%0 Journal Article
%T Energy-Nutrient-Water-Nexus by Microbial Fuel Cell: A Potential Smart Water Solution for Wastewater Treatment Plants
%A Marcia R. Silva
%A Yiming Yang
%A Kwendo Mwaniki
%J Journal of Sustainable Bioenergy Systems
%P 12-19
%@ 2165-4018
%D 2022
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/jsbs.2022.121002
%X The </span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\">Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC) is a bioelectrical system
that can co</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\">n</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\">vert </span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\">chemi<span>cal energy into electrical energy. The anode plays
an important role </span></span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\">in</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\">the</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\">improvement
of power generation. Zeolite and carbon-based materials were coated in graphene
felt anode in this study for proof of concept that the mod<span>ified material could enhance power generation.
Preliminary results showed</span> that <span>the
maximum power density with the modified material was 2</span></span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\">-</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\">2.5 times</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> higher than the unmodified material using RAS as a
substrate and 1.4 times <span>higher using algae as
a substrate in our single chamber model</span></span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\">,</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> whereas the </span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\">dual-chamber model displayed a maximum power density
of the modified</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> material to be roughly 3</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\">-</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\">4 times
higher than in the unmodified microbial fuel cell.
%K Microbial Fuel Cell
%K Zeolite
%K Carbon-Based Material
%K Power Generation
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=115632