Prof. Dr. Zainab Ziad Ismail from the department of environmental engineering at the University of Baghdad has participated recently in the 23rd Multi Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics during a session on (Information Systems, Technologies and Applications II) held in Florida, USA with a research paper entitled (A Novel Application of Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) Waste Material to Replace Membrane in Microbial Fuel Cell Treating Actual Potato Chips Processing Wastewater).
The researcher addressed the possibility of utilizing plastic waste (polychloride) for the first time as a separation barrier between the cathode and anode chambers as an alternative to the special membrane in the biofuel cell which depends on the effectiveness of bacteria developed under anaerobic conditions on the anode pole for the purpose of digesting organic pollutants in wastewater. This method can result in the release of electrons and transmission to the cathode pole to produce electricity that would assist in the production of clean electric energy. It is noteworthy that this paper won the award of the best guaranteed content and presentation during this session.