Microbial fuel cells : materials and applications / edited by Inamuddin, Mohammad Faraz Ahmer, and Abdullah M. Asiri.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ahmer, Mohammad, editor.

Asiri, Abdullah, editor.

Inamuddin, editor.

Series:

Materials Research Foundations Series

Materials Research Foundations Series ; v.46

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biomass energy.

Microbial fuel cells.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (364 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Millersville, PA : Materials Research Forum LLC, [2019]

Summary:

Microbial fuel cells are very promising as renewable energy sources. In addition to electricity generation, microbial fuel cells can be used for wastewater treatment, desalination and biofuel production. The book addresses characterization techniques and operating conditions of microbial fuel cells, as well as the usefulness of various types of anode and cathode materials. Keywords: Microbial Fuel Cells, Renewable Energy Sources, Biocatalysts, Wastewater Treatment, Desalination, Biofuel Production, Micropower Generation, Microalgae, Carbon Nanotube Anodes, Carbon Nanotube Cathodes, Biofuel Production from Food Waste, Microbial Desalination Cells, Microbial Ethanol Production, Microbial Propanol Production.

Contents:

Intro

front-matter

Table of Contents

Preface

1

Microalgae-Microbial Fuel Cell

1. Introduction

2. Microbial fuel cells

3. Microalgal microbial fuel cell (mMFC) technology

3.1 Role of microalgae at the anode

3.2 Role of algae at the cathode

4. Factors affecting bioelectricity generation from microalgae

4.1 pH

4.2 Temperature

4.3 Light and photosynthesis

4.4 Nature of substrate and its load.

4.5 Membrane material

Future perspective and conclusion

Acknowledgement

References

2

The Progress of Microalgae Biofuel Cells

2. Microalgae species

3. Strategies for microalgal strain improvement

3.1 Genetic change in microalgae species

3.2 Engineering of lipid pathways

3.3 Random and insertional mutagenesis

3.4 Genetic engineering in microalgae strains

4. Application of microalgae species

4.1 In microbial fuel cell (MFC) construction

4.2 Bioethanol production

4.3 Biobutanol production

4.4 Biohydrogen production

4.5 Biodiesel production

4.6 Biogas (Methane) production

Conclusion

Abbreviations

3

Microbial Fuel Cell Operating Conditions

2. Cathode Electrode

2.1 Cathode Electrode with Catalysts

2.2 Cathode Electrode without Catalysts

3. Anode electrode Materials and surface modification

4. Reactor configuration

5. Membranes/Separators Tested in MFC

5.1 Ion Exchange Membrane

5.2 Size Selective Separators

6. Effect of Temperature on MFC Performance

7. Substrates (Fuels) in the MFC Anode Chamber

8. Electrolyte Conductivity

9. Electrolyte pH in Governing MFC Performances

10. Oxidants in an MFC Cathode

Conclusions

4

Microbial Fuel Cells Characterization

2. Characterization techniques of microbial fuel cells.

2.1 Electrochemical techniques

2.1.1 Voltammetric measurements

2.1.1.1 Cyclic voltammetry (CV)

2.1.2 Electrochemical spectroscopy technique (EST)

2.1.3 Chronoamperometric measurements

2.1.3.1 Chronoamperometry (CA)

2.1.4 Potentiometric measurements

2.1.4.1 Chronopotentiometry (CP)

2.1.5 Polarization curves

2.1.6 Power curves

2.2 Coulombic efficiency (CE)

2.3 Resistance

2.4 Degradation efficiency

2.5 Energy efficiency

2.6 Other characterization techniques

2.6.1 Scanning electron microscopy (SEM)

2.6.2 Atomic force microscopy (AFM)

5

Paper-Based Microbial Fuel Cell

2. Exoelectrogens in microbial fuel cell

3. Paper-based microbial fuel cells

4. Different membranes used in paper-based MFCs

5. Applications of paper-based MFCs

6. Future prospective of paper-based MFCs

Reference

6

Carbon Nanotube Based Anodes and Cathodes for Microbial Fuel Cells

1.2 Microbial Fuel Cell Technology

2. Anode

2.1 Non-carbon Anode Materials

2.2 Carbon Anode Materials

2.3 Surface Treatment and Coating for Anode Materials

3. Cathode

4. Problem Statements

4.1 Need of CNT-based Anodes

4.2 Cathodes based on CNTs

5. Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs)

