Microbial fuel cells (MFC) are an emerging technology for wastewater treatment that utilizes the metabolism of microorganisms to generate electricity from organic matter present in water directly. The principle MFC is same as hydrogen cell and has three main components (i.e., anode, cathode, proton exchange membrane). membrane separates anode cathode chambers keeps anaerobic aerobic conditions ...

A multidimensional biofilm model is developed to simulate biofilm growth on the anode of a Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC). The biofilm is treated as a conductive material, and electrons produced during microbial growth are assumed to be transferred to the anode through a conductive biofilm matrix. Growth of Geobacter sulfurreducens is simulated using the Nernst-Monod kinetic model that was previousl...

In this study, electricity generation integrated with organic substrate biodegradation was investigated in a continuous mediator-less microbial fuel cell with graphite electrodes and a selective type of membrane separating the anodic and cathodic compartments of MFC from each other. The performance of MFC was evaluated to treat actual domestic wastewater using aged anaerobic sludge. Results rev...

Global energy consumption has increased tremendously throughout these recent years. Fossil fuels remain as our main source of despite being non-renewable and finite resource. This situation will eventually lead to shortage if not addressed properly. In light this issue, renewable been one the most promising alternatives fossil source. Energy are necessarily required at large scales. For instanc...

Increasing energy demands and greenhouse gases emission from wastewater treatment processes prompted the investigation of alternatives capable to achieve effective treatment, materials recovery, reduce environmental footprint. Combination microbial fuel cell (MFC) technology with microalgal-based process in MFC-PBR (photobioreactor) systems could emissions facilities, capturing CO2 emitted indu...

This report describes fibrous cyst lining injection and extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) of a medial femoral condyle (MFC) subchondral cystic lesion (SCL) resulting in catastrophic MFC fracture in an Arabian mare. The mare was presented for evaluation of a severe hind limb lameness of approximately 4 months duration. On presentation, a non-weight bearing lameness of the left hind limb w...

The medial prefrontal cortex (MFC) is critical for our ability to learn from previous mistakes. Here we provide evidence that neurophysiological oscillatory long-range synchrony is a mechanism of post-error adaptation that occurs even without conscious awareness of the error. During a visually signaled Go/No-Go task in which half of the No-Go cues were masked and thus not consciously perceived,...

Methane is an extensively accessible green energy that can be obtained organically just by way of through natural gases. However, using methane in fuel at ambient temperature conditions quite challenging, due to its high thermodynamically stability. In this present investigation, the feasibility low-temperature microbial fuel-cell (MFC) with unadulterated culture Methylococcus chroococcus witho...

Previous models of biofilms growing in a microbial fuel cell (MFC) have primarily focused on modeling a single growth mechanism: growth via a conductive biofilm matrix, or growth utilizing diffusible electron shuttles or mediators. In this work, we implement both flavors of models in order to explore the competition for space and nutrients in a MFC biofilm populated by both species types. We fi...

Several carbon substrates were tried, including glucose commercial, pro analysis glucose, commercial sugar, and yeast extract - peptone d (YPD) medium to improve the efficiency of single chamber microbial fuel cell (MFC). The power production various electron donors was investigated using baker Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Voltage density generation used establish pattern substrate use. In additio...