| Scaling-Up Microbial Fuel Cells: Configuration and Potential Drop Phenomenon at Series Connection of Unit Cells in Shared Anolyte. | |
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PMID: 22570262 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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To scale-up microbial fuel cells (MFCs), installing multiple unit cells in a common reactor has been proposed; however, there has been a serious potential drop when connecting unit cells in series. To determine the source of the loss, a basic stack-MFC (BS-MFC) has been devised, and the results show that the phenomenon is due to ions on the anode electrode traveling through the electrolyte to be reduced at the cathode connected in series. As calculated by means of the percentage potential drop, the degree of potential drop decreased with an increase in the unit-cell distance. When the distance was increased from 1 to 8 cm, the percentage potential drop in BS-MFC1 decreased from 46.76±0.90 to 45.08±0.70 % and in BS-MFC2 from 46.41±0.95 to 43.82±2.23 %. As the p-value of the t-test was lower than 0.05, the difference was considered significant; however, if the unit cells are installed far enough from each other to avoid the potential drop phenomenon, the system will be less dense, consequently reducing the ratio of electrode area per volume of anode compartment and decreasing the power density of the system. Finally, this study suggests design criteria for scaling-up MFC systems: Multiple-electrode-installed MFCs are modularized, and the unit cells are connected in series across the module (connecting each unit cell does not share the anolyte). |
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Daehee Kim; Junyeong An; Bongkyu Kim; Jae Kyung Jang; Byung Hong Kim; In Seop Chang |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2012-5-8 |
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Title: ChemSusChem Volume: - ISSN: 1864-564X ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2012 May |
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Created Date: 2012-5-9 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101319536 Medline TA: ChemSusChem Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Copyright © 2012 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. |
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School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), 261 Cheomdan-gwagiro (Oryong-dong), Buk-gu, Gwangju 500-712 (Republic of Korea), Fax: (+82) 62-715-2434. |
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