Research Article
Microbial Fuel Cells for Direct Electrical Energy Recovery from Urban Wastewaters
Table 3
MFC feeding with SW1 wastewater. Continuous monitoring results and bioelectrochemical performances calculation.
| | T.C. | CODin (mg/L) | HRT (h) | (Ω) | (h−1) | η
COD (%) | CRR (mgL−1d−1) | (mW/m3) | (kJ/m3) | (%) |
| | 1 | 212 | 142 | variable | 49–680 | | 56% | 20.1 | 5.5 | 2.8 | 1.8% | | 2 | 309 | 162 | fixed | 148 | | 74% | 33.9 | 8.7 | 5.0 | 1.7% |
| | Average | 261 | 152 | — | — | | 65% | 27.0 | 7.1 | 3.9 | 1.8% | | st. dev. | 69 | 14 | — | — | | 13% | 9.8 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 0.0% |
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