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An Eco-friendly approach for the utilization of waste water for the generation of Bioelectricity

Rani Ayachi, Himanshu Kolhatkar

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Abstract: Microbial fuel cell (MFC) is pollution free, electricity generation device; it represents a new method for eco-friendly source of electricity generation. When we produce electricity by Microbial fuel cell from food factory waste water we obtained pure water as a byproduct. Microbial fuel cell (MFC) is a special type of cell by which we can produce eco-friendly energy in the form of electricity. This paper explores the application of MFC in generating electricity using waste water from different food factories. In order to obtain the aim of this paper, a system of MFC with microbe with starch and glucose digestive bacteria has been used. This bacteria is not harmful for living organism as well as environment.
Keywords: Electricity, Electrodes, MFC, Waste water

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.37628/jcep.v4i2.698

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