Premium
Recent Advances in Microbial Fuel Cells Integrated with Sludge Treatment
Author(s) -
Wang Z.,
Mei X.,
Ma J.,
Wu Z.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
chemical engineering and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.403
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1521-4125
pISSN - 0930-7516
DOI - 10.1002/ceat.201200132
Subject(s) - microbial fuel cell , waste management , activated sludge , environmental science , electricity , sewage treatment , electricity generation , biochemical engineering , fuel cells , process engineering , engineering , chemical engineering , power (physics) , physics , electrical engineering , quantum mechanics
Microbial fuel cells (MFCs), which can directly convert chemical energy in organic matters into electricity, have drawn a lot of attention in the past decades. Recently, MFCs have been integrated with waste‐activated sludge (WAS) treatment for recovering energy from WAS. Since 2004, a number of publications regarding this topic have been published. The recent advances in MFCs powered by WAS are critically reviewed. MFC reactor designs, MFC performances, and sludge degradation efficiencies are addressed based on the recent related publications. The challenges and corresponding enhancement measures of MFCs using WAS as fuel are also discussed.