MAXIMUM ELECTRICITY

GENERATION FROM
SEDIMENT MICROBIAL FUEL
CELL USING COPPER AND
ZINC ELECTRODE

GUIDED BY:: PROF.NEETHU SAJEEV PRESENTATION

BY
DRISYA P S
ROLL NO- 05
 CONTENTS
 INTRODUCTION
 INTRODUCTION TO MFC
 MAXIMUM ELECTRICITY GENERATION FROM
LOW COST SEDIMENT MFC
 MAXIMUM ELECTRICITY GENERATION USING
COPPER AND ZINC ELECTRODES
 APPLICATIONS
 ADVANTAGES
 CONCLUSION
 INTRODUCTION
 NEED FOR INTRODUCTION OF NEW RENEWABLE
ENERGY RESOURCES
 TYPES OF RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
 IMPORTANTS OF MICROBIAL FUEL CELL
 INTRODUCTION TO
 ANMFC
ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE

 MICROBIAL ENERGY IS CONVERTED INTO

ELECTRICAL ENERGY

 IT CONSISTS OF ANODE AND CATHODE

CONNECTED BY AN EXTERNAL CIRCUIT

 ELECTRONS ARE DIRECTED TO CATHODE

THROUGH EXTERNAL CIRCUIT
 SEDIMENT AS ELECTOLYTE

 MICROBES AS CATALYST

 ORGANIC LOAD IN WASTEWATER AS FUEL

 TYPE OF ELECTODES USED DETERMINE THE

AMOUNT OF POWER GENERATED
 MAXIMUM ELECTRICITY
GENERATION FROM LOW COST
SEDIMENT MFC
 THE DROWBACK OF THE MFC IS THE LOW
POWER OUTPUT DUE TO THE POOR
PERFORMANCE OF THE ELECTRODES
COMBINATION

 TO UTLISE MAXIMUM ENERGY BETTER

ELECTRODES HAVE TO BE USED
MAXIMUM ENERGY GENERATION
USING Cu AND Zn ELECTRODS

 USING Cu AND Zn ELECTRODES

 MICROBES AS CATALYST

 WATER +SEDIMENT IS USED AS THE

ELECTROLYTE
SMFC Assembly
 CATHODE: ZINC (7.5cm×2.5cm×2mm)
 ANODE: COPPER (7.5cm×2.5cm×2mm)
 ELECTROLYTE: SEDIMENT
 COPPER ANODE PLACED INTO THE SEDIMENT
 ZINC CATHODE IS SUSPENDED IN THE WATER
COLUMN
 ELECTRODE WAS CONNECTED BY COPPER WIRE
THROUGH EXTERNAL LOAD
 EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS
 ABOUT 600gm OF SEDIMENT CONTAINED IN A PLASTIC
BOTTLE WITH ANAEROBIC CONDITION

 OUTPUT POWER(P0) MONITORED BY MEASURING

VOLTAGE(V0) AND CURRENT(I0) ACROSS RESISTOR

 TO OBTAIN POLARIZATION CURVE, THE EXTERNAL

RESISTANCE WAS VARIED

 OUTPUT POWER, P0=I0×V0 ; in (mW)

 CURRENT DENSITY, Id=I0/A ; in (mA.m¯²)

 POWER DENSITY, Pd= I0×V0(A)¯¹ ; in (mW.m¯²)

 EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS
 VOLTAGE IS MEASURED FOR 23 DAYS

 VOLTAGE IS CONTINOUSLY INCREASED DUE TO

CHEMICAL REACTION INSPIRER TO THE
MICROBIAL GROWTH

 OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE IN FIRST DAY=0.644V

 AFTER SOME DAYS IT IS= 1.160V

Voltage-Time graph
I-V CHARACTERISTICS
 MAX. CURRENT=0.275mA; at VOLTAGE=0.151V

 MIN. CURRENT=0.021mA; at VOLTAGE=1.006V

 SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENT=0.301mA

 OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE=1.160V

POLARIZATION CURVE
 AS A FUNCTION OF CURRENT DENSITY AND
OUTPUT VOLTAGE

 RESISTANCE VARIED FROM 47Ω TO 987Ω

 MAX. CURRENT DENSITY=8.871mA.m¯²

 THE CURVE DEPICTED,

MAX POWER DENSITY=2.02mW.m¯²
at CURRENT DENSITY=4.185mA.m¯²

 MAX. POWER PEAK IN THIS PERIOD=0.23mW

 APPLICATIONS
 WASTE WATER TREATMENT

 HYDROGEN PRODUCTION

 BOD SENSING
 ADVANTAGES
 GENERATION OF ENERGY OUT OF BIOWASTE

 DIRECT CONVERSION OF SUBSTRATE ENERGY TO

ELECTRICITY

 LESS SLUDGE PRODUCTION

 OMISSION OF GAS TREATMENT

 LIMITATIONS
 LOW POWER DENSITY

 HIGH INITIAL COST

 CONCLUSION
 MFC WITH HIGHER OUTPUT POWER IN LOW COST

 COPPER AND ZINC WERE CHOOSEN AS BEST

SUITABLE AND CHEEPR ELCTRODE INSTEAD OF
GRAPHITE,IRON AND CARBON

 MAX. SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENT=0.301mA AND

OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE=1.160V GENERATED

 COST EFFECTIVE AND ECO-FRIENDLY

 MFC IS STILL IN AN EARLY STAGE OF

DEVELOPMENT BUT SHOWS GREAT PROMISE AS
NEW FOR RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY GENERATION
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