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Table 2 Comparisons of FAB–MFC integrated system with other studies

From: A novel fragmented anode biofilm microbial fuel cell (FAB–MFC) integrated system for domestic wastewater treatment and bioelectricity generation

WW type

CODIN (CODEF) CODRE

MFC type (PEM) HRT

Max. P (I) CE

References

Standalone MFC

 Glucose

1200 (24) 98%

S-MFC (Nafion) –

262 (−) 55%

Liu and Logan (2004)

 Synthetic

1000 (310) 69%

S-MFC (Nafion) –

81 (−) 30%

Di Lorenzo et al. (2010)

 Swine

6500 (3400) 49%

S-MFC (PTFE) 3 days

0.15 (−) 1.0–15%

Goto and Yoshida (2019)

 Swine

7500 (3075) 22%

S-MFC (No PEM) 0.7 days

750 (1) 23%

Kim et al. (2016)

 Brewery

627 (366) 42%

S-MFC (Nafion) 2.13 h

264 (1.79) 20%

Wen et al. (2009)

 Domestic

400 (140) 65%

S-MFC (No PEM) 8.8 h

300 (−) 36%

Kim et al. (2015)

 Domestic

220 (44) 80%

S-MFC (Nafion) 3–33 h

26 (−) 3–12%

Liu et al. (2004)

 Domestic

– (–) –

D-MFC (Salt bridge) –

0.3 (18) 19%

Min et al. (2005)

 Domestic

375 (150) 60%

D-MFC (Salt bridge) –

25 (100) 0.25%

Rodrigo et al. (2007)

 Domestic

820 (180) 78%

D-MFC (Nafion) 14 days

817 (0.55) 32%

Bose et al. (2018)

 Domestic

300 (135) 55%

S-MFC (Nafion) 78 h

28 (85) 28

Liu and Logan (2004)

 Domestic

108 (37) 66%

SE-MFC (Fabric) 6 h

149 (250) 6%

Yu et al. (2012)

 Domestic

500 (371) 26%

S-MFC (No PEM) 0.2 h

422 (15) 0.7%

Ahn and Logan (2010)

 Domestic

299 (87) 71%

S-MFC (No PEM) 2 h

103 (420) 18%

You et al. (2006)

 Domestic

600 (174) 71%

D-MFC (CEM) 0.69 d

180 (−) –

Ye et al. (2019)

 Domestic

 Domestic

755 (200) 74%

MFC-1An (Salt bridge) 1 day

FAB-1An (Salt bridge) 1 day

79 (163) 0.73%

84 (168) 0.69%

This study

This study

 Domestic

 Domestic

755 (218) 71%

MFC-1A (Salt bridge) 1 day

FAB-1A (Salt bridge) 1 day

78 (161) 0.80%

87 (171) 0.74%

This study

This study

MFC-integrated system

 Brewery

708 (103) 80%

IVCW-MFC (No PEM) 2 d

− (50) 0.39%

Liu et al. (2019)

 Synthetic

1500 (375) 75%

VCW-MFC (No PEM) 4 d

16 (70) 0.15%

Yadav et al. (2012)

 Pulp

4500 (2970) 66%

MBBR-MFC (Nafion) 3 days

96 (185) 0.62%

Chen et al. (2019)

 Domestic

537 (17) 97%

MBR-MFC (No PEM) 1 day

− (−) 0.05%

Gajaraj and Hu (2014)

 Domestic

430 (7) 92%

MFC-MBR (No PEM) 5 days

51 (0.2) 5.9%

Su et al. (2013)

 Synthetic

600 (60) 90%

MBR-MFC (No PEM) 2 h

140 (0.52) 7%

(Li et al. 2015)

 Domestic

1080 (32) 97%

MFC-MBR (No PEM) 3 h

380 (2000)8.5%

Malaeb et al. (2013)

 Domestic

 Domestic

755 (129) 83%

An-MFC-2 (Salt bridge) 2 days

An-FAB-2 (Salt bridge) 2 days

98 (181) 0.80%

104 (187) 0.79%

This study

This study

 Domestic

 Domestic

755 (66) 91%

An-MFC-3 (Salt bridge) 3 days

An-FAB-3 (Salt bridge) 3 days

70 (153) 0.90%

70 (153) 0.91%

This study

This study

 Domestic

 Domestic

755 (100) 87%

A-MFC-2 (Salt bridge) 2 days

A-FAB-2 (Salt bridge) 2 days

42 (119) 0.57%

59 (140) 0.47%

This study

This study

 Domestic

 Domestic

755 (39) 95%

A-MFC-3 (Salt bridge) 3 days

A-FAB-3 (Salt bridge) 3 days

12 (63) 0.50%

18 (78) 0.39%

This study

This study

  1. WW wastewater, CODIN (CODEF) CODRE COD influent (mg/L), effluent (mg/L) and removal efficiency (%), respectively, Max. P (I) CE maximum power density as mW/m2 (current density, mA/m2) coulombic efficiency (%)
  2. S-MFC single chamber MFC, D-MFC double chambered MFC, SE-MFC submerged-exchangeable-MFC, MFC-1An anaerobic-D-MFC-1, FAB-1An anaerobic-D-FAB–MFC-1, MFC-1A aerobic-MFC-1, FAB-1A aerobic-D-FAB–MFC-1
  3. Bar shows not reported or could not be calculated from the given information; d shows day, h for an hour
  4. PTFE polytetrafluoroethylene, IVCW-MFC integrated vertical flow constructed wetland-MFC, PEM proton exchange membrane, CEM cation; exchange membrane, MBR membrane bioreactor, A-MFC (FAB) aerobic-MFC (FAB), An-MFC (FAB) anaerobic-MFC (FAB), FAB fragmented anode biofilm