Electricity Generation form Pretreated Palm Oil Mill Effluent Using Klebsiella Variicola as an Inoculum in Microbial Fuel Cell

Islam, Md. Amirul and Khan, Maksudur R. and Yousuf, Abu and Woon, Chee Wai and Cheng, C. K. (2016) Electricity Generation form Pretreated Palm Oil Mill Effluent Using Klebsiella Variicola as an Inoculum in Microbial Fuel Cell. In: 4th International Conference on the Development in the in Renewable Energy Technology (ICDRET 2016) , 7-9 January 2016 , United International University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. pp. 1-4..

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Abstract

In this study, generation of electricity from pretreated palm oil mill effluent (POME) using Klebsiella variicola was investigated. POME wastewater with a COD value 68,360 mg/l was subjected to pretreatment with ultrasonication and used as a substrate. MFCs (Microbial Fuel Cell), enriched with pretreated palm oil mill effluent (POME) were subjected to generate electricity by using inoculation of K. variicola, collected from city wastewater. K. Variicola was isolated from city wastewater as well as from biofilm of MFC and identified using BIOLOG gene III analysis. The electrochemical activity and the performance of the MFC were evaluated by polarization curve measurement. The MFC showed average power density of 1648.70 mW/m3 and 1280.56 mW/m3 were obtained from ultrasonication pretrated POME and untreated POME respectively. The COD removal efficiency by K. variicola for POME with pretreatment was 74% and that for untreated was 48%. These results showed that the power output and COD removal efficiency can be raised in significant amount using pretreated POME in MFC.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Speech)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	component, MFC, K. Variicola, ultrasonication pretreatment
Subjects:	Q Science > QR Microbiology T Technology > TP Chemical technology
Faculty/Division:	Faculty of Chemical & Natural Resources Engineering
Depositing User:	Dr. Abu Yousuf
Date Deposited:	16 Jan 2017 03:20
Last Modified:	11 Jan 2018 02:34
URI:	http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/15446
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