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Real-Time Monitoring of Micro-Electricity Generation Through the Voltage Across a Storage Capacitor Charged by a Simple Microbial Fuel Cell Reactor with Fast Fourier Transform

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  • Jung-Chieh Su

    (Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering and Graduate Institute of Electro-Optical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei 10607, Taiwan)

  • Szu-Ching Tang

    (Department of Animal Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10673, Taiwan)

  • Po-Jui Su

    (Department of Biomechatronics Engineering, National Ilan University, Ilan 26047, Taiwan)

  • Jung-Jeng Su

    (Department of Animal Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10673, Taiwan
    Bioenergy Research Center, College of Bio-resources and Agriculture, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan)

Abstract

The pattern of micro-electricity production of simple two-chamber microbial fuel cells (MFC) was monitored in this study. Piggery wastewater and anaerobic sludge served as fuel and inocula for the MFC, respectively. The output power, including voltage and current generation, of triplicate MFCs was measured using an on-line monitoring system. The maximum voltage obtained among the triplicates was 0.663 V. We also found that removal efficiency of chemical oxygen demand (COD) and biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) in the piggery wastewater was 94.99 and 98.63%, respectively. Moreover, analytical results of Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) demonstrated that the output current comprised alternating current (AC) and direct current (DC) components, ranging from mA to μA.

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  • Jung-Chieh Su & Szu-Ching Tang & Po-Jui Su & Jung-Jeng Su, 2019. "Real-Time Monitoring of Micro-Electricity Generation Through the Voltage Across a Storage Capacitor Charged by a Simple Microbial Fuel Cell Reactor with Fast Fourier Transform," Energies, MDPI, vol. 12(13), pages 1-15, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:12:y:2019:i:13:p:2610-:d:246352
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