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The past years, various new MFC designs have evolved. A first class of designs are designed purely for research goals and are as a consequence difficult to implement in practice. Nevertheless, they are highly suitable for research purposes. 

For the application of MFC in practice, MFCs operated in a continuous flowthrough mode are needed. Moreover, the desgn should be optimized to minimize the reactorbased losses in MFCs.

The Advanced Water Management Centre has constructed a pilot scale microbial fuel cell. The pilot scale plant was built on the site of the Foster's brewery in Yatala, Queensland (Australia). Brewery wastewater is used as feed.

At this moment, the reactor has a volume of approximately 1 m³ and consists of 12 modules. Carbon fibre anodes and cathodes are used, based on a brush design. In a second phase, 12 additional modules with varying designs will be constructed.

The researchers expect several months of trials before a correct assessment of the technology benefits can be made.

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