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Influence of electrode spacing and fed-batch operation on the maximum performance trend of a soil microbial fuel cell

Journal

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
Volume 47, Issue 24, Pages 12304-12316

Publisher

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2021.11.110

Keywords

Microbial fuel cell; Soil; Electrode spacing; Fed-batch; Maximum performance; Bio-electricity

Funding

  1. Petroleum Technology Devel-opment Fund (PTDF) , Nigeria
  2. German Academic Ex-change Service (DAAD) within the Nigerian-German Postgraduate Program

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The effect of electrode spacing on the performance of a soil microbial fuel cell (MFC) under fed-batch treatment with synthetic urine medium (SUM) was investigated. The study found that a larger electrode spacing requires a longer time for the MFC to achieve stable and maximum performance.
The effect of electrode spacing on a soil microbial fuel cell (MFC) performance under fedbatch treatment with synthetic urine medium (SUM) was investigated at 2, 5, and 8 cm electrode spacing. The electrodes consisted of stainless-steel mesh with coarse layers of carbon-black. The MFCs were fed with SUM when the natural substrate of the medium was exhausted. Initial feeding resulted in 79.6, 108.7, and 103.1% increase in OCV with a proportional percentage increase in power at 2, 5, and 8 cm electrode spacing. Six days after the first feeding, the power was 189.9, 150.7, and 108. 5 mW/m2 in ascending order of electrode spacing. With more extended treatment, the overall maximum power was ob- tained at 8 cm spacing. In ascending order of electrode spacing, the highest power (207.92, 263.38, and 271.1 mW/m2) was obtained on days 39, 42, and 93, respectively. The study shows that a larger anode-to-cathode distance requires a longer time for the soil MFC to achieve stable and maximum performance in fed-batch operation. (c) 2021 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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