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8124259 |
Enhanced electrical contact to microbes in microbial fuel cells
A microbial fuel cell (100) includes an anode compartment (110) including an anode (115) and anolyte (120). The anolyte (120) comprises a plurality of in-vivo cells (125) mixed with a plurality of...
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8048547 |
Biological fuel cells with nanoporous membranes
A fuel cell comprising an anode chamber, a cathode chamber, and a nanoporous membrane between the anode chamber and the cathode chamber, wherein the nanoporous membrane sequesters and isolates a...
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8012632 |
Microbial fuel cell and method of use
A microbial fuel cell comprising a cathode module, an anode module, a means for feeding source water to the anode module, and a means for feeling air to the source water after said anode module,...
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7976968 |
Microbial fuel cell with flexible substrate and micro-pillar structure
A microbial fuel cell includes a bio-compatible body having a micro-pillar structure defining an anode compartment adapted to contain a catalyst that metabolizes glucose to generate electrons and...
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7955741 |
Fuel cell, electronic device, movable body, power generation system, and congeneration system
A fuel cell which can directly extract electric power from a polysaccharide, such as starch, is provided. A fuel electrode is formed by immobilizing with an immobilizer, on an electrode comprised...
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7922878 |
Electrohydrogenic reactor for hydrogen gas production
A system for hydrogen gas generation is provided according to the present invention which includes a hydrogen gas electrode assembly including a first anode in electrical communication with a first...
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7816024 |
Power generation device utilizing living plant nutrients
A power generation device includes a gas producing section for the extraction and utilization of living plant nutrients to produce a hydrogen containing gas and a hydrogen utilizing section coupled...
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7807303 |
Microbial fuel cell and method
A microbial fuel cell includes a cell housing having first and second chambers. The first chamber is adapted for containing a fluid including a biomass. The second chamber is adapted for containing...
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7803477 |
Metallization of bacterial cellulose for electrical and electronic device manufacture
A method for the deposition of metals in bacterial cellulose and for the employment of the metallized bacterial cellulose in the construction of fuel cells and other electronic devices is...
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7767323 |
Microbial fuel cell
A modified microbial fuel cell with a halogen salt or salt water oxidizer. The fuel cell is a batch cell, but flow-through cell embodiments are also envisioned. The cathode and anode are separated...
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7749727 |
Generation of electropotential using bacterial culture
A device is described for the generation of electropotential by bacterial culture that contain magnetic inclusions. As these bacteria move within an aqueous conductive environment, the generated...
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7745023 |
Structured material for the production of hydrogen
The present invention provides composite biological devices that include biological material as an integral component thereof. The devices can be used for producing hydrogen gas, for example.
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7727646 |
Fuel cell and method for depleting carbon dioxide
The invention concerns a fuel cell comprising an anode chamber, a cathode chamber and a cavity for the electrolytic space, as well as combustion gas supply conduits and carbon dioxide and water...
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7695834 |
Microbial fuel cell with improved anode
The present invention relates to a method for preparing a microbial fuel cell, wherein the method includes: (i) inoculating an anodic liquid medium in contact with an anode of the microbial fuel...
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7687161 |
Method for generating electricity
The present invention discloses a method of generating electricity which uses a new type of biofuel cell. The method is based on the microbial regeneration of the oxidant, ferric ions. The bio-fuel...
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7550224 |
Apparatus equipped with metallic manganese anode for generating power from voltage gradients at the sediment-water interface
An apparatus having a metallic manganese anode; a cathode capable of reducing at least one species found in marine water; and a rig coupled to the anode and the cathode capable of maintaining the...
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7544429 |
Membraneless and mediatorless microbial fuel cell
Disclosed is a mediator-less microbial fuel cell comprising a cathode compartment, an anode compartment, with or without glass wool and glass bead for separating the two compartments, an element...
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7510802 |
Multilayer ferritin array for bionanobattery
A thin-film electrode for a bio-nanobattery is produced by consecutively depositing arrays of a ferritin protein on a substrate, employing a spin self-assembly procedure. By this procedure, a first...
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7491453 |
Bio-electrochemically assisted microbial reactor that generates hydrogen gas and methods of generating hydrogen gas
Systems and processes for producing hydrogen using bacteria are described. One detailed process for producing hydrogen uses a system for producing hydrogen as described herein, the system including...
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7459223 |
Electrochemical methods for generation of a biological proton motive force
Disclosed are methods using neutral red to mediate the interconversion of chemical and electrical energy. Electrically reduced neutral red has been found to promote cell growth and formation of...
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7439047 |
Process for producing hydrogen
A process for producing hydrogen from bio-oxidisable material is disclosed herein. The process comprises the steps of—introducing the bio-oxidisable material into a reactor provided with an anode a...
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7410709 |
Bio-battery
A bio-battery includes a biomolecular energy source, a first electrode and a second electrode. In some configurations, a bio-battery may also include a first cell containing the first electrode and...
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7384701 |
Biocatalytic direct alcohol fuel cell
The invention relates to a biocatalytic direct alcohol fuel cell comprising an anode chamber, one or more cathode chambers, and an ion exchange membrane between the chambers. The anode chamber...
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7368190 |
Miniature biological fuel cell that is operational under physiological conditions, and associated devices and methods
A fuel cell is provided with an anode and a cathode. The anode is in electrical communication with an anode enzyme and the cathode is in electrical communication with a cathode enzyme. The anode...
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7258938 |
Polymer electrolyte fuel cell
A polymer electrolyte fuel cell includes a housing provided with an anode-side supply inlet for supplying a material for fuel, an anode and a cathode accommodated in the housing to sandwich a...
