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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2011
David B. Chadwick, San Diego, CA (US);
Adriane Q. Wotawa-bergen, San Diego, CA (US);
Jeffrey A. Kagan, San Diego, CA (US);
David B. Chadwick, San Diego, CA (US);
Adriane Q. Wotawa-Bergen, San Diego, CA (US);
Jeffrey A. Kagan, San Diego, CA (US);
The United States of America as represented by The Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A system for burying fabric cloth in marine sediment includes a sled having first and second ends and a partially open bottom surface proximate to the second end. A fabric deployer is coupled to and extended from the sled adjacent to the second end. A sediment disruption device resides opposite the fabric deployer and faces the first end. The fabric deployer is a tubular structure having a slot therein extending lengthwise along the tubular structure facing away from the first end. A fabric cloth is disposed on an axle within the tubular structure so a distal end of the cloth protrudes from the slot. An electronics package is releaseably secured adjacent to the second end by a release mechanism and to the end of the cloth by a tether. A cathode may be connected to the electronics package, forming, with a buried fabric cloth anode, a microbial fuel cell.