Ricerc@Sapienza

This paper aims to show some applications of microbial fuel cells (MFCs), an energy harvesting technique, as clean
power source to supply low power device for application like wireless sensor network (WSN) for environmental monitoring.
Furthermore, MFC can be used directly as biosensor to analyse parameters like pH and temperature or arranged in form of
cluster devices in order to use as small power plant. An MFC is a bioreactor that converts energy stored in chemical bonds of

This paper focuses on microbial fuel cell (MFC) waste valorization, electricity generation and practical applications. A custom electronic analyzer dedicated to MFCs is presented. The measuring system allows to set up a complete electrical characterization of a microbial fuel cell, useful to facilitate and accurately analyze the charge and discharge phase of an MFC. Moreover, it allows power performance analysis and measurement of any kind of MFC typology, using a custom software, which automatically sets up a series of tests over a long period of time.

This paper focuses on applications and electrical valorisation of microbial fuel cells (MFCs), a promising energy harvesting technique, suitable as clean power source to supply low power devices in wireless sensor networks (WSN) for environmental and agricultural monitoring. An MFC is a bioreactor that converts energy stored in chemical bonds of organic matter into electrical energy, through a series of reactions catalysed by microorganisms. An MFC can operate as bioreactor, as bioremediator and as biosensor.