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Table 3 A comparative analysis of Power and current output obtained with wastes and Xenobiotics

From: Microbial fuel cell: a green approach for the utilization of waste for the generation of bioelectricity

S. No.

Xenobiotics/Wastes

Concentration

Current/Power output

Reference

1

Hexavalent chromium

80 mg/L

123.4 mA/m2 and 55.5 mW/m2

Tandukar et al. (2009)

2

 

39.2 mg/ L

2.4 W/ m3

Wang et al. (2008)

3

 

10 mg/L

21.4 mW/ m2

Gangadharan and Nambi (2015)

4

 

100 mg/L

767.01 mW/m2

Xafenias et al. (2015)

 

Agrowaste

 

5

Cassava waste water

16000mg- COD/L

1771 mW/ m2

Kaewkannetra et al. (2009)

6

 

1, 086 mg - COD/L

22.19 W/m3

Prasertsung et al. (2012)

7

Cellulose

1g/L CMC

143 mW/ m2

Ren et al. (2008)

8

 

4 g/L

4.9 mW/ m2

Rezaei et al. (2009)

9

 

1 g/L

188 mW/ m2

Sedky et al. (2012)

10

Vegetable waste

0.5 g COD/L clover sap

70 mW/m3

Clauwaert et al. (2008)

11

Dioscorea zingiberensis tubers

3000 mg- COD /L

175 mW/m2

Li and Ni (2011)

12

Brewery waste water

600 mg-COD/L

830 mW/m3

Wen et al. (2010)

13

Chocolate industry wastewater

1459 mg/L COD

0.302 mA/cm2

Patil et al. (2009)

14

Domestic wastewater

600 mg/L

0.06 mA/cm2

Wang et al. (2009)

15

Protein-rich wastewater

1.75 g/L COD

0.008 mA/cm2

Liu et al. (2009b)

16

Starch processing wastewater

4852 mg/L COD

0.09 mA/cm2

Lu et al. (2009)

17

Slaughter house waste water

900 mg-COD/L

578 mW/m2

Katuri et al. (2012)

18

Chicken feathers

10g/L

1206.78 mW/m2

Chaturvedi et al. (2013)

19

Rice straw hydrolysate

400 mg- COD/L

137.6 mW/m2

Wang et al. (2014)

 

Azo dyes

 

20

Acid orange 7 (AO7)

35mg/l

39.2 mW/m2

Fernando et al. (2012)

21

Azo dye with glucose

300mg/l

0.09 mA/cm2

Sun et al. (2009)

22

Methyl orange

0.05 mM

0.0154 mA/cm2

Liu et al. (2009a)

23

Congo red and glucose

Congo

red (300 mg/L) and glucose (500 mg COD/L)

0.0897 mA/cm2

Sun et al. (2009)

24

Reactive blue 221 (RB221)

112.5 mg/L

27.5 mW/m2

Bakhshian et al. (2011)

25

Acid navy blue r (ANB) dye

200 ppm

2,236 mW/m2

Khan et al. (2015)

26

Reactive brilliant red X-3B (ABRX3)

300 mg-COD/L

0.852 W/m3

Fang et al. (2015)

27

Selenium

25 mg/ L

2,900 mW/ m2

Catal et al. (2009)

28

Nitrate

 

117.7 mW/m2

Fang et al. (2011)

29

  

502.5 mW/ m2

Zhang et al. (2014)

30

 

10.5 mg/L

138.31 mA/m2

Cai and Zheng (2013)

31

 

40 mg-COD/L

31.92  mW/m2

Cucu et al. (2016)