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I am currently playing with parameters: sample source, design geometry, electrode materials, nature of the proton exchange membrane (PEM), water source... To understand better the drivers of electrical power delivered by these Quick & Dirty MFCs. | I am currently playing with parameters: sample source, design geometry, electrode materials, nature of the proton exchange membrane (PEM), water source... To understand better the drivers of electrical power delivered by these Quick & Dirty MFCs. | ||
- | So far, the peak power I measured was 0.5 mW [[michka: | + | So far, the peak power I measured was 0.5 mW [[michka: |
(see also [[: | (see also [[: | ||
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+ | These preliminary experiments layed the ground for the "Power of the mud" project created with robotic artist [[http:// | ||
====Litterature==== | ====Litterature==== | ||
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====Design Improvements Ideas==== | ====Design Improvements Ideas==== | ||
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+ | * Try to integrate the MFC with a [[https:// | ||
===Sludge=== | ===Sludge=== | ||
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* A brief experiment in [[michka: | * A brief experiment in [[michka: | ||
* How can we keep feeding the sludge, to make the fuel cell operation continuous ? | * How can we keep feeding the sludge, to make the fuel cell operation continuous ? | ||
+ | * Reverse the design, to allow waste to be piled up on top of a nutrients pile for the MFC, and be slowly degraded. | ||
===Electrodes=== | ===Electrodes=== | ||
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* Other battery designs: | * Other battery designs: |