ABSTRACT
Nowadays, global energy is in an energy crisis because of heavy energy demand. Most of the sources of renewable energy are getting depleted and thus there is an urge to locate alternative routes to produce energy efficiently. Microbial fuel (MFC) is a favourable technology that utilizes active microorganisms acting as biocatalyst at the anodic chamber converting organic matter present in wastewater for bioelectricity production and simultaneously treating wastewater. However, there are certain limitations with typical standalone MFC for efficient energy recovery and its practical implementation. There are various modifications carried out on MFC for removing the limitations. Example of such modification includes integration with capacitive deionization technology, forward osmosis technology, anaerobic digester, constructed wetland technology etc. Accordingly, there are many other integrated modification technologies focused on wastewater post-treatment and pre-treatment for efficient power generation and energy recovery. This chapter describes the design criteria and performances of different integrated technology.
