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access icon free Integrated power converter design for bioturbation resilience in multi-anode microbial fuel cells

  • Author(s): Ridvan Umaz 1, 2  and  Lei Wang 2
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  • Source: Volume 13, Issue 8, November 2019, p. 1142 – 1151
    DOI:  10.1049/iet-cds.2018.5566 , Print ISSN 1751-858X, Online ISSN 1751-8598
© The Institution of Engineering and Technology
Received 13/11/2018, Accepted 02/07/2019, Published 12/07/2019

Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are an important renewable energy source for underwater sensors. However, bioturbation problems cause short circuits in MFCs. Using distributed multiple anodes can effectively solve this problem. This paper presents a new power converter design that automatically detects the impaired anodes and disconnects them from the rest of the system for better energy efficiency and robustness. The evaluation was made by using 90 nm CMOS technology. The proposed power converter provides 42% more end-to-end efficiency than conventional design under the worst-case scenario.

Inspec keywords: power convertors; electrochemical electrodes; renewable energy sources; microbial fuel cells

Other keywords: integrated power converter design; multiple anodes; multianode microbial fuel cells; bioturbation resilience; end-to-end efficiency; size 90.0 nm; 90 nm CMOS technology; impaired anodes; robustness; important renewable energy source; bioturbation problems; underwater sensors; energy efficiency

Subjects: Fuel cells; Fuel cells; Electrochemistry and electrophoresis; Sensing devices and transducers; CMOS integrated circuits

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