Microbial Fuel Cell for Nitrate Reduction

Abstract

Microbial electrochemical systems present a breakthrough for environmental technology, perhaps even a promising solution to the magnifying problem of waste management. Our current research focuses on simultaneous energy production and organic matter removal from wastewaters by Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs). An MFC system was inoculated with microbial cultures obtained from the silt of a river basin that regularly accepts heavy loads of nitrates from the local agriculture; the organic load was collected from the Facai Wastewater Treatment Plant in Romania.