Energy harvesting from food waste by inoculation of vermicomposted organic matter into Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC)

Sangyeon Youn; Jeongjin Yeo; Hyeyoun Joung; Yoonseok Yang

doi:10.1109/ICSENS.2015.7370470

Energy harvesting from food waste by inoculation of vermicomposted organic matter into Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC)

Sangyeon Youn
, Jeongjin Yeo
, Hyeyoun Joung
, Yoonseok Yang

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Abstract

This 4study proposed a novel energy harvesting from food waste by inoculation of vermicomposted organic matter into MFC in order to produce electricity while decomposing organic waste by catalytic activity of geobacter species which already live in the compost. We designed and implemented a prototype of vermicomposting MFC energy harvester and measured its output voltage for 4 weeks. The voltage-time profile and current-voltage (CV) characteristic showed a maximum open-circuit voltage of 0.75 volts and maximum power of 0.41mW. The proposed energy harvester can contribute to recycle of food waste as well as providing sustainable electricity. Further study will focus on its applications which are energy self-sustainable so that it may encourage more installation and utilization of the proposed food waste energy harvester.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2015 IEEE SENSORS - Proceedings
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9781479982028
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSENS.2015.7370470
State	Published - 2015.12.31
Event	14th IEEE SENSORS - Busan, Korea, Republic of Duration: 2015.11.1 → 2015.11.4

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Name	2015 IEEE SENSORS - Proceedings

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Conference	14th IEEE SENSORS
Country/Territory	Korea, Republic of
City	Busan
Period	15.11.1 → 15.11.4

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This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production

Keywords

Earthworm
Energy harvesting
Food waste)
Microbial Fuel Cell
Vermicompisted organic matter

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Youn, S, Yeo, J, Joung, H & Yang, Y 2015, Energy harvesting from food waste by inoculation of vermicomposted organic matter into Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC). in 2015 IEEE SENSORS - Proceedings., 7370470, 2015 IEEE SENSORS - Proceedings, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 14th IEEE SENSORS, Busan, Korea, Republic of, 15.11.1. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSENS.2015.7370470

Energy harvesting from food waste by inoculation of vermicomposted organic matter into Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC). / Youn, Sangyeon; Yeo, Jeongjin; Joung, Hyeyoun et al.
2015 IEEE SENSORS - Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2015. 7370470 (2015 IEEE SENSORS - Proceedings).

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Energy harvesting from food waste by inoculation of vermicomposted organic matter into Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC)

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