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Plant Microbial Fuel Cell for Plant Factory
Fuel Cell Powered Plant Factory
Agricultural Science
A micro plant factory coupled with an auxiliary fuel-cell power is established in our group. The goal is to harvest the power as well as recycle CO2 exhaust for use in the plant factory. In addition, we try to find the optimal mode of coupled operation of plant factory and fuel cell.
In a plant factory, the nutrient for vegetables is supplied by the flowing nutrient solution. However, such solution degrades after long term operations. We design and develop a plant microbial fuel cell suitable to the plant factory. The goal is not only to generate electricity but also to purify the nutrient solution with the fuel cell.
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