Microbial Fuel Cells: From biomass (waste) to electricity

Author

Monier, J.-M. ; Niard, L. ; Haddour, N. ; Allard, B. ; Buret, F.

Author_Institution

Lab. Ampere, UMR CNRS 5005, Ecully

fYear

2008

fDate

5-7 May 2008

Firstpage

663

Lastpage

668

Abstract

The microbial fuel cell (MFC) technology could provide opportunities for electricity generation from the organic matter. Indeed a MFC can produce electric energy by converting a part of the chemical energy contained in biodegradable substrates through the metabolic activity of bacteria. This could be both economically and environmentally effective when the organic matter does not have any intrinsic value as in the case of domestic or industrial waste waters. This paper presents the principle and current development in the domain of MFC and gives an idea of potential future applications.

Keywords

bioenergy conversion; fuel cell power plants; biodegradable substrates; biomass; chemical energy; electricity generation; industrial wastewaters; microbial fuel cell technology; Biodegradable materials; Biomass; Chemical technology; Environmental economics; Fuel cells; Fuel economy; Microorganisms; Power generation; Power generation economics; Power system economics; MFC; bacteria; biomass conversion; electricity generation; wastewater treatment;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrotechnical Conference, 2008. MELECON 2008. The 14th IEEE Mediterranean

Conference_Location

Ajaccio

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1632-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1633-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MELCON.2008.4618511

Filename

4618511