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http://dx.doi.org/10.18770/KEPCO.2016.02.04.589

Electricity Generations in Submerged-flat and Stand-flat MFC Stacks according to Electrode Connection  

Yu, Jaecheul (Department of Environmental Engineering, Pusan National University)
Park, Younghyun (Department of Environmental Engineering, Pusan National University)
Lee, Taeho (Department of Environmental Engineering, Pusan National University)
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KEPCO Journal on Electric Power and Energy / v.2, no.4, 2016 , pp. 589-593 More about this Journal
Abstract
Microbial fuel cell (MFC) can produce electricity from oxidation-reduction of organic and inorganic matters by electrochemically active bacteria as catalyst. Stacked MFCs have been investigated for overcoming low electricity generation of single MFC. In this study, two-typed stacked-MFCs (submerged-flat and stand-falt) were operated according to electrode connection for optimal stacked technology of MFC. In case of submerged-flat MFC with all separator electrode assembly (SEA) sharing anode chamber, MFC with mixed-connection showed more voltage loss than MFC with single-connection method. And MFC stacked in parallel showed better voltage production than MFC stacked in series. In case of stand-flat MFC, voltage loss was bigger when SEAs sharing anodic chamber only were connected in series. Voltage loss was decreased when SEAs parallel connected SEAs sharing anodic chamber were connected in series.
Keywords
Microbial Fuel Cell; Parallel Connection; Series Connection; Stack; Stand-flat; Submerged-flat;
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