Title
Using lime (Citrus × aurantiifolia), orange (citrus × sinensis), and tangerine (citrus reticulata) waste as a substrate for generating bioelectricity
Date Issued
01 January 2020
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Kauno Technologijos Universitetas
Abstract
This paper focuses on using lime, orange, and tangerine waste as fuel for the generation of bioelectricity. The tangerine microbial fuel cell evidenced a maximum voltage peak of 1.1 V on day 13, while displaying abrupt voltage losses on the following days and throughout the remaining period of substrate monitoring. On the other hand, orange-based fuel denotes lower current generation during these 28 days with values close to 1.6 mA and 0.25 mA on the first and last day, respectively. Still, orange generated 3.5 mA on the first day with values sharply declining in the following days until reaching 0.91 mA on the last day. In general, substrate volumes in the microbial fuel cells diminished over time, which is consistent with the voltage and current values reported. In addition, pH values increased from day 1 for all substrates, reaching acidic pH values on the last day of meas-urement due to the consumption of carbon sources. Tangerine reported the highest current density (CD) at 72 mW/cm2 and a maximum voltage of 1.06 volts, while orange generated a CD of 62.5 mW/cm2 and 0.94 volts.
Start page
24
End page
34
Volume
76
Issue
3
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería ambiental y geológica
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85092093478
Source
Environmental Research, Engineering and Management
ISSN of the container
13921649
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