Small-scale microbial fuel cells utilising uric salts
Small-scale microbial fuel cells utilising uric salts
With exhausting fossil fuels and increasing greenhouse gas emissions, numerous attempts, to overcome future energy challenges, are being pursued. In this study, small-scale microbial fuel cells (MFCs, 0.7mL anodic chamber volume) were built to investigate their electrical performance with uric salts as fuel for power generation. When uric salts were added to other substrates such as urine or sewage sludge, results showed improved power generation and longevity. The small-scale MFCs produced a comparable amount of power output (PMAX: 11.09mW/m2; 44.36W/m3) to that produced by larger MFCs, which suggests that MFC miniaturisation and multiplication is a sound approach for scale-up and practical implementation.
Energy from waste, Small-scale MFCs, Uric salts, Uric sludge, Urine
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You, J.
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Greenman, J.
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Melhuish, C.
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Ieropoulos, I.
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June 2014
You, J.
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Greenman, J.
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Melhuish, C.
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Ieropoulos, I.
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You, J., Greenman, J., Melhuish, C. and Ieropoulos, I.
(2014)
Small-scale microbial fuel cells utilising uric salts.
Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 6, .
(doi:10.1016/j.seta.2014.01.005).
Abstract
With exhausting fossil fuels and increasing greenhouse gas emissions, numerous attempts, to overcome future energy challenges, are being pursued. In this study, small-scale microbial fuel cells (MFCs, 0.7mL anodic chamber volume) were built to investigate their electrical performance with uric salts as fuel for power generation. When uric salts were added to other substrates such as urine or sewage sludge, results showed improved power generation and longevity. The small-scale MFCs produced a comparable amount of power output (PMAX: 11.09mW/m2; 44.36W/m3) to that produced by larger MFCs, which suggests that MFC miniaturisation and multiplication is a sound approach for scale-up and practical implementation.
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e-pub ahead of print date: 7 February 2014
Published date: June 2014
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This work has been funded by the UK Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Grant No. EP/I004653/1 project and by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Grant No. OPP1044458 .
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Copyright 2014 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
Keywords:
Energy from waste, Small-scale MFCs, Uric salts, Uric sludge, Urine
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/454609
ISSN: 2213-1388
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