CN101908633B - Plant-soil microbial fuel cell system - Google Patents

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CN101908633B
CN101908633B CN201010221820.5A CN201010221820A CN101908633B CN 101908633 B CN101908633 B CN 101908633B CN 201010221820 A CN201010221820 A CN 201010221820A CN 101908633 B CN101908633 B CN 101908633B
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The invention discloses a plant-soil microbial fuel cell system, which is low in cost, practical, effective and environment-friendly and combines electricity-generating microbes and plant photosynthesis. The system comprises an anode, a cathode, an external circuit connecting the anode and the cathode and plants, wherein the anode is arranged in soil around roots of the plants; and the cathode is arranged on the surface of the soil. In the system, organic matters generated by the plant photosynthesis and released to the roots serve as a fuel so that the problem of low electricity-generating efficiency caused by inhibiting effect of the organic matters on the electricity-generating microbes when the electricity-generating microbes take the organic matters in sewage as the fuel is solved. At the same time, the system takes plants as a provider of fuel, so that the recycling of energy of carbon fixation through the plants, secretion of the organic matters and energy generation is realized and green supply of the fuel is realized. Therefore, the system realizes both energy supply and environmental protection by organically combining the plants and the electricity-generating microbes in the soil.

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One kind of plant-edaphon fuel cell system
Technical field:
The invention belongs to the energy and restoration of the ecosystem field, be specifically related to a kind ofly through being the producer with the photosynthesis of plants, the electrogenesis microbe in the soil is plant-edaphon fuel cell system of consumer.
Background technology:
In order to satisfy the demand of the present social development of China, energy demand, environmental protection etc., various green electric power supply resources are arisen at the historic moment.Green electric power supply is meant the electric power of being produced by regenerative resource (non-fossil energies such as wind energy, solar energy, oceanic energy, geothermal energy, biomass energy, small power station); Producing electric power because of it is to utilize specific generating equipment, and the electric power that produces does not in this way produce in power generation process or seldom produces environmentally harmful excreta (like CO, CO 2Deng), and do not need consumption of fossil fuels, and saved the Limited resources deposit, help sustainable development (Xiong Ying, 2008 of environmental protection and national economy; The flood peak, 2008).But these green electric power supplies all have certain restriction for resource, require local water resource abundant (Lu Shibao, 2009) like small power station; Wind power generation is applicable to wind energy resources abundant area such as Xinjiang of China, the Inner Mongol; Geothermal energy resource is then concentrated and is distributed on southern Tibet, western Sichuan, west area, Yunnan (Gong Yulie, 2008); The biomass deposit that biomass power generation then need enrich, and consider that from its economy the electrogenesis scale is had certain requirement (Wu creates it, 2006).
Based on this, application demand has appearred in the novel power supply supply mode.As far back as 1910, the Britain botanist just placed platinum in the colibacillary nutrient solution as electrode, had successfully produced first bacterial cell in the world.1984, U.S. scientist designed a kind of bacterial cell that is used for spaceship, and the active matter of its electrode is from astronaut's the urine and the bacterium that lives. but bacterial cell generating efficiency at that time is lower.To late 1980s. the bacterium generating makes important progress; The Englishize scholar lets bacterium in battery pack, decompose molecule, produces electric energy to discharge the motion of electronics and anode, and they add some aromatic compound such as dyestuff as dilution in liquid glucose; Improve the ability of biosystem conveying electronic; But during the bacterium generating, also need in battery, constantly to inflate, and stir the mixture of inoculum and oxide.In theory, utilize this bacterial cell, every 100g sugar can obtain 1352930 coulombs electric energy, and its efficient can reach 40%, far above the efficient of the battery of present use, and also has 10 times potentiality to dig.As long as constantly insert in the battery and sugaredly just can obtain the 2A electric current, and can continue the several months long: utilize the bacterium electricity generating principle, people are conceiving and are setting up the bacterium power station; Such as, based on the inoculum in the square cube container of 10m, can set up the bacterium power station of a 1000kW; Per hour consumption sugar amount is 200kg; Though cost of electricity-generating is higher, this is a kind of environmentally safe " green " power station (Wu Zulin, 2005).But reality is present microbiological fuel cell is that fuel obtains maximum 1kW/m with single carbon source sodium acetate 3Power output, and with its power outputs lower (Li Lianhua, 2009) of complex compound such as beer waste water etc.And the pilot experiment that Rabaey (2008) etc. carry out is that to have studied volume be 1m to fuel with the beer waste water 3The ruuning situation of microbiological fuel cell; Exist problems such as corrosion and electrogenesis efficient are low during the course; And point out that in second domestic microbiological fuel cell meeting there is bigger problem in microbiological fuel cell as the method for waste water control, but can be used for producing hydrogen.
Plant carries out photosynthesis, fixation of C O through chlorophyll 2Synthetic carbohydrate.According to kind and the environmental condition of plant, nearly 60% the C that is fixed can be input to root.Research shows. 30%~40% root of soil organism sum from root secretion and death.Mainly contain: (1) carbohydrate, organic acid etc.; (2) polymeric carbohydrate and enzyme etc.; (3) cellular material of death; (4) gaseous matter such as ethene.Gransee (2001) etc. utilizes quartz sand to cultivate its water-soluble root secretion composition of corn research; Find that hydrocarbon accounts for 64%, amino acid and amino salt account for 22%, organic acid is 14%. in independent compound analysis, to learn; Hydrocarbon mainly is glucose, fructose and sucrose; Citric acid and butanedioic acid account for organic acid 80%; Mainly contain glutamic acid, aspartic acid and serine .Paynel discoveries such as (2001) in the amino acid, in clover and rye grass amino acid, find in the maximum .Aulakh research rice root secretion such as (2001) of serine and amion acetic acid ratio; Malic acid concentration is the highest in organic acid, secondly is tartaric acid, butanedioic acid citric acid and lactic acid.
