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Team 1: BIOVOLT

BIOVOLT aims to develop an economical and efficient microbial fuel cell design by improving existing models for higher output, easy assembly, and maintenance. The project focuses on metabolism, respiration, and electron transport to enhance electron deposition and proton exchange, with a goal of eco-friendly and cost-effective solutions.

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Team 1: BIOVOLT

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  1. Andrew Huizenga Lindsay Arnold Diane Esquivel Jeff Christians Team 1: BIOVOLT

  2. Project Overview • Develop an Economical Microbial Fuel Cell • Improve Upon Existing Designs • Increase maximum output • Easy assembly and maintenance • microbialfuelcell.org Overview Design Prototype Testing Obstacles Next Step

  3. Project Overview • Metabolism and respiration • Electron transport (ET) • Facilitate ET by providing anode where electrons can be deposited • Proton exchange membrane • Oxygen is reduced at cathode • Some bacteria are “better” at this than others

  4. Project Overview • microbialfuelcell.org

  5. Design Norms • Transparency • Intuitive • Easy maintenance • Stewardship • Cost effective • Eco-friendly • Cultural Appropriateness • Attainable ingredients Overview Design Prototype Testing Obstacles Next Step

  6. DesignDecisions Final Prototype Architecture • Pump system • Cultural Appropriateness • Filter • Transparency • Media Storage Chamber Small Research Prototypes • Optimization • Ease of testing • Multiple, simultaneous experiments Overview Design Prototype Testing Obstacles Next Step

  7. Final Prototype Overview Design Prototype Testing Obstacles Next Step

  8. Research Prototype • Simplified components • Agar vs. proton exchange membrane (PEM) • No pump or filter • Ease of reproducing and testing • Easy to dump and refill • Multiple experiments • Optimization Overview Design Prototype Testing Obstacles Next Step

  9. Testing • Learned anaerobic & sterile procedures • Media substitution experiments • Bacterial growth kinetics experiment Overview Design Prototype Testing Obstacles Next Step

  10. Obstacles • Output control • Over budget • Quick and easy research prototypes Overview Design Prototype Testing Obstacles Next Step

  11. NextStep • Optimizing research prototypes • Test robustness of bacteria • ‘Kitchen’ friendly measurements • Order parts for final prototype Overview Design Prototype Testing Obstacles Next Step

  12. Questions?

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