Effect of pH, COD, and HRT on the Performance of Microbial Fuel Cell Using Synthetic Dairy Wastewater
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
Accept in present form
Author Response
Thank you for taking out your valuable time for reviewing and accepting the paper.
Reviewer 2 Report
The manuscript is interesting, however, several technical aspects must be clarified before acceptance for publication
1. The authors should present some details about the electricity production mechanism,
2. How is the produced energy collected, if it can be used and if so for what purpose,
3. It is not clear if the resistance of the external loads varied between 40 ohm and 0.1 kohm, or between 40 kohm and 0.1 kohm.
4. What is the mechanism of methane gas generation? If it is eliminated in the cell, how does it influence the output performance of the cell?
Author Response
Thank you for taking your valuable time to review this article. The response to the comments and the corrections made are presented in the attached file.
Author Response File: 
Author Response.docx
Reviewer 3 Report
This research article was well edited based on authors' original research results.
However there were some problems and various editing errors, this research article should have to revise before the publication of one of research articles for international journal, "Water".
Please refer followings.
[Major reversion]
1) Title
Please revise this title to more simple and specific title in order to understand easily.
2) Keywords
Please use only 5 important words as "Keywords".
Please use official and scientific term(s).
Ex.) & ---> and
3) Line(L) 216-221, Objective(s)
Authors need to consider why is this research important based on the viewpoint of globalization?
Then need to revise these contents on the basis of globalization viewpoint.
4) "4. Results & Discussion"
If possible, please separate "Discussion" part from "Results and Discussion" part.
Please do not use simble like & in scientific research article(s) for international journal(s).
5) L 566- 572
Please add the applicability of this research results in "conclusions" part.
So what? Where and how can we apply based on the results of this research?
[Minor reversion]
6) Graphical abstract
Please revise "Yellow backgrounds and white characters".
Authors should have to consider readability.
7) L 159 ~ L 160
Please add 1 blank line
8) L 193 ~ L 194
Please add 1 blank line
9) L 220
& ---> and
10) L 242 ~ L 243
Please add 1 blank line
11) Table 1.
Please place table under "Table caption".
Pleace check all chemicals official name. EX.) NH4Cl etc.
Concentration (unit)
1 molar concentration ---> 1 M
Please use official and common scientific expression.
12) L 544
Conclusion ---> Conclusions
13) References
If possible, please use more recent references within 5 years.
Minor editing of english language may be required
Author Response
Thank you for the comments. The response and the corrections are mentioned in the file attached.
Author Response File: Author Response.docx
Round 2
Reviewer 2 Report
As a reviewer, the discrepancy between the external loads varied from (40.1) kohm (line 370) and resistance ranges from 525 40 to 0.1 Kohm (line 526) is not clear.
Please explain it.
Author Response
Thank you for giving your valuable time. The suggested changes have done in the revised manuscript.
Author Response File: Author Response.docx
Reviewer 3 Report
Since this revised research article was well edited based on all reviewer's comments, this research article may suitable for the publication of one of research articles in international journal, "Water".
However, follwoings need to revise in order to increase the quality of this research article before the publication of this research article.
[Minor reversion]
1. Title
Effect of pH, COD and HRT on the Performance of Microbial Fuel Cell using Synthetic Dairy Wastewater
Please do not use "The" in the first sentence of "Title", "Abstract" and "Introduction".
2. Keywords
Facultative anaerobic
---> Please use noun(s) as Keywords
Minor editing of english language may be required.
Author Response
Thank you for giving your valuable time and corrections are done in the revised manuscript.
Author Response File: Author Response.docx
