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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2006
Dimitre Gueorguiev Karamanev, London, CA;
Vassili Porfirievich Glibin, London, CA;
Peter Vassilev Dobreff, London, CA;
Dimitre Gueorguiev Karamanev, London, CA;
Vassili Porfirievich Glibin, London, CA;
Peter Vassilev Dobreff, London, CA;
The University of Western Ontario, London, CA;
Abstract
The present invention discloses a fuel cell bioreactor, based on the microbial regeneration of the oxidant, ferric ions and on the cathodic reduction of ferric to ferrous ions, coupled with the microbial regeneration of ferric ions by the oxidation of ferrous ions, with fuel (such as hydrogen) oxidation on the anode. The microbial regeneration of ferric ions is achieved by iron-oxidizing microorganisms such as. Electrical generation is coupled with the consumption of carbon dioxide from atmosphere and its transformation into microbial cells, which can be used as a single-cell protein.