THP Students Create Bioelectricity from Fisheries Liquid Waste

Indonesia’s urgency for renewable energy needs has led students from the Bogor Agricultural Institute (IPB) to conduct research to be able to produce electrical energy by spontaneously converting biomass into electrical energy through the metabolic activity of microorganisms. She is Dwilina Apriyani, a student of the Department of Aquatic Product Technology, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences (FPIK) IPB.

In her research, Dwi used fishery liquid waste processed using one-vessel MFC technology. In her research entitled “Bioelectricity from Fishery Liquid Waste with the One-Vessel Microbial Fuel Cell Method.

MFC, commonly known as a microbial fuel cell, is a system or tool that uses bacteria as a catalyst to oxidize organic and inorganic materials. MFC technology has a working principle, namely the transfer of electrons from electron donors to the anode electrodes found in the anode vessel. Many microorganisms have the ability to transfer electrons from the metabolic results of organic materials to the anode such as marine sediments, soil, liquid waste, freshwater sediments, and activated sludge.

This innovation is expected to be used as a solution to people’s dependence on electrical energy. And can be a source of information that Indonesia actually has many human resources capable of processing natural resources. Both waste processing and other potential natural resources. Thus, government attention is needed to be able to allocate experts to build an integrated and sovereign national independence.
This research was supervised by Dr. Bustami Ibrahim and Dr. Wini Trilaksani. (SM/IPB)

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