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15 - General Engineering
University of South Wales
The influence of psychrophilic and mesophilic start-up temperature on microbial fuel cell system performance
In this paper for the first time the effects of temperature change on bacterial population dynamics, performance and reactor stability in microbial fuel cells (MFCs) was established. Proving that through the selection of psychrophilic and psychrotolerent electrochemically active bacteria in MFCs can be acclimated to operate at temperatures below 15oC. This advance removes a major barrier to the use of MFC technology for the purpose of low cost wastewater treatment in temperate environments, removing potential requirements for external heating. This research work was funded by the EPSRC SUPERGEN Biological Fuel Cell project.