Experimental Study and Analysis of Microbial Fuel Cell to Harvest Energy

Abstract

Now a days the demand of renewable energy increases day by day. Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC) could be one of this. There is no doubt of its significance to have sustainable energy in this generation. MFC is a system which converts chemical energy from organic matter to electrical energy directly by using microorganisms as provoking. Another function of MFC is the capability to clean the waste water in terms of reducing the level of organic materials. This system consist of an anode and cathode and an external load connecting to electrode. During this operation bacteria takes nutrients like glucose inside the mud and release electron which is generally a small amount of volts. If we store this voltage into a battery then we can use it when power cuts. There are three kinds of material and two kinds of mud we use on this system. And try to observe its performance. Our main focus on this project is try to find out by using which kind of mud and materials output generation voltage is better.