Maximum power point tracking to increase the power production and treatment efficiency of a continuously operated flat-plate microbial fuel cell

Young Eun Song; Hitesh C. Boghani; Hong Suck Kim; Byung Goon Kim; Taeho Lee; Byong Hun Jeon; Giuliano C. Premier; Jung Rae Kim

doi:10.1002/ente.201600191

Maximum power point tracking to increase the power production and treatment efficiency of a continuously operated flat-plate microbial fuel cell

Young Eun Song, Hitesh C. Boghani, Hong Suck Kim, Byung Goon Kim, Taeho Lee, Byong Hun Jeon, Giuliano C. Premier, Jung Rae Kim^*

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Abstract

A logic-based maximum power point tracking (MPPT) and LabVIEW interface for digitally controlled variable resistive load were developed and applied to a continuously operating flat-plate microbial fuel cell (FPM). The interaction between the designed MPPT algorithm and electrochemically active microbial performance on the electrode was demonstrated to track the maximal performance of FPM system. MPPT could dynamically derive the optimal performance from varied operating conditions of FPMs such as organic concentration, flow rate, and sampling interval, and produce a maximum power density of 88.0 W m⁻³. The results provide essential information to build an automatic control strategy to achieve the maximum performance from field scale microbial fuel cells for applications to sustainable bioenergy recovery from various biomass feedstocks.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1427-1434
Number of pages	8
Journal	Energy Technology
Volume	4
Issue number	11
Early online date	4 Aug 2016
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/ente.201600191
Publication status	Published - 1 Nov 2016

Keywords

anodes
bacteria
bioelectrochemical systems
microbial fuel cells
process optimization

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Energy(all)

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