Microalgae-microbial fuel cell (mMFC): an integrated process for electricity generation, wastewater treatment, CO2 sequestration and biomass production
Adi Kusmayadi
Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, College of Engineering, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan
Search for more papers by this authorYoong Kit Leong
Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, College of Engineering, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan
Search for more papers by this authorHong-Wei Yen
Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, College of Engineering, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office, Praha, Czechia
Search for more papers by this authorChi-Yu Huang
Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan
Search for more papers by this authorCheng-Di Dong
Department of Marine Environmental Engineering, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
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Jo-Shu Chang
Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, College of Engineering, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan
Department of Chemical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
Research Center for Smart Sustainable Circular Economy, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan
Correspondence
Hong-Wei Yen and Jo-Shu Chang, Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, College of Engineering, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan.
Email: [email protected] (H.-W. Y.) and [email protected] (J.-S. C.)
Search for more papers by this authorAdi Kusmayadi
Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, College of Engineering, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan
Search for more papers by this authorYoong Kit Leong
Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, College of Engineering, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan
Search for more papers by this authorHong-Wei Yen
Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, College of Engineering, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office, Praha, Czechia
Search for more papers by this authorChi-Yu Huang
Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan
Search for more papers by this authorCheng-Di Dong
Department of Marine Environmental Engineering, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
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Jo-Shu Chang
Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, College of Engineering, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan
Department of Chemical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
Research Center for Smart Sustainable Circular Economy, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan
Correspondence
Hong-Wei Yen and Jo-Shu Chang, Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, College of Engineering, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan.
Email: [email protected] (H.-W. Y.) and [email protected] (J.-S. C.)
Search for more papers by this authorFunding information: Taiwan's Ministry of Science and Technology, Grant/Award Numbers: 107-2221-E-006-112-MY3, 108-2218-E-029-002-MY3, MOST 109-3116-F-006-016-CC1
Summary
The world today is facing a crisis of energy and environmental pollution. Conventional or photosynthetic microbial fuel cell (MFC) is an advanced “green” energy technology that utilizes living microorganisms to convert biochemical or light energy into electricity through metabolic reaction and photosynthesis, offering a potential solution for the above-mentioned crisis. Further incorporating microalgae into MFC, microalgae-microbial fuel cell (mMFC) integrates electricity generation, wastewater treatment, CO2 sequestration and biomass production in a single, self-sustainable technology. This review first describes the fundamentals of MFC as well as its applications in treating domestic, municipal, agricultural and industrial wastewaters. Then, mMFC-based configurations and applications with its advantages compared with MFC are explained in particular, together with the parameters governing its performance. Lastly, the opportunities and challenges involved in the development of mMFCs are also explored.
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