The invention provides a method of disposing kitchen waste and recovering
electric power with an
air cathode microbial fuel cell, and relates to the method of using the
microbial fuel cell to dispose the kitchen waste and recover
electric power. The method is used for solving the problems that the existing disposing method of the kitchen waste is low in energy
utilization rate, and triggers a secondary
pollution easily. The method includes that : firstly, carbon
powder is evenly mixed with a
polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), and the mixture is daubed on a carbon cloth which is heated in a
muffle furnace; secondly, high-concentration PTFE is coated on the cloth to heat again; thirdly, then
platinum-carbon catalyst is daubed, and a platinized carbon cloth
cathode is acquired; fourthly, a carbon
brush anode is in preparation; fifthly, the carbon
brush anode, a resistance and the
air cathode are in connection through a wire, and a
cell reactor is assembled; sixth,
leachate of food is pretreated; seventh,
phosphate buffered
saline (PBS)
buffer solution is in preparation, and the
leachate is diluted; eighth, the
leachate is diluted to be neutral; ninth, reactor water is injected into a reactor to dispose the kitchen waste and recover the
electric power. The efficiency of disposing the kitchen waste is good, and
chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal rate reaches to 86.4%. The method is mainly used for the disposing and utilization of the kitchen waste.