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+ | //Clay sampling spot - Niolon, France.// | ||
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* Volume: 80*30*2 cm3 | * Volume: 80*30*2 cm3 | ||
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* Current starts at 0.7mA and drops to 0.3mA in about 15 minutes too. | * Current starts at 0.7mA and drops to 0.3mA in about 15 minutes too. | ||
- | **Peak Power Measured**: | + | Performances on Day3: |
- | **Max (stable) Power Measured**: | + | * **Voltage**: |
+ | * **Current**: | ||
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+ | Performances on Day4: | ||
+ | * **Voltage**: | ||
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+ | **Peak Power Measured**: | ||
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+ | ====Pile Microbienne Marseillaise==== | ||
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+ | __Design features__ | ||
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+ | //Marine sediments sampling spot - Marseille, France// | ||
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+ | * **Substrate**: | ||
+ | * Volume: 0.5L | ||
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+ | * **Proton Exchange Membrane**: a piece of cardboard. | ||
+ | * Surface: the bottle' | ||
+ | * **Water**: seewater. | ||
+ | * **Anode**: copper covered with carbon, extracted from a dead DELL PC battery found in the LFO storage space. | ||
+ | * Surface: 50*5 cm2 | ||
+ | * **Cathode**: | ||
+ | * Surface: 20*5 cm2 | ||
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+ | __Performances__ | ||
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+ | Performances on Day0: | ||
+ | * **Voltage**: | ||
+ | * **Current**: | ||
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+ | Performances on Day1: | ||
+ | * **Voltage**: | ||
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+ | **Peak Power Measured**: 770 microW | ||
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+ | __Observations__ | ||
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+ | Even though the multimeter was connected the wrong way (+ on anode, - on cathode), we first had positive (and quite high) current and voltage value. Is this due to remanant charges from the PC battery ? | ||
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+ | ==Conclusion== | ||
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+ | From both these expriments and those conducted in Bruxelles, we can conclude that the MFC behavior improves and stabilizes with time. | ||
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+ | As the "pile micrboienne marseillaise" | ||
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+ | Using newspaper or cardboard as a Proton Exchange Membrane seems fine. | ||
+ | New long-term experiments should be conducted to test other parameters, including more broadly available electrode materials. |