in the simplicity of the operation, chemical-free and self-sustaining recovery.
Citation
Gajda, I., Greenman, J., Santoro, C., Serov, A., Atanassov, P., & Ieropoulos, I. (2018, September). Small ceramic microbial fuel cell as a trigenerative system for electricity, organics degradation and urine filtration. Paper presented at AiMES 2018 : ECS and SMEQ Joint International Meeting, Cancun, Mexico
Presentation Conference Type | Conference Paper (unpublished) |
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Conference Name | AiMES 2018 : ECS and SMEQ Joint International Meeting |
Conference Location | Cancun, Mexico |
Start Date | Sep 30, 2018 |
End Date | Oct 4, 2018 |
Acceptance Date | May 29, 2018 |
Online Publication Date | Oct 3, 2018 |
Publication Date | Aug 6, 2018 |
Publicly Available Date | Mar 28, 2024 |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Keywords | microbial fuel cell, urine, Fe-NCB catalyst, bioenergy, purification, catholyte |
Public URL | https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1434402 |
Publisher URL | https://ecs.confex.com/ecs/aimes2018/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/114850 |
Additional Information | Title of Conference or Conference Proceedings : ECS and SMEQ Joint International Meeting |
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