Microbial fuel cell and method of use
OwnerDonald W. Crookes, Ciro DiMeglioinventors
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Abstract
A microbial fuel cell comprising a cathode module, an anode module, a means for feeding source water to the anode module, and a means for feeling air to the source water after said anode module, wherein the source water is introduced in the anode module and discharged at the cathode module, a membrane is not used to transfer electrons, and the source water does not flow through a layer between the cathode and anode modules, such as glass wool or beads.
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A membrane-less and barrier-less microbial fuel cell comprising a cathode module, an anode module, a means for feeding source water from the anode module to the cathode module, and a means for introducing oxygen into said cathode module, wherein said source water is introduced into said anode module and discharged from said cathode module and wherein a source of oxygen is introduced to the source water after said anode module.
A membrane-less and barrier-less microbial fuel cell comprising a cathode module containing at least one cathode cylinder, an anode module containing at least one anode cylinder, a flow design for feeding source water from the anode module to the cathode module, and an gas injection point for introducing oxygen into said cathode module, wherein said source water may be introduced into said anode module, discharged from said cathode module, and an injection point positioned to introduce oxygen to the source water after said anode module.
A membrane-less and barrier-less microbial fuel cell comprising more than one cathode modules, one or more anode modules, and a flow design for feeding source water from the anode modules to the cathode modules, wherein said source water may be introduced into said anode modules and discharged from said cathode modules, wherein the fuel cell is configured for oxygen to be introduced into the source water after the anode, and wherein the fuel cell is capable of generating an electrical output.
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