Towards the scale-up of bioelectrogenic technology: Stacking microbial fuel cells to produce larger amounts of electricity

Experimental work carried out in this work has investigated the scale-up of microbial fuel cell (MFC) technology by studying the stacking of single microbial fuel cells, paying attention to the electric and hydraulic connections between each unit. To do this, the performance of three stacks (which w...

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Authors: ASENSIO RAMIREZ, YERAY, Mansilla, E., Carmen María Fernández Marchante, JUSTO LOBATO, Pablo Cañizares
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Publication Date:2017
Country:España
Institution:Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha
Repository:RUIdeRA. Repositorio Institucional de la UCLM
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10578/17751
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Keyword:Microbial fuel cells
Stacking
Scale-up
Electric connection
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spelling Towards the scale-up of bioelectrogenic technology: Stacking microbial fuel cells to produce larger amounts of electricityASENSIO RAMIREZ, YERAYMansilla, E.Carmen María Fernández MarchanteJUSTO LOBATOPablo CañizaresMicrobial fuel cellsStackingScale-upElectric connectionExperimental work carried out in this work has investigated the scale-up of microbial fuel cell (MFC) technology by studying the stacking of single microbial fuel cells, paying attention to the electric and hydraulic connections between each unit. To do this, the performance of three stacks (which were set up with different configurations) was studied for more than three months. The first stack (two hydraulically non-connected cells) was operated for 80 days without any electric connection between them, in order to determine the reproducibility of the performance of a single MFC, and then it was electrically connected in parallel for 20 days to determine if the electricity produced by each single cell was added when they were joined in the stack. The other two stacks (with five and ten cells, hydraulically connected) were connected electrically in series during the first 80 days and in parallel during the last 20 days. The results confirmed that connection in parallel allows higher current intensities and power to be obtained, and that the total electrode surface area attained with the stack is directly related to the production of electricity and to the removal of COD, although not in a linear way.Springer201820182017info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10578/17751reponame:RUIdeRA. Repositorio Institucional de la UCLMinstname:Universidad de Castilla-La ManchaInglésinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ruidera.uclm.es:10578/177512026-05-27T07:36:41Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Towards the scale-up of bioelectrogenic technology: Stacking microbial fuel cells to produce larger amounts of electricity
title Towards the scale-up of bioelectrogenic technology: Stacking microbial fuel cells to produce larger amounts of electricity
spellingShingle Towards the scale-up of bioelectrogenic technology: Stacking microbial fuel cells to produce larger amounts of electricity
ASENSIO RAMIREZ, YERAY
Microbial fuel cells
Stacking
Scale-up
Electric connection
title_short Towards the scale-up of bioelectrogenic technology: Stacking microbial fuel cells to produce larger amounts of electricity
title_full Towards the scale-up of bioelectrogenic technology: Stacking microbial fuel cells to produce larger amounts of electricity
title_fullStr Towards the scale-up of bioelectrogenic technology: Stacking microbial fuel cells to produce larger amounts of electricity
title_full_unstemmed Towards the scale-up of bioelectrogenic technology: Stacking microbial fuel cells to produce larger amounts of electricity
title_sort Towards the scale-up of bioelectrogenic technology: Stacking microbial fuel cells to produce larger amounts of electricity
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv ASENSIO RAMIREZ, YERAY
Mansilla, E.
Carmen María Fernández Marchante
JUSTO LOBATO
Pablo Cañizares
author ASENSIO RAMIREZ, YERAY
author_facet ASENSIO RAMIREZ, YERAY
Mansilla, E.
Carmen María Fernández Marchante
JUSTO LOBATO
Pablo Cañizares
author_role author
author2 Mansilla, E.
Carmen María Fernández Marchante
JUSTO LOBATO
Pablo Cañizares
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Microbial fuel cells
Stacking
Scale-up
Electric connection
topic Microbial fuel cells
Stacking
Scale-up
Electric connection
description Experimental work carried out in this work has investigated the scale-up of microbial fuel cell (MFC) technology by studying the stacking of single microbial fuel cells, paying attention to the electric and hydraulic connections between each unit. To do this, the performance of three stacks (which were set up with different configurations) was studied for more than three months. The first stack (two hydraulically non-connected cells) was operated for 80 days without any electric connection between them, in order to determine the reproducibility of the performance of a single MFC, and then it was electrically connected in parallel for 20 days to determine if the electricity produced by each single cell was added when they were joined in the stack. The other two stacks (with five and ten cells, hydraulically connected) were connected electrically in series during the first 80 days and in parallel during the last 20 days. The results confirmed that connection in parallel allows higher current intensities and power to be obtained, and that the total electrode surface area attained with the stack is directly related to the production of electricity and to the removal of COD, although not in a linear way.
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