Waste to Renewable Energy: A Sustainable and Green Approach Towards Production of Biohydrogen by Acidogenic Fermentation - Sustainable Biotechnology: Sources of Renewable Energy - page 155

Ta b l e 7 Studies on bioelectricity generation from the treatment of wastewater in microbial fuel cells (MFC) by acidogenic fermentation process carried
at BEEC, IICT

Type of
wastewater

MFC configuration
details

Maximum
voltage (mV)

Maximum
current (mA)

Power yield
(W/kg COD R )

COD removal
efficiency (%) Operation details References

pH 6.0 ∗

Synthetic
wastewater

Dual chamber; Nafion
membrane; Plain
graphite electrodes

586 2.37 0.63 72.20 [149]

pH 7.0 ∗

Single chamber; Nafion
membrane; Plain
graphite electrodes

348 2.44 0.21 48.68 [153]

pH 5.5 ∗

Chemical
wastewater

Dual chamber; Nafion
membrane; Plain
graphite electrodes

731 2.97 0.49 61.11 [151]

pH 6.0 ∗

Domestic
sewage

Single chamber; Nafion
membrane; Plain
graphite electrodes

478 2.72 4.64 66.67 [147]

pH 7.0 ∗ Composite

Vegetable
waste

Single chamber; Nafion
membrane; Plain
graphite electrodes

266 1.51 0.231 62.86 [158]

∗ Anaerobic mixed culture as anodic biocatalyst without using mediators