Several methods can be employed to harvest it — for example, engineers can extract methane through anaerobic (oxygen - free) digestion, or produce
electricity using microbial fuel cells.
Not exact matches
We could make small - scale
microbial fuel cells that
use human waste to make drinking water,
electricity, or both.
Haddad, Martha Grade: 8 Saint Joseph School - Danbury, CT Project Title: Converting Waste into
Electricity Using Efficient
Microbial Fuel Cells
He
used Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs) and found what design and conditions work best for generating
electricity.
The partners have built a urinal that produces
electricity from pee
using a
microbial fuel cell.
Right now, students and staff at the university are being asked to
use the urinal to add «fuel» to the
microbial fuel cell stacks, which are generating
electricity for indoor lighting at the student union.
A
microbial fuel cell
uses the electrons that are released from bacteria as they feed on organic waste to produce
electricity.
However, even that can be avoided by
using the wet biomass processes, hydrothermal liquification for biodiesel or
microbial fuel - cells for
electricity, for example.