Problem Statement:

Need of energy : Development of microbial fuel cell http://gyti.techpedia.in/files/GYTI-BOOK-color.pdf

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Detail:

The use of biological fuel cells offers a solution to the energy crisis by harvesting energy from organic wastes and renewable biomass. Microbial fuel cell is capable of directly converting chemical energy present in the organic materials to electricity using microorganism as catalyst. However, poor microbial metabolic as well as electrode kinetics result in low performance. High power output using optimized system architecture and mixed population of microbial consortia from natural habitat has been tried. Efforts are being made to enhance bacterial kinetics by developing metabolic activators, reduce activation losses by improving electrode design to enhance power density, and improve the design to minimize charge transports losses by introducing turbulence in the flow.

Knowledge Provider / Innovator: Jayesh Manohar Sonawane, Amruta Anant Bhave, Ratikanta Nayak, Saket Bhardwaj and Prajakta Sonkusare
Address: Institute of Technology Bombay
City: Bombay
State: Maharashtra
PIN Code 400076

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Email: jay1iisc@gmail.com
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Link:  Producing electricity from organic waste http://gyti.techpedia.in/files/GYTI-BOOK-color.pdf
Manufacturing Capacity: b) Design Support
Problem Scale: Need of energy : Development of microbial fuel cell http://gyti.techpedia.in/files/GYTI-BOOK-color.pdf
Blog Link 5:

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  http://gyti.techpedia.in/project-detail/development-of-microbial-fuel-cells-with-improved-performance/2119
• • 10.1016/j.bios.2016.10.014 •
  https://www.coolavenues.com/b-school-updates/padmavibhushan-dr.-r.a.-mashelkar-gave-away-gyti-awards-at-iim-ahd-hosted-by-techpe

News Link 5:

• • Aziz, S., Memon, A.R., Shah, S.F., Soomro, S.A., Parkash, A., 2013. Prototype designing and operational aspect of microbial fuel cell - review paper. Sci.Int.(Lahore) 25, 49–56 • Garcia-Gomez, N. a., Balderas-Renteria, I., Garcia-Gutierrez, D.I., Mosqueda, H. a., Sánchez, E.M., 2015. Development of mats composed by TiO2 and carbon dual electrospun
  nanofibers:
• A possible anode material in microbial fuel cells. Mater. Sci. Eng. B 193, 130– 136. • Hou, J., Liu, Z., Li, Y., 2015. Polyaniline Modified Stainless Steel Fiber Felt for HighPerformance Microbial Fuel Cell Anodes. J. Clean Energy Technol. 3, 165–169.