Sustainable Power Generation in Continuous Flow Microbial Fuel Cell Treating Actual Wastewater: Influence of Biocatalyst Type on Electricity Production

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">MFC<sub>(inoculum type)</sub></td><td align="center">Maximum current (mA)</td><td align="center">COD removal  %</td><td align="center"><svg height="11.75" id="M11" style="vertical-align:-0.23206pt" version="1.1" viewbox="0 0 19.174999 11.75" width="19.174999" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
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</svg> (mg/L)</td><td align="center">CE %</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">MFC<sub>(mixed culture)</sub></td><td align="center">1.67</td><td align="center">84</td><td align="center">319</td><td align="center">24.4</td></tr><tr><td align="left">MFC<sub>(single culture)</sub></td><td align="center">3.60</td><td align="center">90</td><td align="center">338</td><td align="center">49.6</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="5"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Coulombic efficiency obtained from the MFCs.

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Table 1: Sustainable Power Generation in Continuous Flow Microbial Fuel Cell Treating Actual Wastewater: Influence of Biocatalyst Type on Electricity Production 

Table 1 | Sustainable Power Generation in Continuous Flow Microbial Fuel Cell Treating Actual Wastewater: Influence of Biocatalyst Type on Electricity Production 