Investigation of proton exchange membrane microbial fuel cells performance

Author

Tang, Yulan ; Bi, Xiaowei ; Sun, Hong ; Fu, Jinxiang ; Zhao, Jingtao

Author_Institution

Coll. of Municipal & Environ. Eng., Shenyang Jianzhu Univ., Shenyang, China

fYear

2010

fDate

26-28 June 2010

Firstpage

3975

Lastpage

3978

Abstract

Microbial fuel cell (MFC) is a novel kind of fuel cells, it can convert chemical energy from organic pollutant to bioelectricity. In this paper, proton exchange membrane microbial fuel cell (PEMMFC)and salt bridge microbial fuel cell(SBMFC)were compared to examine open circuit voltage, volt-ampere characteristics and coulombic efficiency. Influence of environmental temperature on open circuit voltage of these two MFCs was analyzed. The results show that maximum open circuit voltage of PEMFC is higher than that of SBMFC; performance of PEMMFC is better than that of SBMFC; the coulombic efficiency of PEMFC is higher 36.36% than that of SBMFC. The results are very helpful to understand microbial fuel cells working principle and to increase microbial fuel cell performance.

Keywords

chemical energy conversion; proton exchange membrane fuel cells; PEMMFC; SBMFC; bioelectricity; chemical energy; coulombic efficiency; maximum open circuit voltage; open circuit voltage; organic pollutant; proton exchange membrane microbial fuel cells performance; salt bridge microbial fuel cell; volt-ampere characteristics; Biology; Biomembranes; Bridge circuits; Chemical industry; Chemical technology; Fuel cells; Power generation; Protons; Voltage; Wastewater treatment; microbial fuel cell; open circuit voltage; proton exchange membrane; salt bridge;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Mechanic Automation and Control Engineering (MACE), 2010 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Wuhan

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7737-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MACE.2010.5535904

Filename

5535904