title: Novel microbial fuel cell design to operate with different wastewaters simultaneously.
abstract: A novel single cathode chamber and multiple anode chamber microbial fuel cell design (MAC-MFC) was developed by incorporating multiple anode chambers into a single unit and its performance was checked. During 60 days of operation, performance of MAC-MFC was assessed and compared with standard single anode/cathode chamber microbial fuel cell (SC-MFC). The tests showed that MAC-MFC generated stable and higher power outputs compared with SC-MFC and each anode chamber contributed efficiently. Further, MAC-MFCs were incorporated with different wastewaters in different anode chambers and their behavior in MFC performance was observed. MAC-MFC efficiently treated multiple wastewaters simultaneously at low cost and small space, which claims its candidature for future possible scale-up applications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology, Anand Engineering College, NH-2, Keetham, Agra 282007, India. Electronic address: imabhilasha@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Abhilasha Singh
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Mathuriya
mesh_terms: D001674:Bioelectric Energy Sources; D004560:Electricity; D004566:Electrodes; D062065:Wastewater / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D062065:Wastewater
keywords: Bioelectricity; Microbial fuel cells; Multiple wastes; New design; Wastewater treatment