STUDY ON ELECTRICITY GENERATION FROM ORGANIC WASTEWATER USING STACKED MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS

© LIUHong, LUOYao, YANGShao-qiang, DUXin-pin, CHENYuan
© Государственный музей истории космонавтики им. К.Э. Циолковского, г. Калуга
Секция "К.Э. Циолковский и проблемы космической медицины и биологии"
2008 г.

Abstract: Microbial Fuel Cells(MFCs) are devices that convert organic chemical energy into electrical energy directly while accomplishing wastewater treatment, and therefore have the potential application in space station and the base. In order to implement MFCs into practice, study on a stacked configuration consisting of four identical MFC units was conducted in this paper. In each MFC unit, carbon fiber was used as anodic material and carbon paper as cathodic material, without Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM). The results demonstrated that individual MFC unit provided high power output and that the MFC Stack can drive low potential appliance such as electron clock.