Meryl Alyzsa B.

Basaysay

10- Kirchhoff

Bioelectrogenesis with microbial fuel cells (MFCs) using the

microalga Chlorella vulgaris and bacterial communities
Author: R. Huarachi-Olivera, A. Duenas-Gonza, U. Yapo-Pari, P. Vega, M. Romero-Ugarte, J.
Tapia, L. Molina, A. Lazarte-Rivera, D.G. Pacheco-Salazar, M. Esparza

1. Configuration of MFCs
1. The MFCs was made using the glass material, consists
of two chambers with equal volume separated by a
proton exchange membrane (PEM). After pretreatment
in order to increase the porosity, the PEM was fixed with
washers and clamps between the two chambers.

2. Bioelectrogenesis 2. Is the generation of electricity by living organisms, a

phenomenon that belongs to the science of
Electrophysiology. The electrogenic activity depends on
the growth of the microalgal biomass and the
photosynthetic activity.

3. Bioelectrochemical 3. The behavior of the electrolytic solutions used as

Analysis anolyte and catholyte were analyzed in terms of the
mixed potential theory assuming a complete kinetic
mechanism control for the partial reactions in both
solutions.

4. Biochemical Model 4. The integrated model of Pinto was used as a proposal

to predict the possible activities of microorganisms in the
chamber of anolyte and catholyte of MFCs. The presence
of multiple microbial species and wastewater
plus activated sludge allows to reproduce the growth
dynamics of microorganisms, the degradation of organic
matter, the production of methane and current in the
MFCs with the transfer of protons through the PEM and
the transfer of electrons through the circuit

The MFCs allow the generation of bioelectricity by the flow of electrons (from bacterial
metabolism) from the anolyte to the catholyte with diffusion of protons through the
membrane These suggests that bacterial community have a simultaneous efficiency in the
production of bioelectricity and bioremediation processes, becoming an important source of
bioenergy in the future.