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7238442 |
Biological fuel cell and methods
A fuel cell has an anode and a cathode with anode enzyme disposed on the anode and cathode enzyme is disposed on the cathode. The anode is configured and arranged to electrooxidize an anode...
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7160637 |
Implantable, miniaturized microbial fuel cell
A miniaturized microbial fuel cell is described deriving electrical power from the biological activity of microbes, typically the metabolism of glucose by baker's yeast. Microfabrication techniques...
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7018518 |
Biosensor carrying redox enzymes
The present invention concerns an electrode carrying immobilized redox enzymes such that electric charge can flow between an electron mediator group to the enzyme cofactor by the use of boronic...
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6986963 |
Metallization of bacterial cellulose for electrical and electronic device manufacture
The employment of metallized bacterial cellulose in the construction of fuel cells and other electronic devices is disclosed. The fuel cell includes an electrolyte membrane comprising a membrane...
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6972080 |
Electrochemical device for moving particles covered with protein
An electrochemical device for moving particles covered with a protein is provided. The device includes at least two electrodes that are in contact with a liquid containing the protein-covered...
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6970744 |
Bioenergy generator
A biogenerator, having a biomotor portion and a generator portion, suitable for use with, in and/or as an implantable device. A method of inducing an electromagnetic force in a coil using a biomotor.
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6929876 |
Septic battery
A system for recapturing electrical energy from a waste stream is disclosed. Further, features of the invention can be used to reduce the energy required for waste stream processing. Various energy...
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6921593 |
Fuel additives for fuel cell
A method of enhancing performance of liquid-type fuel cells by adding additives to the liquid fuel. For example, hemoglobin, surfactants, oxygen scavengers, and chelating agents, may be added to...
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6913854 |
Method and apparatus for generating power from voltage gradients at sediment-water interfaces
A method and apparatus for generating power from voltage gradients at sediment-water interfaces or within stratified euxinic water-columns is provided. Natural voltage gradients typically exist at...
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6890671 |
Fuel mixing control for fuel cell power plants operating on multiple fuels
Fuel mixing control arrangements are provided for fuel cell power plants (10) operating on multiple fuels (22, 24, 26). A fuel delivery system (16) supplies hydrogen-rich fuel (20) to the cell...
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6841281 |
Fuel cell system and microorganism inhibiting method
A fuel cell system is provided with a fuel cell, a fuel gas supply line supplying fuel gas to the fuel cell, an oxidizing gas supply line supplying oxidizing gas to the fuel cell, a circulation...
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6784359 |
Apparatus and method for the design and manufacture of foldable integrated device array stiffeners
The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for the design and manufacture of foldable integrated stiffeners. These stiffeners may be used in, for example, thin-film arrays of...
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6686075 |
Process for producing electrical energy with the aid of a fuel cell
A process for producing electrical energy with the aid of a fuel cell, which includes the steps of reforming an organic fuel, removing carbon monoxide from the reformate, and reacting the hydrogen...
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6500571 |
Enzymatic fuel cell
Provided is a fuel cell comprising a first compartment, a second compartment and a barrier separating the first and second compartments, wherein the barrier comprises a proton transporting moiety.
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6294281 |
Biological fuel cell and method
A fuel cell has an anode and a cathode with anode enzyme disposed on the anode and cathode enzyme is disposed on the cathode. The anode is configured and arranged to electrooxidize an anode...
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6074769 |
Method of generating electric energy from regenerative biomass
The invention concerns a method of generating electrical energy from biomass which is produced in a biomass-production module. The biomass is gassified in a reformer module to form a hydrogenous...
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5976719 |
Mediator-less biofuel cell
The present invention provides a biofuel cell which can react with an electrode without mediator. The microorganism of a biofuel cell according to the present invention can directly consume the...
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5811207 |
Charge exchange body with large active surface and a method for manufacture thereof
The invention relates to a charge exchange body with a large active surface as well as the method for its manufacture. The porous supporting structure of the charge exchange body is made of...
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5736026 |
Biomass-fuel cell cogeneration apparatus and method
Integrated ethanol manufacturing by fermentation of biomass, with an electrical fuel cell generator of electrical and heat energy, the cogeneration including use by the fuel cell of the alcohol,...
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5712053 |
Biochemically-powered self-exciting electric power source
Biochemically-powered self-exciting electric power source including, inside a container for containing an electrolyte, an anode which is coated with a biochemical compound, a first electrode, and a...
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5707762 |
Modular power plant for the generation of electrical energy from solar energy
A modular plant for the generation of electrical energy from solar energy. The principle structure consists of a conversion module (1) for the conversion of solar energy into biological raw...
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5702835 |
Sewage sludge compost battery
Sewage Sludge Compost Batteries utilize Sewage Sludge Compost for electrical energy production. This is generated by biological oxidation/reduction reactions. By composting the sewage sludge, the...
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4652501 |
Operation of microbial fuel cells
In operation of a microbial fuel cell it has been found that improved efficiency results if the microbes are kept `hungry`, i.e. the cell is run under conditions of fuel supply and load such that...
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4294891 |
Intermittently refuelable implantable bio-oxidant fuel cell
An implantable biologically acceptable miniature fuel cell that is intermittently refuelable through one or more percutaneously positioned refueling ports. Refueling occurs by injection, preferably...
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4117202 |
Solar powered biological fuel cell
A solar powered biological fuel cell is provided which is capable of generating a direct electric current in response to incident solar energy. The cell includes a suspension of mesophyll cells...
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