Ultra-low power pH sensor powered by microbial fuel cells

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathaniel Brochu ◽  
Lingling Gong ◽  
Jesse Greener ◽  
Amine Miled
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cells ◽  
Low Power ◽  
Microbial Fuel Cells ◽  
Ph Sensor ◽  
Ultra Low Power

Scale Up of a Marine Sediment Microbial Fuel Cells Stack with a Floating Aerated Cathode Using a Circuit Storage Energy from Ultra-Low Power

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy González-Gamboa ◽  
Raúl Tapia-Tussell ◽  
Sathish Kumar Kamaraj ◽  
David Valdés-Lozano ◽  
Jorge Domínguez-Maldonado ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cells ◽  
Low Power ◽  
Marine Sediment ◽  
Microbial Fuel Cells ◽  
Scale Up ◽  
Ultra Low Power ◽  
Storage Energy

Microbial fuel cells as a sustainable platform technology for bioenergy, biosensing, environmental monitoring, and other low power device applications

Fuel ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 255 ◽  
pp. 115682 ◽  
Author(s):  
Smita S. Kumar ◽  
Vivek Kumar ◽  
Ritesh Kumar ◽  
Sandeep K. Malyan ◽  
Arivalagan Pugazhendhi
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cells ◽  
Low Power ◽  
Environmental Monitoring ◽  
Microbial Fuel Cells ◽  
Power Device ◽  
Platform Technology ◽  
Device Applications

Sediment microbial fuel cells as a new source of renewable and sustainable energy: present status and future prospects

RSC Advances ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (114) ◽  
pp. 94171-94183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Atieh Zabihallahpoor ◽  
Mostafa Rahimnejad ◽  
Farid Talebnia
Keyword(s):  
Organic Matter ◽  
Fuel Cells ◽  
Low Power ◽  
Production Technology ◽  
Present Status ◽  
Microbial Fuel Cells ◽  
Sustainable Energy ◽  
Future Prospects ◽  
Recent Advances ◽  
Renewable And Sustainable Energy

SMFCs are a bioelectricity production technology for low power applications. Recent advances in SMFCs are investigated to enhance their performance. Power improvement and organic matter reduction in SMFCs enlarge their range of applications.

Progress in Microbial Fuel Cells Energy Production

2011 ◽  
Vol 324 ◽  
pp. 457-460 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicolas Degrenne ◽  
Francois Buret ◽  
Bruno Allard ◽  
Jean Michel Monier
Keyword(s):  
Organic Matter ◽  
Fuel Cells ◽  
Low Power ◽  
Microbial Fuel Cells ◽  
Energy Production ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Electrical Power ◽  
Payback Time ◽  
Power Densities

Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) harness the natural metabolisms of microbes to produce electrical power from almost any kind of organic matter. In addition to the low power densities (about 1mW for a 1-liter reactor), MFCs are presently built with expensive membrane and electrodes. The payback time of MFCs is therefore very long (evaluated to 25000 years for our lab prototype). Progresses in designing low-cost MFCs are necessary before conceiving large scale energy production.

scholarly journals Bacteria Energy Recovery System Using Natural Soil Bacteria in Microbial Fuel Cells

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (15) ◽  
pp. 4393
Author(s):  
Nathaniel Brochu ◽  
Benjamin Belanger-Huot ◽  
Dmytro Humeniuk ◽  
Lingling Gong ◽  
Mehran Abbaszadeh Amirdehi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cells ◽  
Microbial Fuel Cells ◽  
Energy Recovery ◽  
Ph Sensor ◽  
Natural Soil ◽  
Super Capacitor ◽  
Energy Recovery System ◽  
Recovery System ◽  
Self Powered ◽  
Electrical Components

This paper describes a two-cycle bacteria energy recovery system (BERS) to power two embedded sensors: an ultra-low portable pH sensor and a sound sensor. The designed unit can handle up to seven microbial fuel cells (MFCs) to charge a super-capacitor. This allows the BERS to provide a constant 0.14 mW without further electrical components for signal conditioning. The two cycles were driven with a 100 kΩ load and a 10 Hz frequency. The BERS is also self-powered with an integrated start-up unit to be self-activated when the MFCs charge the energy-storing unit after three days. The BERS powered pH sensor has an error below 5% at 25 ∘C and is able to work continuously while being activated for 4 h. The performances of the pH and sound sensors were determined based on a compromise between accuracy and power consumption.

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