Energy Generation from Bio-Waste using Normal and Chemical Decomposition Technique to Meet Power Demand in Urban Areas

Every year, one-third of the food produced in the world, approximately 1.3 billion tons for human consumption is being wasted. Nowadays, tons and tons of foods have been wasted not only by the domestic kitchens but also by the emerging hotel industries. Many new technologies developed to overcome the energy crisis and environmental pollution, but ended up in creating wastages. To get over this problem, energy obtained from renewable resources is the need of the hour. The proposed model mainly deals with the conversion of decomposed food waste into electricity. Microbial Fuel Cells (MFC) are bioreactors that convert chemical energy present in the organic waste into electrical energy through the catalytic reaction of the microorganism which are internally present in the food waste. The efficiency of the MFC mainly depends on the Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD) and the amount of organic matter. The maximum amount of energy obtained is mainly based on the amount of waste in the bioreactor. The significant advantage of the proposed model is "zero waste", as the remaining sludges can be used for fertilizers.