Distributed multiple-anodes benthic microbial fuel cell as reliable power source for subsea sensors

By Bingchuan Liu and Alyssa Weinstein and Michael Kolln and Caleb Garrett and Lei Wang and Amvrossios Bagtzoglou and Udayarka Karra and Yan Li and Baikun Li
Published in Journal of Power Sources NULL 2015

Abstract

A new type distributed benthic microbial fuel cell (MFC) (DBMFC) consisting of 18 \MFC\ arrays was developed to enhance the robustness and stability of the power source for subsea sensor networks. A power management system (PMS) was integrated into the \DBMFC\ system to boost the power output for two temperature sensors. The \PMS\ was specifically designed with 18 charge pumps capable of simultaneously harvesting energy from 6 \MFC\ units (18 anodes total) in the \DBMFC\ system. The pilot scale \DBMFC\ (total sediment volume: 1

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