Progress in plant-based bioelectrochemical systems and their connection with sustainable development goals

Enas Taha Sayed; Mohammad Ali Abdelkareem; Khaled Obaideen; Khaled Elsaid; Tabbi Wilberforce; Hussein M. Maghrabie; A.G. Olabi

Carbon Resources Conversion (Jan 2021)

Progress in plant-based bioelectrochemical systems and their connection with sustainable development goals

Enas Taha Sayed,
Mohammad Ali Abdelkareem,
Khaled Obaideen,
Khaled Elsaid,
Tabbi Wilberforce,
Hussein M. Maghrabie,
A.G. Olabi

Affiliations

Enas Taha Sayed: Center for Advanced Materials Research, University of Sharjah, PO Box 27272, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates; Chemical Engineering Department, Minia University, Elminia, Egypt
Mohammad Ali Abdelkareem: Center for Advanced Materials Research, University of Sharjah, PO Box 27272, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates; Chemical Engineering Department, Minia University, Elminia, Egypt; Dept. of Sustainable and Renewable Energy Engineering, University of Sharjah, P.O. Box 27272, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates; Corresponding authors at: Dept. of Sustainable and Renewable Energy Engineering, University of Sharjah, P.O. Box 27272, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
Khaled Obaideen: Dept. of Sustainable and Renewable Energy Engineering, University of Sharjah, P.O. Box 27272, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Khaled Elsaid: Chemical Engineering Department, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3122, TX, USA
Tabbi Wilberforce: Mechanical Engineering and Design, Aston University, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Aston Triangle, Birmingham B4 7ET, UK
Hussein M. Maghrabie: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, South Valley University, Qena 83521, Egypt
A.G. Olabi: Dept. of Sustainable and Renewable Energy Engineering, University of Sharjah, P.O. Box 27272, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates; Mechanical Engineering and Design, Aston University, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Aston Triangle, Birmingham B4 7ET, UK; Corresponding authors at: Dept. of Sustainable and Renewable Energy Engineering, University of Sharjah, P.O. Box 27272, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 4
pp. 169 – 183

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Living organisms' energy conversion is considered as an essential and sustainable green energy source and future bio-hybrid technologies. Recently, plants were used after harvesting as biomass in bio-fermentation as an energy source. In bio-electrochemical systems, microorganisms work with plants to generate electricity, hydrogen, or methane. This work discusses the simultaneous pollutant removal and electricity generation in plant-based bio-electrochemical systems (P-BES). Factors affecting the P-BES performance and the removal efficiencies of the different organic and inorganic pollutants were illustrated. Furthermore, the plant-based bioelectrochemical systems' role in achieving the sustainable development goals (SDGs) was discussed. The SDGs contribution of plant-based bioelectrochemical systems were presented and discussed to evaluate such systems' ability to achieve the three pillars of sustainable development, i.e., economic, environmental, and social.

Published in Carbon Resources Conversion

ISSN: 2588-9133 (Online)
Publisher: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd.
Country of publisher: China
LCC subjects: Technology: Chemical technology
Website: https://www.keaipublishing.com/en/journals/carbon-resources-conversion/

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