Effect of power shape on energy extraction from microbial fuel cell

JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES

卷:366

Article

Alaraj, Muhannad¹  Feng, Shuo¹  Roane, Timberley M.²  Park, Jae-Do¹ 

[1] Univ Colorado Denver, Dept Elect Engn, Denver, CO 80217 USA

[2] Univ Colorado Denver, Dept Integrat Biol, Denver, CO 80217 USA

关键词: Microbial fuel cell;    Energy harvesting;    Current ripple;    Power electronics;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.jpowsour.2017.09.002

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) generate renewable energy in the form of direct current (DC) power. Harvesting energy from MFCs started with passive components such as resistors and capacitors, then charge pumps were introduced with some more advantages. Power electronics converters were later preferred due to their higher efficiency and controllability; however, they introduce high frequency current ripple due to their high frequency switching. In this paper, the effect of shape of power extraction on MFC performance was investigated using three types of current shapes: continuous, square-wave, and triangular-wave. Simultaneously, chemical parameters, such as pH, dissolved oxygen, electrical conductivity, and redox potential, in the anode chamber were monitored to see how these parameters change with the shape of the electrical power extraction. Results showed that the shape of the extracted current did not have a substantial effect on the MFC life span, output power, and energy extraction, nor on the chemical parameters. The outcome of this study provided insight for the electrical impact by power electronics converters on some microbial and chemical aspects of an MFC system. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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