Research Article
Impact of Commercial Sugar as a Substrate in Single-Chamber Microbial Fuel Cells to Improve the Energy Production with Bioremediation of Metals
Table 2
Percentage remediation trends of the toxic metal ion supplemented in the MFC system.
| Toxic metal | Metal initial conc. (ppm) | Intervals (days) | Metal final conc. (ppm) | Remediation efficiency (%) |
| Pb2+ | 50 | 10 | 32.63 | 34.74 | 20 | 15.27 | 69.47 | 27 | 5.50 | 89.00 |
| Cd2+ | 50 | 10 | 29.91 | 40.18 | 20 | 15.27 | 69.47 | 27 | 11.78 | 76.45 |
| Hg2+ | 50 | 10 | 23.22 | 53.57 | 20 | 14.62 | 70.77 | 27 | 5.28 | 89.45 |
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