Abstract

ELECTRICITY GENERATION USING MIRCOBIAL FUEL CELL TECHNOLOGY BY BACILLUS FIRMUS

Dr. Snehal Agnihotri, Dr. Suchitra Godbole, Dnyaneshwar Pawar*, Aniket Patil and Uma Borade

Abstract

The aim of the present study is to investigate electricity generation from microbial fuel cells which treat sewage waste water treatment and bioelectricity generation. In this process the sewage waste water effluent were treated for DO, BOD, COD, TDS, TSS, TS, Total alkalinity and acidity. The number of bacterial colonies was isolated. Two different chambered such as cathode and anode (negative and positive) is prepared. The maximum current generated with membrane and salt bridge MFCS was 0.79, 0.35and 0.30 volt respectively. The produced voltage and current intensity were measured using various ph range, Temperature and nutrient supplementation. In this report the sewage sludge waste was utilized for the bioelectricity production by Bacillus firmus.

Keywords: Sewage sample, Bacillus firmus, Microbial fuel cells and electricity generation.