Scaling Up of Microbial Electrochemical Systems

Dipak Ashok Jadhav is a research professor at the Korea Maritime and Ocean University, Busan, South Korea. His research interests lie in microbial fuel cells, bioelectrochemical systems, sanitation, bioenergy research, water management, and waste-to-energy. He has received several prestigious awards and fellowship including Young Technological Innovation Award (GYTI), Young Engineers Award, Promising Engineers Award, Swachthon Award from Ministry, DAAD fellowship, Silver medal for post graduate studies at IIT Kharagpur, etc. His research area is microbial fuel cell, Bioelectrochemical system, Sanitation, Bioenergy research, Water management, Waste to Energy recovery. To his credits, there are over 33 papers in various peer-reviewed SCI journals including Renewable and Sustainable energy reviews, Bioresource Technology, Energy, Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, etc. and also authored 19 book chapters. He has presented the work at national and international conferences in the area of bioelectrochemical system and bioenergy. He is also serving as editorial board member /reviewers for International Journals and member for several scientific societies in the field of microbial fuel cell and bioenergy research. He is also editor for book on microbial electrochemical system. Dr. Soumya Pandit is a senior assistant professor at Sharda University, Greater Noida, Delhi NCR, India. He pursued his doctoral studies from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur and completed his postdoctoral research work (PBC fellow) at the Department of Desalination and Water Treatment, The Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research (ZIWR), Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. He is a recipient of North West University, South Arica Post-doctoral fellowship. He has authored 21 research papers in peer-reviewed journals and has authored 22 book chapters and published 3 Indian patents. He holds a BTech and MTech in Biotechnology. His current research focuses on microbial electrochemical systems for bioenergy harvesting, biohythane, bacterial biofilm and biofouling study, etc. He serves as a reviewer for Frontiers in Environmental Microbiology, editorial board member in SCIREA Journal of Biology, and the Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers (JKSEE). Dr. S. Gajalakshmi is an Assistant Professor and Head (i/c) at Centre for Pollution Control and Environmental Engineering, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India, with more than 15 years of experience in teaching and research. She is a Gold Medallist in BSc and MSc and has an MPhil and PhD in Environmental Science and Engineering from Pondicherry University. She was awarded ‘Best Teacher Award’, Pondicherry University for the years 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018. Her research interests are solid waste management, nutrient dynamics of soil, domestic and industrial wastewater treatment, energy, and microbial fuel cells. She has published over 50 publications in peer reviewed prestigious journals, has authored one book and contributed more than 10 chapters in other books. She is granted one patent on a unique wastewater treatment process and one patent published on novel process for ligninous waste treatment. Dr. Maulin P. Shah is an active researcher and scientific writer in his field for over 20 years. He received a B.Sc. degree (1999) in Microbiology from Gujarat University, Godhra (Gujarat), India. He also earned his Ph.D. degree (2005) in Environmental Microbiology from Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar (Gujarat) India. His research interests include Biological Wastewater Treatment, Environmental Microbiology, Biodegradation, Bioremediation, & Phytoremediation of Environmental Pollutants from Industrial Wastewaters. He has published more than 250 research papers in national and international journals of repute on various aspects of microbial biodegradation and bioremediation of environmental pollutants. He is the editor of 200 books of international repute (Elsevier, RSC, Nova Sciences, De Gruyter, Springer, Wiley, IOP and CRC Press).

Section 1: Basics of microbial electrochemical systems 1. Introduction to microbial electrochemical systems 2. Electroactive biofilm and electron transfer in microbial electrochemical systems 3. Advancement in Anode materials for microbial electrochemical system applications 4. Advancement in antifouling cathode materials and ORR cathodic catalysts for MES applications 5. Modifications in ion exchange separators and Membranes for scaling up applications of MES 6. Evaluation of performance of microbial electrochemical system and role of operating conditions

Section 2: Scaling up of microbial electrochemical systems 7. Recent progress in scaling up of microbial electrochemical systems 8. Pilot scale application of microbial electrolysis cells 9. Scaling-up applications of microbial fuel cell 10. Stacking of microbial fuel cells and electrochemical perspective for scaling up 11. Microbial electrosynthesis applications for onsite applications 12. Application of bioelectrochemical system for sanitation and wastewater treatment 13. Coupling of microbial electrochemical systems with conventional wastewater treatment systems: Possibility and Reality 14. Septic tank microbial fuel cells: Utilization of human waste and urine for in situ bioelectricity generation 15. Power management for stacking of microbial fuel cells and maximum power point tracking technology

Section 3: Scaling up challenges and perspectives 16. Present Scaling up challenges and perspectives for microbial electrochemical systems 17. Microbial electrochemical systems: challenges for commercialization and how it can be addressed 18. Numerical and simulation approach for scaling up of microbial electrochemical systems 19. Energy and cost economic analysis for microbial electrochemical systems 20. Life cycle analysis of microbial electrochemical systems