대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지 (Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research)

  • 제39권5호
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  • Pages.208-212
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  • 2018
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  • 1229-0807(pISSN)
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  • 2288-9396(eISSN)
대한의용생체공학회 (The Korean Society of Medical and Biological Engineering)
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미생물연료전지와 에너지 하베스팅에 기반한 에너지 자립형 무선 센서 시스템

An Energy Self-Sustainable Wireless Sensor System Based on a Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC) and Energy Harvester (EH)

  • 여정진 (전북대학교 바이오메디컬공학부) ;
  • 박소진 (전북대학교 바이오메디컬공학부) ;
  • 임종훈 (전북대학교 바이오메디컬공학부) ;
  • 양윤석 (전북대학교 바이오메디컬공학부)
  • Yeo, Jeongjin (Division of Biomedical Engineering, Chonbuk National University) ;
  • Park, Sojin (Division of Biomedical Engineering, Chonbuk National University) ;
  • Lim, Jonghun (Division of Biomedical Engineering, Chonbuk National University) ;
  • Yang, Yoonseok (Division of Biomedical Engineering, Chonbuk National University)
  • 투고 : 2018.10.01
  • 심사 : 2018.10.16
  • 발행 : 2018.10.31
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Microbial fuel cell (MFC) technology has been attractive since it can not only treat organic waste in an eco-friendly way by digesting it but also generate electricity by the unique metabolic process of microbes. However, it hasn't been employed in practical use until now because it is hard to integrate a small electricity up to an adequate amount of electric power and difficult to keep its bio-electric activity consistent. In this study, we combined an energy harvester with MFC (MFC-EH) to make the power-integration convenient and developed an energy self-sustainable wireless sensor system driven by a stable electric power produced by MFC-EH. Additionally, we build the low power application measuring data to be cast by the web in real-time so that it can be quickly and easily accessed through the internet. The proposed system could contribute to improvement of waste treatment and up-cycling technologies in near future.

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