Title
Bioelectricity through microbial fuel cells from decomposed fruits using lead and copper electrodes.
Date Issued
01 January 2020
Access level
open access
Resource Type
conference paper
Publisher(s)
Latin American and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions
Abstract
Microbial fuel cells (MFC) is a technology that generates electrical energy using organic matter as fuel, becoming a new way of generating electricity that is friendly to the environment. In this research work, MFCs were used with lead and copper electrodes, and as fuel the wastes from Aguaymanto, Camu-camu, Cocona, Granadilla, Tomato and Tuna. The MFCs were monitored for 22 days the voltage, current and pH parameters; as well as current density (CD) and power density (PD) values. The MFC with cocona substrate generated greater voltage during the entire monitoring period, from 0.52 to 0.36 V. While the camu-camu generated a greater current of 6.1 to 5.6 mA, from the first to the last day. All cells show slightly acidic pH, in the same way that volume losses were also observed, being the MFC with granadilla the one that showed greater loss. MFCs with substrates of camu-camu, aguaymanto, cocona, tomato, granadilla and prickly pear showed 7.15, 5.23, 4.14, 4.13, 3.25 and 3.72 W/cm2 of DPmax. in 0.54, 0.42, 0.75, 0.29, 0.45 and 0.56 A/cm2 of DC. Finally, it was possible to generate bioelectricity successfully, giving a solution to the importing and exporting companies of this type of fruit-vegetable for their own benefit.
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Bioquímica, Biología molecular
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85096753553
ISBN
9789585207141
Resource of which it is part
Proceedings of the LACCEI international Multi-conference for Engineering, Education and Technology
ISBN of the container
978-958520714-1
Source funding
Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón
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