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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2018
The Government of the United States of America, As Represented BY the Secretary of the Navy, Arlington, VA (US);
Jeffrey W. Book, Slidell, LA (US);
Leonard M. Tender, Bethesda, MD (US);
Joel P. Golden, Fort Washington, MD (US);
Andrew J. Quaid, New Orleans, LA (US);
Ian Martens, New Orleans, LA (US);
Abstract
A remotely-deployed benthic microbial fuel cell is provided, as well as a method for deploying the benthic microbial fuel cell. The remotely-deployed benthic microbial fuel cell has a mooring that includes a base unit, and a plurality of flukes mounted to a perimeter of a bottom portion of the base unit, the plurality of flukes being preconfigured to automatically move from a stored position to a deployed position. The benthic microbial fuel cell includes an anode that is mounted to the bottom portion of the base unit, and isolated from oxygenated water in an anoxic chamber by the plurality of flukes when in the deployed position. The benthic microbial fuel cell further includes a cathode that is attached to the base unit outside the anoxic chamber, where the cathode stays in oxygenated water when the remotely-deployed bottom mooring is deployed.