5.1. Synthesis of pristine CNTs

5.2 Functionalization of CNTs

5.3 CNT-based Electrodes in MFCs

5.3.1 CNT-based Anodes in MFCs

5.3.2 CNT-based Cathodes in MFCs

7

Use of Carbon-Nanotube Based Materials in Microbial Fuel Cells

2. Design of carbon nanotube-based electrodes

2.1 Fabrication of pristine carbon nanotubes

2.2 Functionalization of carbon nanotubes

2.3 The use of carbon nanotube-based materials

2.3.1 Carbon nanotube-based thin films.

2.3.2 Carbon nanotubes-based monolith structures

2.3.2.1 Carbon nanotubes aerogel

2.3.2.2 Carbon nanotubes foam

3. Anode modification

3.1 Bacteria/electrode interaction

3.2 Carbon nanotube-based anode materials

3.2.1 Metal/carbon nanotubes

3.3 Carbon nanotube-based anode assembly

4. Cathode modification

5. Challenges and promises

8

Biofuel Production from Food Processing Waste

2. Biofuels and their generations

2.2 Liquid biofuels

2.2.1 Bioethanol

2.2.2 Biobutanol

2.2.3 Biodiesel

2.2.4 Biomethanol

2.3 Gaseous biofuels

2.3.1 Biomethane

2.3.2 Biohydrogen

2.3.3 Biohythane

9

Microbial Desalination Cell: An Integrated Technology for Desalination, Wastewater Treatment and Renewable Energy Generation

1.1 Microbial desalination cell and its evolution

1.2 Microbial desalination cell construction and general principle

2. Different types of MDC based on cathode electron acceptor

2.1 MDC with the chemical cathode

2.2 Microbial desalination cell with the Air cathode

2.3 Microbial desalination cell with bio-cathode

3. Applications of microbial desalination cell

3.1 Water softening

3.2 Production of chemicals and gases

3.3 Remediation of contaminated water and nutrients recovery

4. Parameters affecting the performance of microbial desalination cell in desalination

4.1 Mode of microbial desalination cell operation

4.2 Substrate concentration

4.3 Salt concentration

4.4 pH imbalance

4.5 External resistance

5. Challenges and future prospects

10

Biofuels from Food Processing Wastes

1. Background

2. Status of production of food processing wastes across the globe

2.1 Food processing waste

2.2 Sources.

2.2.1 Meat industry

2.2.2 Seafood wastes

2.2.3 Dairy sources

2.2.4 Fruit and vegetable processing

2.2.5 Pulses and oil seed industry

2.2.6 Miscellaneous sources

2.3 Production across the globe

3. Characterization and composition of food processing wastes

3.1 Proximate properties

3.2 Ultimate properties

4. Management and value-added products from food processing wastes

5. Energy generation technologies

5.1 Thermochemical Processes:

5.2 Biochemical/Biological conversion processes:

6. Food processing wastes as a bioenergy source

6.1 Bioethanol

6.2 Biobutanol

6.3 Biogas

6.4 Biohydrogen

6.5 Biodiesel

7. Factors affecting biofuel production from food processing wastes

7.1 Factors affecting biodiesel production

7.2 Factors affecting biohydrogen production

7.3 Factors affecting bioethanol production

8. Strategies for enhancing food processing waste-based biofuel production

11

2. Reaction mechanism

2.1 Anodic reaction mechanism

2.2 Cathodic reaction mechanism

3. Treatment of wastewater in microbial fuel cell

3.1 Treatment of vegetable waste and a waste of food processing

3.2 Treatment of wastewater from beverage distilleries

3.3 Dairy wastewater

3.4 Pharmaceutical wastewater

3.5 Petrochemical wastewater

3.6 Treatment of domestic wastewater

12

Microbial Production of Ethanol

2. Classification of biofuels

3. Bioethanol as the fuel of future

4. Bioethanol production

4.1 First generation biofuels

4.2 Second generation biofuels

4.2.1 Challenges in second-generation biofuel

4.2.2 Pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass

4.2.3 Fermentation process

4.2.4 Metabolic pathway of D-xylose

4.2.5 Conversion of L-arabinose in fungi.

4.2.6 Separate hydrolysis and fermentation (SHF)

4.2.7 Simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF)

4.2.8 Simultaneous saccharification and co-fermentation (SSCF)

4.2.9 Consolidated bioprocessing (CBP)

4.3 Third generation biofuels

4.3.1 Microalgae

4.3.2 Macroalgae (seaweed)

4.3.3 Algae as a better option for bioethanol production

4.3.4 Challenges with third generation biofuel

4.3.5 General processes of bioethanol production from algal feedstock

4.3.5.1 Hydrolysis

4.3.5.1.1 Acid hydrolysis

4.3.5.1.2 Enzymatic hydrolysis

4.3.5.2 Biological pretreatment

4.3.5.3 Fermentation

4.3.5.3.1 Separate enzymatic hydrolysis and fermentation

4.3.5.3.2 Simultaneous saccharification and fermentation

4.3.5.3.3 Simultaneous saccharification and co-fermentation

4.3.5.4 Purification

5. Recent advances in bioethanol production

5.1 Molecular toolings and genetically modified organisms for bioethanol production

Conclusions and Future Perspective

13

Microbial Production of Propanol

2. Biosynthesis of Propanol

3. Engineering microorganisms for the path of acetone-dependent isopropanol.

back-matter

Keyword Index

About the Editors.

Notes:

Includes index.

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ISBN:

1-64490-011-4

OCLC:

1090492861