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Electricity Production by the Application of a Low Voltage DC-DC Boost Converter to a Continuously Operating Flat-Plate Microbial Fuel Cell
Young Eun Song, Hitesh C. Boghani, Hong Suck Kim, Byung Goon Kim, Taeho Lee, Byong-Hun Jeon, Giuliano C. Premier, Jung Rae Kim
December 10, 2019
An ultra-low voltage customized DC-DC booster circuit was developed using a LTC3108 converter, and used continuously on a flat-plate microbial fuel cell (FPM) system. The boost converter successfully stepped up the microbial fuel cell (MFC) voltage from ~0.5 V to 3.3 and 5.0 V of outputs. The designed circuit and system displayed the dynamic variations of the source FPM as well as the output voltage through the designed three connection points within the booster circuit. The source MFC voltage was interrelated with the booster circuit and its performance, and it adapted to the set points of the booster dynamically. The maximum output power density of the MFC with the DC-DC booster circuit was 8.16 W/m³ compared to the maximum source FPM input power of 14.27 W/m³ at 100 Ω, showing a conversion efficiency of 26⁻57%, but with a 10-fold higher output than that of the source voltage. The combined LTC3108 with FPM supplied power for electronic devices using synthetic and real domestic wastewater. This report presents a promising strategy for utilizing the electrical energy produced from MFCs, and expands the applicability of bioelectrochemical systems with an improved energy efficiency of the present wastewater treatment system.
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DC-DC boost converter, energy efficient wastewater treatment, LTC3108, microbial fuel cell, power quality
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Song YE, Boghani HC, Kim HS, Kim BG, Lee T, Jeon BH, Premier GC, Kim JR. Electricity Production by the Application of a Low Voltage DC-DC Boost Converter to a Continuously Operating Flat-Plate Microbial Fuel Cell. (2019). LAPSE:2019.1505
Author Affiliations
Song YE: School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Pusan National University, Jangjeon-Dong, Geumjeong-gu, Busan 46241, Korea
Boghani HC: Sustainable Environment Research Centre (SERC), Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Science, University of South Wales, Pontypridd CF37 1DL, UK
Kim HS: The MFC Research and Business Development (R&BD) Center, K-water Institute, Jeonmin-Dong, Yuseong-Gu, Daejeon 34045, Korea
Kim BG: The MFC Research and Business Development (R&BD) Center, K-water Institute, Jeonmin-Dong, Yuseong-Gu, Daejeon 34045, Korea
Lee T: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pusan National University, Jangjeon-Dong, Geumjeong-gu, Busan 46241, Korea
Jeon BH: Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, Korea
Premier GC: Sustainable Environment Research Centre (SERC), Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Science, University of South Wales, Pontypridd CF37 1DL, UK
Kim JR: School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Pusan National University, Jangjeon-Dong, Geumjeong-gu, Busan 46241, Korea [ORCID]
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Energies
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10
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5
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E596
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2017
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2017-04-29
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1996-1073
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