|Archives| Charts| Companies/Links| Conferences| How A Fuel Cell Works | Patents|
| Types of Fuel Cells | The Basics | Fuel Cell News | Basics on Hydrogen | Search |
 
*Stay Updated every week With a Free Subscription To "Inside The Industry"As Well as a Weekly Updated Patents Page
 
 Ion Power and PSU's Microbial fuel cell yields "practical" hydrogen

Publication Date:27-June-2005
10:47 AM US Eastern Timezone 
Source:Asia Intelligence Wire
Ion Power Inc and the Pennsylvannia State University have come up with a process that allows bacteria to generate four times as much hydrogen directly from biomass that can be produced by fermentation alone. 

The technology, which utilises a new electrically-assisted anaerobic microbial fuel cell (MFC), may capture hydrogen for fuel from renewable sources for clean transportation. 

It was discovered that by boosting the electrochemical potential in a fully anaerobic MFC circuit with a voltage of 250 mV or higher, bacteria are given enough energy to destroy the fermentation by-products at the anode. 

More than 95% of the acetate was used, with a concomitant recovery of 90% of the electrons as hydrogen gas in a fully oxygen-free cell.

~

 
© 1999 - 2005 FuelCellWorks.com All Rights Reserved.

1setstats1setstats11
setstats1setstatssetstatssetstatssetstatssetstats1setstatssetstatssetstats1setstats1setstats1setstats1setstats1setstats1setstats1setstats1setstats1setstats1setstats1