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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2020
Filed:
May. 25, 2017
Method and apparatus for bio-electrically generating power from organic ingredients of a waste water
Eisenhuth Gmbh & Co. KG, Osterode, DE;
Clausthaler Umwelttechnikinstitut Gmbh (Cutec-institut), Clausthal-Zellerfeld, DE;
Ulrich Kunz, Osterode, DE;
Michael Sievers, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, DE;
Ulrich Kunz, Osterode, DE;
Thorsten Hickmann, Osterode, DE;
EISENHUTH GMBH & CO. KG, Osterode, DE;
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET CLAUSTHAL, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, DE;
Abstract
For bio-electrically generating electric power from organic ingredients of a waste water flowing in a flow direction, an anode is immersed in the waste water in a first spatial area, and oxygen is supplied to a cathode which is electrically connected to the anode and arranged in a second spatial area delimited from the first spatial area by means of a proton-permeable membrane. A voltage between the anode and the cathode is increased by a DC/DC converter located at the anode and the cathode, and a further voltage between a further anode in said or a further first spatial area and a further cathode in said or a further second spatial area is increased by a further DC/DC converter located at the further anode and the further cathode. A DC voltage link is charged with the DC/DC converter and the further DC/DC converter connected in parallel to the DC voltage link.