Microbial Fuel Cells - Tyt science

in a meeting of the american chemical society early last month researchers who is j craig interested headed by dr bridge her have reported that they've made significant progress over the past year and there's a velvet of a microbial fuel cell dr bridge christine had been working on a microbial fuel cell that can be used to clean city wastewater and generate enough electricity the planned around itself sewage that cleans itself now microbial fuel cells learn anything back in nineteen eleven english scientists were already publishing papers electricity generated by bacteria but we are making progress basically biological fuel cells use micro stu breakdown organic matter and generate electricity the process of the way these microtubule fuel cells work is you have to think or separated uh... the first to see old airtight and where antimicrob sisters their digestion generates electrons and croutons the electrons move along any resistor to the second chamber handy protons into the second chamber to remember uh... the second chamber isn't going to be here say the electrons improve times get in on for the air empress water with these microbial fuel cells still also to be able to recover energy from the cycle which could potentially allow the system to run on some power also with their current system they'll be able to remove about ninety seven percent of the organic matter and while that sounds like it's pretty clean it's not it's not anything you want to train in order to get water that's drinkable you generally need uh... at least ninety-nine point nine nine percent of the water to be disinfectants so they're still ways to get the researchers do believe that their microbial fuel cells will one day replaced some of the existing steps and water while wasteful treatment which would be pretty cool about a year ago they were creating microbial fuel cells are returning about two percent of these will energy into electricity and this year they've been able to increase that percentage took thirteen percent assemblies to go uh... as they need about twenty to twenty-five percent efficiency before they'll be producing enough energy so a conventional wastewater treatment plant threats up and just fit this uh... amount of energy context inaccurate sewer treatment plant consumes the same amount of power as ten thousand homes and that's obviously an estimate that still slava for city the only obvious benefits of savings money this kind of technology will be a boon for developing countries since the taken t_-bill elsewhere he brought in and stalled and uh... video modern sewage in water treatment for those who desperately needed right well hope you enjoy the story and he did please consider sharing it with all your friends positioning for two eighty and see what he sings