Energy supply from renewable sources is one of the most attractive fields study in recent years. Ensuring efficient operation microbial fuel cell (MFC) due to its capabilities requires development appropriate control strategies. This paper presents a combination fuzzy and adaptive methods single-chamber single-population MFC. For estimating nonlinear terms as well parametric uncertainty model, ...

In this study the influence of external circuit resistance on metabolic behaviour anodic biofilm in Microbial fuel cell (MFC) was studied. The results obtained demonstrated that extremely low and high loads could deteriorate bio-electrochemistry respiration by shifting microbial metabolism towards typical fermentation substrates. best conditions for efficient substrate mineralisation nearly 70%...

In this study, we attempted to enrich neutrophilic iron bacteria in a microbial fuel cell (MFC)-type reactor in order to develop a lithotrophic MFC system that can utilize ferrous iron as an inorganic electron donor and operate at neutral pHs. Electrical currents were steadily generated at an average level of 0.6 mA (or 0.024 mA cm(-2) of membrane area) in reactors initially inoculated with mic...

In this work, we created a stackable and integratable two-chambered paper-based microbial fuel cell (MFC) for potentially powering on-chip paper-based biosensors. By applying origami techniques, four batteries were connected in series to obtain an open-circuit voltage (1.6V) and a stable output current (4 μA). The bacterial cells flowed through patterned fluidic pathways within the paper matrix...

BACKGROUND Purified terephthalic acid (PTA) wastewater from a petrochemical complex was utilized as a fuel in the anode of a microbial fuel cell (MFC). Effects of two important parameters including different dilutions of the PTA wastewater and pH on the performance of the MFC were investigated. METHODS The MFC used was a membrane-less single chamber consisted of a stainless steel mesh as anod...

Anaerobic bacteria were isolated from industrial wastewater and soil samples and tested for exoelectrogenic activity by current production in double chambered microbial fuel cell (MFC), which was further transitioned into a single chambered microbial electrolytic cell to test hydrogen production by electrohydrogenesis. Of all the cultures, the isolate from industrial water sample showed the max...

We present the fabrication of an ultra-low cost, disposable, solvent-free air cathode all-paper microbial fuel cell (MFC) that does not utilize any chemical treatments. The anode and cathode were fabricated by depositing graphite particles by drawing them on paper with a pencil (four strokes). Hydrophobic parchment paper was used as a proton exchange membrane (PEM) to allow only H(+) to pass. A...

Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are a rapidly growing technology for energy production from wastewater and biomasses. In a MFC, a microbial biofilm oxidizes organic matter and transfers electrons from reduced compounds to an anode as the electron acceptor by extracellular electron transfer (EET). The aim of this work was to characterize the microbial communities operating in a Single Chamber Microb...

Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are devices that exploit microorganisms as biocatalysts to recover energy from organic matter in the form of electricity. One of the goals of MFC research is to develop the technology for cost-effective wastewater treatment. However, before practical MFC applications are implemented it is important to gain fundamental knowledge about long-term system performance, rep...