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(see also [[:fuel_cell]] for futher info...) | (see also [[:fuel_cell]] for futher info...) |
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====Two containers + Air Pump Design==== | ====From Litterature==== |
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| ===Two containers + Air Pump Design=== |
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[[http://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-Microbial-Fuel-Cell-easy/|This design]] is made of two containers, bridged together with a salt bridge (rope dipped in saturated salted water, wrapped in insulating tape), one with pond sludge, another with clear water. | [[http://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-Microbial-Fuel-Cell-easy/|This design]] is made of two containers, bridged together with a salt bridge (rope dipped in saturated salted water, wrapped in insulating tape), one with pond sludge, another with clear water. |
Performances: 6V peaks, 200+ mA with airpump, 170 mA without. | Performances: 6V peaks, 200+ mA with airpump, 170 mA without. |
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====One container Design==== | ===One container Design=== |
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[[http://www.treehugger.com/slideshows/gadgets/make-microbial-fuel-cell/page/1/#slide-top|This design]] is made from one container, sludge at the bottom, smart gel proton exchanger on top of it, and clean water on the very top. No air pump, but lower performances. Something like charcoal is used as an electrode material. | [[http://www.treehugger.com/slideshows/gadgets/make-microbial-fuel-cell/page/1/#slide-top|This design]] is made from one container, sludge at the bottom, smart gel proton exchanger on top of it, and clean water on the very top. No air pump, but lower performances. Something like charcoal is used as an electrode material. |
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====Design Improvements==== | ===High-School Project Presentation=== |
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| [[http://prezi.com/aw1kjprkgphz/tpe-comment-augmenter-et-utiliser-la-production-denergie-a-partir-dexcrement-de-cheval/|This is]] a presentation made by a group of students on low-tech horse-crap-based MFCs, with actual power figures in it (about 100mW for 120g of horsecrap). |
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| ====Experiments==== |
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| * [[michka:research:microbial_fuel_cells:Nantes1|Nantes1]] |
| * [[michka:research:microbial_fuel_cells:Bruxelles2|Bruxelles2]] |
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| ====Design Improvements Ideas==== |
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===Airpump=== | ===Airpump=== |
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* Does the efficiency drops if we use flat electrodes from dead batteries ? | * Does the efficiency drops if we use flat electrodes from dead batteries ? |
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| ====Other kinds of batteries==== |
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| * Molten salt batteries |
| * Donald Sadaway, TED |
| * Zebra battery |
| * Rhubarb battery |