Petra Hedbavna

Microbial fuel cells for enhanced in situ soil bioremediation

Phd Research Student

Telephone: +44 (0)114 22 25786
Room: G17
E-mail: p.hedbavna@sheffield.ac.uk

p.hedbavna@sheffield.ac.uk

Current research interests

Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are considered as one of the future alternative source of energy. With the help of microorganisms the chemical energy from compounds is directly transferred to the electrical current. MFCs can also enhance in situ bioremediation of anaerobic contaminated sites by providing microorganisms suitable electron acceptor. However, nowadays MFCs are used only for groundwater decontamination and only few field scale applications were established.
The main aim of the project is to develop the pilot-scale MFC for enhanced in situ soil bioremediation. That means to run lab-scale experiments, find critical factors affecting the efficiency of this device and optimize it for the large amount of conditions.