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| URI | http://purl.tuc.gr/dl/dias/93DBE47B-9320-4789-AFA0-536C21CB35B9 | - |
| Αναγνωριστικό | https://doi.org/10.3389/fenrg.2022.843768 | - |
| Αναγνωριστικό | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenrg.2022.843768/full | - |
| Γλώσσα | en | - |
| Μέγεθος | 36 pages | en |
| Τίτλος | Microbial fuel cell for wastewater treatment as power plant in smart grids: utopia or reality? | en |
| Δημιουργός | Tsekouras, George | en |
| Δημιουργός | Deligianni Panagiota | en |
| Δημιουργός | Kanellos Fotios | en |
| Δημιουργός | Κανελλος Φωτιος | el |
| Δημιουργός | Kontargyri, Vassiliki T | en |
| Δημιουργός | Kontaxis Panagiotis | en |
| Δημιουργός | Manousakis Nikolaos M. | en |
| Δημιουργός | Elias Charalambos N. | en |
| Εκδότης | Frontiers Media | en |
| Περίληψη | Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) have undergone great technological development in the last 20 years, but very little has been done to commercialize them. The simultaneous power production and wastewater treatment are features those greatly increase the interest in the use of MFCs. This kind of distributed power generation is renewable and friendly and can be easily integrated into a smart grid. However, there are some key issues with their commercialization: high construction costs, difficulty in developing high power structures, MFC lifespan, and maintaining a high level of efficiency. The objective of this article is to explore the possibilities of using MFCs in urban wastewater not only regarding the technical criteria of their application, but also mainly from an economic point of view, to determine the conditions through which the viability of the investment is ensured and the possibilities of their integration in a smart grid are identified. Initially, this article explores the implementation/configuration of a power plant with MFCs within an urban wastewater treatment plant on a theoretical basis. In addition, based on the corresponding physical quantities for urban wastewater treatment, the construction and operational costs are determined and the viability of the investment is examined based on classic economic criteria such as net present value, benefit–cost ratio, internal rate of return, and discounted payback period. Furthermore, sensitivity analysis is carried out, concerning both technical parameters, such as the percentage of organic matter removal, power density, sewage residence time, MFC efficiency, etc., and economical parameters, such as the reduction of construction costs due to change of materials, change of interest rate, and lifetime. The advantages and disadvantages of their use in smart grids is also analyzed. The results show that the use of MFCs for power generation cannot be utopian as long as they are integrated into the structure of a central wastewater treatment plant on the condition that the scale-up technical issues of MFCs are successfully addressed. | en |
| Τύπος | Peer-Reviewed Journal Publication | en |
| Τύπος | Δημοσίευση σε Περιοδικό με Κριτές | el |
| Άδεια Χρήσης | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en |
| Ημερομηνία | 2024-02-26 | - |
| Ημερομηνία Δημοσίευσης | 2022 | - |
| Θεματική Κατηγορία | Microbial fuel cells | en |
| Θεματική Κατηγορία | Power plant | en |
| Θεματική Κατηγορία | Residential/urban wastewater treatment | en |
| Θεματική Κατηγορία | Smart grid | en |
| Θεματική Κατηγορία | Techno-economic feasibility study | en |
| Βιβλιογραφική Αναφορά | G. J. Tsekouras, P. M. Deligianni, F. D. Kanellos, V. T. Kontargyri, P. A. Kontaxis, N. M. Manousakis and C. N. Elias, “Microbial fuel cell for wastewater treatment as power plant in smart grids: utopia or reality?,” Front. Energy Res., vol. 10, Apr. 2022, doi: 10.3389/fenrg.2022.843768. | en |
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