Urbanization of the world has lead to an increased number of vehicles, houses and electrical appliances which in turn demands and increased amount of fuel.
Countries all over the world have managed to generate electricity using fossil fuels and other non-renewable sources of energy. However there will be a point when all these non-renewable sources of energy get exhausted.And this is why there is a search for alternative renewable sources of energy going on.
And it was with this aim that some Environmental Engineering researchers have managed to come up with a means of generating ethanol from cellulose.
This cellulose used for generating ethanol is got from the everyday residue of corn, corn stover. Here basically, a microbial fuel cell is used for producing electricity from organic material where electricity is produced once sugar is collected.
There have been previous studies and research conducted where these fuel cells was used in the generation of electricity from glucose and from municipal wastewater. In addition to this, these cells can also generate hydrogen gas directly.
The latest study involves the use of corn stalks and leaves in the generation of electricity with the help of fuel cells.
Every year the United States produces about 250 million tons of corn stalks and leaves that constitutes a third of the waste produced in United States. 90% of this corn stover is usually left unused in the field.
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