I-Corps: Commercialization of Distributed Active Microbial Fuel Cells (DA-MFCs) for Underwater Energy Harvest

I-Corps：用于水下能量采集的分布式活性微生物燃料电池（DA-MFC）的商业化

• 批准号: 1358337
• 负责人: Baikun Li
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: University of Connecticut
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-10-01 至 2014-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1358337&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Corps; Commercialization; Distributed; Active; Microbial

The research team has developed a distributed active microbial fuel cell (DA-MFC) that harvests energy from the marine environment. By utilizing natural microorganisms and organic compounds in sediments, the team's DA-MFC provides a long-lasting and renewable power supply. The DA-MFC uses a compact configuration with multi-pair electrodes and is integrated with power management systems.A renewable power source that is able to be effective in deep waters would benefit ocean exploration and real-time monitoring, meteorological research, security units and oil and gas industries. There are innumerable subsea sensors supporting government and industry that rely on either solar cells or battery, neither of which are effective in deep water. The technology in the DA-MFC has the potential to be effective in deep-water environments due to its power supply technology.

研究组开发出了从海洋环境中获取能量的分布式活性微生物燃料电池（DA-MFC）。通过利用沉积物中的天然微生物和有机化合物，该团队的DA-MFC提供了持久的可再生电力供应。DA-MFC采用紧凑的多对电极配置，并集成了电源管理系统。一种能够在深水中发挥作用的可再生能源将有利于海洋勘探和实时监测、气象研究、安全单位以及石油和天然气工业。无数的海底传感器支持着政府和行业，它们要么依靠太阳能电池，要么依靠电池，但这两种方法在深水中都不起作用。由于其电源技术，DA-MFC中的技术具有在深水环境中有效的潜力。