A Bio-Based Fuel Cell for Distributed Energy Generation

Anthony Terrinoni ; Sean Gifford

关键词: DESIGN;    ELECTRONS;    ENERGY DENSITY;    FUEL CELLS;    GLUCOSE;    METABOLISM;    MICROORGANISMS;    POWER GENERATION;    SUBSTRATES biofuel;    fuel cell;    renewable energy;   

DOI  :  10.2172/933041
RP-ID  :  DOE/GO/16047-1
PID  :  OSTI ID: 933041
Others  :  TRN: US200821%%36

学科分类：能源（综合）

美国|英语

来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

The technology we propose consists primarily of an improved design for increasing the energy density of a certain class of bio-fuel cell (BFC). The BFCs we consider are those which harvest electrons produced by microorganisms during their metabolism of organic substrates (e.g. glucose, acetate). We estimate that our technology will significantly enhance power production (per unit volume) of these BFCs, to the point where they could be employed as stand-alone systems for distributed energy generation.