WO2010045072A3 - Microbial electrolytic cell - Google Patents

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WO2010045072A3
WO2010045072A3 PCT/US2009/059697 US2009059697W WO2010045072A3 WO 2010045072 A3 WO2010045072 A3 WO 2010045072A3 US 2009059697 W US2009059697 W US 2009059697W WO 2010045072 A3 WO2010045072 A3 WO 2010045072A3
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electrolytic cell
microbial electrolytic
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Bruce Rittmann
Hyung-Sool Lee
Cesar I. Torres
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01M—PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
    • H01M8/00—Fuel cells; Manufacture thereof
    • H01M8/16—Biochemical fuel cells, i.e. cells in which microorganisms function as catalysts
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C12—BIOCHEMISTRY; BEER; SPIRITS; WINE; VINEGAR; MICROBIOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING
    • C12P—FERMENTATION OR ENZYME-USING PROCESSES TO SYNTHESISE A DESIRED CHEMICAL COMPOUND OR COMPOSITION OR TO SEPARATE OPTICAL ISOMERS FROM A RACEMIC MIXTURE
    • C12P3/00—Preparation of elements or inorganic compounds except carbon dioxide
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E60/00—Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
    • Y02E60/30—Hydrogen technology
    • Y02E60/50—Fuel cells

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Abstract

System and methods for efficiently capturing hydrogen gas from a microbial electrolytic cell. The systems and methods can be configured such that the cathode is located above the anode and proximal to a fluid level and a gas headspace in the single-chamber microbial electrolytic cell.
PCT/US2009/059697 2008-10-17 2009-10-06 Microbial electrolytic cell WO2010045072A2 (en)

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US61/106,225 2008-10-17

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