Application of Plant Microbial Fuel Cell (Pmfc) to Agricultural Industry in Contribution to Green Energy

Abstract

Most of the innovation used by humans depends on electricity, thus becoming a crucial necessity. It enables people to live harmoniously and comfortably with the help of electricity which gives life to human inventions. Without electricity, most human inventions would be useless or nonexistent. Microbial Fuel Cell was conducted to test the efficiency of the generated current of microbes living inside the wet lands. By the use of the existing MFC series circuits, the researchers found out that there is an enough current that the MFC generated through electrodes (Zinc and Copper). The present study experimentally investigated the efficiency of generated current in MFC enough to power up low electronic materials such as: LED Light bulbs and Ditrio LED Lights. The farm lands will serve as the main source of electricity where the sludges will be taken and gathered to create a series circuit composed of two different prototypes.The global need for energy is always rising. In this case, carbon-based fuels have in one way or another provided for a significant share of the total energy requirement. As a result, fossil fuel resources have been severely depleted, which is now contributing to an ecological imbalance. Additionally, the burning of fossil fuels produces a significant amount of carbon dioxide, a significant greenhouse gas that has severe effects on the climate. MFC Systems or Microbial Fuel Cells Systems is a set of technology that uses microorganism as catalysts to oxidize organic and inorganic matter and generate current. Basically, wastewater such as sludge could carry these bacteria so it would be suspended to the system to generate current. It works as a battery where stacking multiple MFCs would create a higher voltage enough to power a household (Chaturvedi, Bioresources & Bioprocessing, 2016). This allows bacteria to facilitate in electron transfer processes as the propose application of Plant Microbial Fuel Cell to Agricultural industry especially in farmlands is to assess the feasibility as potential source of electricity. The MFC system in farmlands may serve as an additional source of renewable green energy in contribution to fight against climate change.