شماره ركورد كنفرانس :
3256
عنوان مقاله :
Economical comparison of power generation in microbial fuel cell by Nafion 117 and SPEEK as proton exchange membranes
Author/Authors :
Mostafa Ghasemi Fuel Cell Institute - Department of Chemical and Process Engineering - University Kebangsaan Malaysia , Mostafa Rahimnejad Biotechnology Research Lab - Faculty of Chemical Engineering - Noshirvani University Babol , Wan Ramli Wan Daud Fuel Cell Institute - Department of Chemical and Process Engineering - University Kebangsaan Malaysia , Ahmad Fauzi Ismail Advanced Membrane - Technology Research Centre - Universiti Teknologi Malaysia , Yaghoob Jafari Faculty of Economics and Management - University Kebangsaan Malaysia , Alireza Mayahi Advanced Membrane Technology Research Centre - Department of Chemical Engineering - Universiti Teknologi Malaysia , Jamal Othman Faculty of Economics and Management - University Kebangsaan Malaysia
كليدواژه :
Cost Efficiency Analysis , PEM , Nafion 117 , SPEEK , Power production
عنوان كنفرانس :
ششمين سمينار پيل سوختي ايران
چكيده لاتين :
Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC) is a new device for simultaneous electricity production and wastewater treatment. The major concern of this technique is the high operational cost that is caused by Nafion 117 used as a Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) and Pt as a cathode catalyst for oxygen reduction. Sulfonated Poly Ether Ether Ketone (SPEEK) was used as a PEM in MFC for this study. The results indicate that even though the power production of MFC with SPEEK (77.3 mW.m-2) was lower than Nafion 117 (106.7 mW.m-2), it is more cost effective, because of its lower price. Our economic evaluation suggests that the use of SPEEK in power production is almost two times more cost effective than that of Nafion 117. Furthermore, itsChemical Oxygen Demand (COD) removal (88%) is higher than Nafion 117 (76%); and thus, SPEEK is a promising PEM in MFCs at an industrial scale
