Harvest of electrical energy from fermented microalgal residue using a microbial fuel cell
- Authors
- Song, Young Eun; El-Dalatony, Marwa M.; Kim, Changman; Kurade, Mayur B.; Jeon, Byong Hun; Kim, Jung Rae
- Issue Date
- Jan-2019
- Publisher
- PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
- Keywords
- Fermented microalgal residue; Microalgae; Bio-electricity; Microbial fuel cell (MFC); Maximum power point tracking; (MPPT)
- Citation
- INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY, v.44, no.4, pp.2372 - 2379
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- Journal Title
- INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
- Volume
- 44
- Number
- 4
- Start Page
- 2372
- End Page
- 2379
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/hanyang/handle/2021.sw.hanyang/148551
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2018.08.151
- ISSN
- 0360-3199
- Abstract
- The application of microalgal biomass for fermentation has been highlighted as a means of producing a range of value-added biofuels and chemicals. On the other hand, the micro algal residue from the fermentation process still contains as much as 50% organic contaminants, which can be a valuable substrate for further bioenergy recovery. In this study, a microbial fuel cell and automatic external load control by maximum power point tracking (MPPT) were implemented to harvest the electrical energy from waste fermented micro algal residue (FMR). The MFC with MPPT produced the highest amount of energy (1.82 kJ/L) compared to the other MFCs with fixed resistances: 0.98 (1000 Omega), 1.16 (500 Omega), and 1.17 kJ/L (300 Omega). The MFC with MPPT also showed the highest maximum power density (88.6 mW/m(2)) and COD removal efficiency (620.0 mg COD/L removal with 85% removal efficiency). The implementation of MPPT gained an approximate 12.9% energy yield compared to the previous fermentation stage. These results suggest that FMR can be an appropriate feed-stock for electrical energy recovery using MFCs, and the combined fermentation and MFC system improves significantly the energy recovery and treatment efficiency from FMR.
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