Table 5.
Nitrogen and sulfur removal efficiency and power generation capacity for different MFC configurations.
| Organic Pollutant Sources | MFC Configuration Systems | Pollutant Removal (%) | COD Removal Efficiency (%) | Power Generation Density (mW/m2) |
References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic wastewater | Five units of air-cathode MFC | Nitrogen—94% | 85% | -- | [126] |
| Wastewater, consortium of Thauera | Single-chambered MFC | Nitrogen—95% | 90% | -- | [120] |
| Wastewater | Three-chambered oxic-cathode and anoxic-cathode MFC | Sulfur—28.9% | -- | 428.0 ± 26.2 | [126] |
| Sulphate-rich pollutant | Dual-chamber | Sulfur—63% | -- | 5100 | [111] |
| Agricultural wastewater | MFCs with single-chamber air-cathode and two chamber aqueous cathode | Ammonia—83% | 83 | 45 | [97] |
| Beat sugar wastewater | Up-flow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor MFC | Sulfate—52.7% | 53.2% | 1410.2 | [127] |