Power Recovery and Sulfate Removal from Rubber Wastewater with the Novel Model Multi-Electrode Microbial Fuel Cell

Microbial fuel cell (MFC) is a well-known technology that can convert contaminated substrate in the wastewater to electrical power. To gain more power output, the multi-electrode MFC was developed owing to it has a high surface area for anaerobic microbe adhesion. Here we show the multi-anode was made from the bamboo charcoal was combined with laccase-based cathode in the ceramic separator MFC for the rubber wastewater treatment and enhancing the power generation. The untreated rubber wastewater with initial COD and contaminated sulfate concentration of 3,500 mg/L and 1,100 mg/L was used as a anolyte. The 843.33 +/- 5.77 mA/ m(3) of CD, the 711.23 +/- 9.76 mW/m(3) of PD were generated. Moreover, this system reached 83.07 +/- 3.01% of sulfate removal when it was operated at 30 degrees C for 12 hr. This study recommended that multi-anode with laccase based MFC can more successfully produce energy from untreated rubber wastewater. it will be greater in terms of electricity generation and sulfate removal.