Anaerobic microbial fuel cell yields'practical'hydrogen from biomass

摘要

USING a new electrically-assisted anaerobic microbial fuel cell(MFC),Pennsylvania State University environmental engineers and a scientist at Ion Power have developed a process that enables bacteria to produce four times as much hydrogen directly out of biomass than can be generated by fermentation alone.Earlier MFC research confirmed that bacteria in a conventional microbial solution can generate electricity when 'fed' with glucose,acetate or even organic wastewater.