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Reduction and recycling of wastes are very serious problems all over the world for the limiting final disposal sites and decreasing environmental loads. The purpose of this study is to investigate a performance of soil microbial fuel cell (SMFC) to generate electricity in accordance with the metabolism of microorganisms in composting of organic wastes. The microbial fuel cell is a device that utilizes the organic matter decomposition of microbes and directly converts chemical energy to electrical energy. In the present study, useful microorganism, namely, photosynthetic bacteria culture, is used for progressing anaerobic fermentation of organic waste, namely, the cutting grass. Rice bran and leaf mould are used for increasing various microorganisms. From the observed results, it is found that the electric power generation of more than a month has increased by using activated bamboo charcoal with iron wire as anode.
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Omine, K., Sivasankar, V., Chicas, S.D. (2018). Bioelectricity Generation in Soil Microbial Fuel Cells Using Organic Waste. In: Sivasankar, V., Mylsamy, P., Omine, K. (eds) Microbial Fuel Cell Technology for Bioelectricity. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92904-0_7
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