Scaling Up of Microbial Electrochemical Systems: From Reality to Scalability

ISBN-13: 9780323907651 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 514 str.

Dipak Ashok Jadhav; Soumya Pandit; S. Gajalakshmi

Spis treści

Section 1: Basics of microbial electrochemical systems 1. Introduction to microbial electrochemical systems 2. Electroactive biofilm and electron transfer in microbial electrochemical systems 3. Advancement in Anode materials for microbial electrochemical system applications 4. Advancement in antifouling cathode materials and ORR cathodic catalysts for MES applications 5. Modifications in ion exchange separators and Membranes for scaling up applications of MES 6. Evaluation of performance of microbial electrochemical system and role of operating conditions

Section 2: Scaling up of microbial electrochemical systems 7. Recent progress in scaling up of microbial electrochemical systems 8. Pilot scale application of microbial electrolysis cells 9. Scaling-up applications of microbial fuel cell 10. Stacking of microbial fuel cells and electrochemical perspective for scaling up 11. Microbial electrosynthesis applications for onsite applications 12. Application of bioelectrochemical system for sanitation and wastewater treatment 13. Coupling of microbial electrochemical systems with conventional wastewater treatment systems: Possibility and Reality 14. Septic tank microbial fuel cells: Utilization of human waste and urine for in situ bioelectricity generation 15. Power management for stacking of microbial fuel cells and maximum power point tracking technology

Section 3: Scaling up challenges and perspectives 16. Present Scaling up challenges and perspectives for microbial electrochemical systems 17. Microbial electrochemical systems: challenges for commercialization and how it can be addressed 18. Numerical and simulation approach for scaling up of microbial electrochemical systems 19. Energy and cost economic analysis for microbial electrochemical systems 20. Life cycle analysis of microbial electrochemical systems

O autorze

Dipak Ashok Jadhav is a research professor at the Korea Maritime and Ocean University, Busan, South Korea. His research interests lie in microbial fuel cells, bioelectrochemical systems, sanitation, bioenergy research, water management, and waste-to-energy.

Dr. Soumya Pandit is a senior assistant professor at Sharda University, Greater Noida, Delhi NCR, India. He pursued his doctoral studies from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur and completed his postdoctoral research work (PBC fellow) at the Department of Desalination and Water Treatment, The Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research (ZIWR), Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. He is a recipient of North West University, South Arica Post-doctoral fellowship. He has authored 21 research papers in peer-reviewed journals and has authored 22 book chapters and published 3 Indian patents. He holds a BTech in Biotechnology and MTech. His current research focuses on microbial electrochemical systems for bioenergy harvesting, biohythane, bacterial biofilm and biofouling study, etc. He serves as a reviewer for Frontiers in Environmental Microbiology, editorial board member in SCIREA Journal of Biology, and the Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers (JKSEE). Dr. S. Gajalakshmi is an Assistant Professor and Head (i/c) at Centre for Pollution Control and Environmental Engineering, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India, with more than 15 years of experience in teaching and research. She is a Gold Medallist in BSc and MSc and has an MPhil and PhD in Environmental Science and Engineering from Pondicherry University. She was awarded 'Best Teacher Award', Pondicherry University for the years 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018. Her research interests are solid waste management, nutrient dynamics of soil, domestic and industrial wastewater treatment, energy, and microbial fuel cells. She has published over 50 publications in peer reviewed prestigious journals, has authored one book and contributed more than 10 chapters in other books. She is granted one patent on a unique wastewater treatment process and one patent published on novel process for ligninous waste treatment. Maulin P. Shah is a Microbial Biotechnologist with diverse research interest. His primary interest is the environment, the quality of our living resources and the ways that bacteria can help to manage and degrade toxic wastes and restore environmental health. Consequently, His work has been focused to assess the impact of industrial pollution on microbial diversity of wastewater following cultivation dependent and cultivation independent analysis.