Small scale microbial fuel cells and different ways of reporting output

Ieropoulos, Ioannis; Winfield, Jonathan; Greenman, John; Melhuish, Chris

Abstract

The present study, reports on the findings of connecting 2 stacks of 48 MFCs and the importance of maturity and acclimation for the anodic biofilms. Furthermore, an attempt is made to emphasize the importance of a universal unit for quantifying power output. Finally, this paper presents data from the smallest MFCs, specifically designed for wastewater treatment. The main aims of this study were to (1) configure a high number of small-scale MFCs (48) to run as a stack for a long period of time (2-years); (2) repeat this process with a new set of MFCs configured as a stack of equal dimensions (units) and compare individual as well as stack performances of both old and new MFC, through polarization experiments under identical conditions; (3) normalize and compare the recorded power output according to the plethora of methods reported in the literature; (4) design even smaller MFCs and investigate their performance. ©The Electrochemical Society.

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (published)
• Publication Date: Dec 1, 2010
• Deposit Date: Aug 6, 2012
• Journal: ECS Transactions
• Print ISSN: 1938-5862
• Electronic ISSN: 1938-6737
• Publisher: Electrochemical Society
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 28
• Issue: 9
• Pages: 1-9
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1149/1.3492221
• Keywords: microbial fuel cells, wastewater treatment
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/985839
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1149/1.3492221
• Contract Date: Sep 13, 2016