TY - JOUR
T1 - Performance Optimization of Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC) Using Lactobacillus bulgaricus
AU - Arbianti, Rita
AU - Utami, Tania Surya
AU - Hermansyah, Heri
AU - Novitasari, Deni
AU - Kristin, Ester
AU - Trisnawati, Ira
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Electrical energy needs in Indonesia are expected to continue to rise. The use of petroleum as a source of energy still dominates, although oil reserves in Indonesia are increasingly being depleted. Therefore, there is a need to develop alternative sources of sustainable energy, such as microbial fuel cell (MFC). In this study, Lactobacillus bulgaricus was used as an electricity producer in a dual-chamber MFC reactor. We investigated the maximum electrical energy by varying the bacterial optical density (OD), the operational time of MFC, the reactor volume, the electrolyte solution, and the configuration of MFC reactor. In this study, the maximum electrical energy (201.8 mW/m2) was generated at an OD of 0.5 in an MFC reactor series using potassium permanganate as the electrolyte solution.
AB - Electrical energy needs in Indonesia are expected to continue to rise. The use of petroleum as a source of energy still dominates, although oil reserves in Indonesia are increasingly being depleted. Therefore, there is a need to develop alternative sources of sustainable energy, such as microbial fuel cell (MFC). In this study, Lactobacillus bulgaricus was used as an electricity producer in a dual-chamber MFC reactor. We investigated the maximum electrical energy by varying the bacterial optical density (OD), the operational time of MFC, the reactor volume, the electrolyte solution, and the configuration of MFC reactor. In this study, the maximum electrical energy (201.8 mW/m2) was generated at an OD of 0.5 in an MFC reactor series using potassium permanganate as the electrolyte solution.
UR - http://journal.ui.ac.id/index.php/technology/article/view/1925
U2 - 10.7454/mst.v17i1.1925
DO - 10.7454/mst.v17i1.1925
M3 - Article
SN - 1693-6698
VL - 17
JO - MAKARA Journal of Technology Series
JF - MAKARA Journal of Technology Series
IS - 1
ER -