Projects

The aim of the project is to investigate the economic feasibility of a new concept for the integration of microbial fuel cells into membrane bioreactors. The idea is using the filtration active layer of a membrane filter as anode of a microbial fuel cell, which was successfully demonstrated in a previous project. As this enables obtaining energy directly from the organic pollution of the wastewater to be treated, the high energy demand of a membrane bioreactor could be lowered. In the course of the project this concept is tested with realistically approximated synthetic wastewaters and real wastewaters. At the same time a cost effective and economically feasible anode is developed and optimized, which meets the requirements of an application relevant for industry.