Simultaneous Biodegradation of Spent Oil and Bioenergy Generation in Single Chambered MFCS: A Mini Review

Abstract

Due to huge demand for energy and restricted equipment, we are facing an ongoing global energy crisis. Renewable sources of power have yet to be properly used, and energy sources that are not renewable are constantly running up. The search for alternate energy generation routes is desperately needed. A feasible replacement is the application of microbial fuel cell (MFC) technology, who harnesses the chemical energy of organic material into electrical energy employing microorganisms. A number of studies has confirmed the latest findings on MFC, indicating that various kinds of microbes can be adapted to exploit a broad spectrum of carbon sources, including wastes. As a consequence, the microbe-mediated transformation of wastes utilising innovative bioremediation approaches, including MFC, for the production of electricity has been viewed as a beneficial and environmentally sound methodology. Combining an assortment of inorganic as well as organic substrates, microbial fuel cell systems (MFCs) utilise microbes and organic material in order to generate power using bacterial metabolism. MFCs are revolutionary bioreactors that use microorganisms to bio-catalyze various kinds of wastes (food, residential, agricultural, and food production sectors) while converting chemical energies into electrical electricity. MFC is a promising methodology with benefits like straightforward waste recyclability, by-product utilisation of various sources, and regulate, healthy, green energy generation. Additionally, there seems to have quite the amount of discussion in the usage of MFCs presently since scientific advances in electrode emergence and the deployment of compatible distinct rural and urban wastes.