Microbial Fuel Cell: A Bioelectrochemical System that Converts Waste to Watts

✍ Scribed by Debabrata Das (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 508
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book represents a novel attempt to describe microbial fuel cells (MFCs) as a renewable energy source derived from organic wastes. Bioelectricity is usually produced through MFCs in oxygen-deficient environments, where a series of microorganisms convert the complex wastes into electrons via liquefaction through a cascade of enzymes in a bioelectrochemical process.

The book provides a detailed description of MFC technologies and their applications, along with the theories underlying the electron transfer mechanisms, the biochemistry and the microbiology involved, and the material characteristics of the anode, cathode and separator. It is intended for a broad audience, mainly undergraduates, postgraduates, energy researchers, scientists working in industry and at research organizations, energy specialists, policymakers, and anyone else interested in the latest developments concerning MFCs.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xix
Introduction (Debabrata Das)....Pages 1-19
Principles of Microbial Fuel Cell for the Power Generation (Soumya Pandit, Debabrata Das)....Pages 21-41
Characteristics of Microbes Involved in Microbial Fuel Cell (Jhansi L. Varanasi, Debabrata Das)....Pages 43-62
Microbial Ecology of Anodic Biofilms: From Species Selection to Microbial Interactions (Jean-Clément Flayac, Eric Trably, Nicolas Bernet)....Pages 63-85
Anodic Electron Transfer Mechanism in Bioelectrochemical Systems (Sanath Kumar Kondaveeti, Jai Sankar Seelam, G. Mohanakrishna)....Pages 87-100
Development of Suitable Anode Materials for Microbial Fuel Cells (Thi Hiep Han, Sandesh Y. Sawant, Moo Hwan Cho)....Pages 101-124
Performances of Separator and Membraneless Microbial Fuel Cell (Ruchira Rudra, Vikash Kumar, Arpita Nandy, Patit Paban Kundu)....Pages 125-140
Role of Cathode Catalyst in Microbial Fuel Cell (Santimoy Khilari, Debabrata Pradhan)....Pages 141-163
Role of Biocathodes in Bioelectrochemical Systems (V. Prakasam, S. G. F. Bagh, S. Ray, B. Fifield, L. A. Porter, J. A. Lalman)....Pages 165-187
Physicochemical Parameters Governing Microbial Fuel Cell Performance (Sanath Kondaveeti, Ramesh Kakarla, Booki Min)....Pages 189-208
Reactor Design for Bioelectrochemical Systems (G. Mohanakrishna, Shafeer Kalathil, Deepak Pant)....Pages 209-227
Microfluidic Microbial Fuel Cell: On-chip Automated and Robust Method to Generate Energy (Sanket Goel)....Pages 229-247
Diagnostic Tools for the Assessment of MFC (Jhansi L. Varanasi, Ramya Veerubhotla, Debabrata Das)....Pages 249-268
Modelling of Reaction and Transport in Microbial Fuel Cells (Ramya Veerubhotla, Sajal Kanti Dutta, Saikat Chakraborty)....Pages 269-283
Bioremediation and Power Generation from Organic Wastes Using Microbial Fuel Cell (Jhansi L. Varanasi, Debabrata Das)....Pages 285-306
Removal and Recovery of Metals by Using Bio-electrochemical System (A. Evren Tugtaş, Bariş Çalli)....Pages 307-333
Sediment Microbial Fuel Cell and Constructed Wetland Assisted with It: Challenges and Future Prospects (Md. T. Noori, M. M. Ghangrekar, C. K. Mukherjee)....Pages 335-352
Fundamentals of Microbial Desalination Cell (Soumya Pandit, Shruti Sarode, Debabrata Das)....Pages 353-371
Biophotovoltaics: Conversion of Light Energy to Bioelectricity Through Photosynthetic Microbial Fuel Cell Technology (Rashmi Chandra, S. Venkata Mohan, Parra-Saldivar Roberto, Bruce E. Ritmann, Raul Alexis Sanchez Cornejo)....Pages 373-387
Application of Microbial Fuel Cell as a Biosensor (Ramya Veerubhotla, Debabrata Das)....Pages 389-402
Microbial Fuel Cell as Alternate Power Tool: Potential and Challenges (Sheela Berchmans)....Pages 403-419
Microbially Mediated Electrosynthesis Processes (Mohita Sharma, Priyangshu M. Sarma)....Pages 421-442
Recent Progress Towards Scaling Up of MFCs (Dipak A. Jadhav, Makarand M. Ghangrekar, Narcis Duteanu)....Pages 443-457
Scaling Up of MFCs: Challenges and Case Studies (Jai Sankar Seelam, Christina Theresia Rundel, Hitesh C. Boghani, G. Mohanakrishna)....Pages 459-481
Challenges in Microbial Fuel Cell and Future Scope (Kuppam Chandrasekhar, Abudukeremu Kadier, Gopalakrishnan Kumar, Rosa Anna Nastro, Velpuri Jeevitha)....Pages 483-499
Back Matter ....Pages 501-506

✦ Subjects

Waste Water Technology;Water Pollution Control;Water Management;Aquatic Pollution