Design and feasibility study of novel swirler incorporated microbial fuel cell for enhancing power generation and domestic wastewater treatment

Dwivedi, Kavya Arun and Kumar, Vicky and Wang, Chin-Tsan and Chong, Wen Tong and Ong, Hwai Chyuan (2022) Design and feasibility study of novel swirler incorporated microbial fuel cell for enhancing power generation and domestic wastewater treatment. Journal of Cleaner Production, 337. ISSN 0959-6526, DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.130382.

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Abstract

In this study, a novel type of swirler channel was implemented at the inlet of the anode chamber of dual-chamber batch mode MFC, and comparison was done between with and without swirler. To explore the effect of the swirler in detail, four different flow rates (40 mL/min, 20 mL/min, 10 mL/min, and that 5 mL/min) were selected, and their performance was compared. The experimental results showed the swirler system has a maximum current density of 4424.3 mA/m(2), a power density of 775 mW/m(2), and reduced the internal resistance by 60% at a 20 mL/min flow rate when compared with `without swirler' system (2686 mA/m(2); 442 mW/m(2) @ 20 mL/min) because of uniform distribution of substrate and enhanced the mixing in the anode chamber. Our results demonstrated that the swirler channel will have a prominent effect on the performance and can be effectively used for applications and in future researches.

Item Type: Article
Funders: None
Uncontrolled Keywords: Microbial fuel cell; Wastewater treatment; Axial swirler; Flow rate; Mixing efficiency
Subjects: G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences
T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Divisions: Faculty of Engineering > Department of Mechanical Engineering
Depositing User: Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim
Date Deposited: 06 Sep 2023 02:34
Last Modified: 06 Sep 2023 02:34
URI: http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/43066

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