TY - JOUR
T1 - Food and agricultural wastes as substrates for bioelectrochemical system (BES)
T2 - the synchronized recovery of sustainable energy and waste treatment
AU - ElMekawy, Ahmed
AU - Srikanth, Sandipam
AU - Bajracharya, Suman
AU - Hegab, Hanaa M.
AU - Nigam, Poonam Singh
AU - Singh, Anoop
AU - Mohan, S. Venkata
AU - Pant, Deepak
PY - 2015/7
Y1 - 2015/7
N2 - Bioelectrochemical systems (BESs) are one of the recent promising technologies developed for their multi-faceted applications such as bioenergy generation, wastewater treatment and synthesis of value added chemicals. Among these applications, microbial fuel cells (MFCs) for wastewater treatment with simultaneous power generation are being widely studied, while the other applications are gaining prominence very recently. A wide range of wastewaters, ranging from domestic to industrial origin, were studied for their potential of power generation in MFCs with their simultaneous treatment. Though, some reviews have been published in the direction of consolidating the data of different wastewaters used as substrates in MFC, detailed review pertaining to the food and agriculture based wastewater was not yet reported. Considering the hidden potential of food and agricultural wastewater, this review article provides a comprehensive view on the MFC research related to these types wastewater. Major bottlenecks in enhancing the power output and treatment efficiencies along with the future directions were also discussed.
AB - Bioelectrochemical systems (BESs) are one of the recent promising technologies developed for their multi-faceted applications such as bioenergy generation, wastewater treatment and synthesis of value added chemicals. Among these applications, microbial fuel cells (MFCs) for wastewater treatment with simultaneous power generation are being widely studied, while the other applications are gaining prominence very recently. A wide range of wastewaters, ranging from domestic to industrial origin, were studied for their potential of power generation in MFCs with their simultaneous treatment. Though, some reviews have been published in the direction of consolidating the data of different wastewaters used as substrates in MFC, detailed review pertaining to the food and agriculture based wastewater was not yet reported. Considering the hidden potential of food and agricultural wastewater, this review article provides a comprehensive view on the MFC research related to these types wastewater. Major bottlenecks in enhancing the power output and treatment efficiencies along with the future directions were also discussed.
KW - Agro-residue
KW - Bioelectrochemical system
KW - Biovalorization
KW - Food waste
KW - Microbial fuel cell (MFC)
KW - Scaling-up bottlenecks
KW - Waste remediation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84930177424&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.foodres.2014.11.045
DO - 10.1016/j.foodres.2014.11.045
M3 - Review Article
AN - SCOPUS:84930177424
SN - 0963-9969
VL - 73
SP - 213
EP - 225
JO - Food Research International
JF - Food Research International
ER -