Microbial Fuel Cell for Generating Electricity, and Process for Producing Feedstock Chemicals Therefor

摘要

A method of preparing feedstock chemical for use in a microbial fuel cell comprises admixing a sodium lignosulfate solution with a catalyst to form a chemical slurry, irradiating the slurry with ultraviolet electromagnetic energy to effect photocatalytic degradation of the sodium lignosulfate lower weight molecular compounds selected from the group consisting of methanol, formic acid, acetic acid C-2 alcohols and C-4 alcohols as part of a photocatalyzed mixture, and separating said catalyst from said photocatalyzed mixture to form a feedstock concentrate.