Generation of electricity and other value-added products from culled tomatoes in microbially catalyzed electrochemical systems

A microbial electrochemical system for generating electricity from matter derived from a tomato, the system comprising:

• a bioreactor with opposing electrodes connected to electrical circuitry and separated by a membrane layer, wherein the bioreactor has a flow pathway, an inlet and an outlet passing between the opposing electrodes;
• wherein the tomato matter containing an anode-respiring bacteria is introduced into the flow pathway of the microbial electrochemical system;
• and
• wherein extracellular electron transfer is catalyzed from the anode-respiring bacteria of the tomato matter into the opposing electrodes in the microbial electrochemical system for generating electricity.

A galvanic process for using chemical energy from tomato matter, comprising:

• a microbial electrochemical device with electrical circuitry, wherein the microbial electrochemical device has a flow pathway, an inlet and an outlet passing there-through;
• one or more controls operably configured with the electrical circuitry to ascertain one or more outputs for polarization, impedance and voltammetry of the microbial electrochemical device;
• wherein the tomato matter containing an anode-respiring bacteria is introduced into the flow pathway of the microbial electrochemical device;
• and
• wherein extracellular electron transfer is catalyzed from the anode-respiring bacteria of the tomato matter by the microbial electrochemical device.