Bio-Electrochemical Fuel CELL: A Review Study on Electricity Generation Using Bio-Waste

Syed Hasan Khuld; Babar Jamal Naqvi; Naeem Samoon; Muhammad Kashif; Naveed Alam Samdani; Talha Qazi

doi:10.58921/jse.01.02.021

Syed Hasan Khuld Institute of Environmental Studies, University of Karachi
Babar Jamal Naqvi Faculty of Engineering, Science & Technology, Indus University
Naeem Samoon Department of Energy & Environment, Hamdard University
Muhammad Kashif Institute of Environmental Studies, University of Karachi
Naveed Alam Samdani Institute of Environmental Studies, University of Karachi
Talha Qazi Department of Environmental Sciences, Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science & Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.58921/jse.01.02.021

Abstract

This era is all about energy, humans cannot survive without energy. Conventional energy resources are not enough to fulfill the needs of energy that’s why it is necessary to find alternate energy resources that will be efficient and environment friendly. Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC) is one of the reasonably low costs and is considered as environment friendly It degrades the harmful substance during production of electricity.
This technology helps out for the producing of electricity by using the microbes. The generation of electricity is the new form of non-renewable energy by treating of the waste water from different types of effluent. The purpose of this technology is to produce the electricity that is environment friendly and sustainable. This review is also the part of research which is also to make a comparison of different MFC feeds which have unique chemical composition and are rich of various biological species and designing. This report also contains the discussion of MFC principle, necessary components, bacteria that are responsible for electricity production. This MFC contain the different batch type of reactor and in each reactor anode and cathode are dipped for time to check the response of flow of electron. Electrodes are used for drawing the comparison data of the MFC and giving new direction for the researchers. Salt bridge or membrane is connected between the reactor for the flow of proton to the cathode side and oxygen is supplied in the cathode compartment.