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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2013
Wayne P. Liu, San Diego, CA (US);
David Bartholomew Chadwick, San Diego, CA (US);
Kenneth E. Richter, San Diego, CA (US);
Adriane Q. Wotawa-bergen, San Diego, CA (US);
Jeffrey Asher Kagan, San Diego, CA (US);
Wayne P. Liu, San Diego, CA (US);
David Bartholomew Chadwick, San Diego, CA (US);
Kenneth E. Richter, San Diego, CA (US);
Adriane Q. Wotawa-Bergen, San Diego, CA (US);
Jeffrey Asher Kagan, San Diego, CA (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A microbial fuel cell comprising: a first cathode; at least two anodes electrically connected to each other and to the cathode in a reconfigurable manner; and a processor operatively coupled to the anodes and configured to monitor a parameter of each anode to determine if a given anode has been oxygen-contaminated, and further configured to convert an oxygen-contaminated anode into a second cathode by reconfiguring the electrical connections.