Proposal of the structure of anode chamber of sleelmaking slag and food waste-used sediment microbial fuel cell

Abstract

To date, we have focused on the utilization food waste that has low recycle rate, namely the use of food waste as fuel for steelmaking slag-used sediment microbial fuel cells (SS-SMFC). In this study, we aimed to propose the structure of anode chamber of SS-SMFC using food waste, which can produce high performance of electricity power generation. Based on the experimental results, the anode structure of SS-SMFC using food waste was established for practical use. However, the water quality of the cathode chamber deteriorated with time passing, and the power generation performance decreased after 6 days in the case of our experimental scale. In the future, it is necessary to consider the structure of the cathode chamber that can maintain the power generation or a method that can prevent the deterioration of the water quality.