Summary of the invention:
The plant that utilizes electrogenesis microbe and the photosynthesis of plant coupling-edaphon fuel cell system that the purpose of this invention is to provide a kind of with low cost, practicability and effectiveness, environmental protection.
Plant utilization solar energy carries out photosynthesis, absorbs CO 2, a part is wherein utilized by plant self, also has about 60% to be transferred to plant root by plant and to form the root compound.The present invention utilizes electrogenesis microbe in the soil as catalyst, and above-mentioned root compound oxidation is decomposed into CO 2, and in this process, generating electronics and proton, electronics passes to negative electrode through external circuit again through the anode electrode of anode; Proton passes to negative electrode through soil, and on this basis, proton and oxygen generate water; Form the loop, produce electric current, thereby realized the object of the invention.
Plant of the present invention-edaphon fuel cell system; Comprise anode electrode, cathode electrode and the external circuit that connects anode electrode and cathode electrode; It is characterized in that; Also comprise plant, described anode electrode places in the soil around the plant root, and described cathode electrode places soil surface.
Described plant is preferably energy grass.
Preferably, described cathode electrode lies against soil surface, the perpendicular placement of anode electrode.
The present invention utilize the plant absorbing justacrine to the organic matter of plant root as raw material, utilize electrogenesis microbe in the soil as catalyst, these organic matter decomposition of catalysis are carbon dioxide; And in this process, produce electronics and proton, and electronics passes to cathode electrode through anode electrode through external circuit, and proton is delivered to the cathode electrode of soil surface through soil; Need not proton and pass through film; And cathode electrode as electron acceptor, has reduced cost with airborne oxygen, and proton and oxygen generate water; Form the loop, thereby produce electric current.The present invention compares with conventional microbiological fuel cell; Have following beneficial effect: the present invention is a fuel with photosynthesis of plant production and the organic matter that is discharged into root mainly; When having avoided the electrogenesis microbe to be fuel with organic matter in the sewage; Organic inhibitory action to the electrogenesis microbe, thus the inefficient problem of electrogenesis caused.The present invention simultaneously realizes the energy recycling of the solid carbon of plant-secretion organic matter-electrogenesis with the plant supplier that acts as a fuel, and has realized the green supply of fuel.Therefore the present invention is through the organic coupling with electrogenesis microbe in plant and the soil; Realized the doulbe-sides' victory of energy resource supply and environmental protection; When particularly selecting energy grass as the supplier of electrogenesis microbiological oxidation raw material; Can when not influencing energy grass utilization results of energy, realize the recovery of electric energy, using energy source and environmental protection are effectively combined.
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Fig. 1 is the structural representation of plant of the present invention-edaphon fuel cell system;
Fig. 2 is anode electrode and the placement location sketch map of cathode electrode in the present embodiment 1;
Description of reference numerals: 1, anode electrode; 2, cathode electrode; 3, soil surface.
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Below be to further specify to of the present invention, rather than limitation of the present invention.
Embodiment 1:
As depicted in figs. 1 and 2; The plant of present embodiment-edaphon fuel cell system makes up (like Chinese pennisetum) based on the energy grass of cultivating; In all side soil of this energy grass roots portion, be provided with anode electrode 1 (ANODE), near the soil surface the energy grass 3, kept flat cathode electrode 2 (CATHODE), this cathode electrode 2 is exposed in the air; As shown in Figure 2, described anode electrode 1 (ANODE) is perpendicular to cathode electrode 2 (CATHODE).Anode electrode 1 (ANODE) is connected through external circuit with cathode electrode 2 (CATHODE), can be connected to load on the external circuit.After building, connect universal instrument, move this plant-edaphon fuel cell system, on external circuit, have voltage through detecting at external circuit.
The plant of present embodiment-edaphon operation of fuel cell system principle is such, and the energy grass of cultivation utilizes solar energy, and absorbing carbon dioxide is emitted oxygen; Synthesis of organic substance matter, wherein a part of organic substance is discharged into plant root, and the microbe in the soil of plant root is decomposed these organic substances; Produce carbon dioxide, in this process, also produced electronics and proton, electronics is through anode; Arrive negative electrode through external circuit, and proton arrives negative electrode through soil, negative electrode with oxygen as electron acceptor; Proton and oxygen generate water, form the loop therefrom, produce electric current.

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1. one kind of plant-edaphon fuel cell system comprises anode electrode, cathode electrode and the external circuit that connects anode electrode and cathode electrode, it is characterized in that; Also comprise plant, described anode electrode places in the soil around the plant root, and described cathode electrode places soil surface; The organic matter that utilizes photosynthesis of plant production and be discharged into root acts as a fuel, and utilizes the electrogenesis microbe that contains in the soil as catalyst, decomposes organic; Produce electronics and proton, electronics passes to cathode electrode through anode electrode through external circuit, and proton is delivered to the cathode electrode of soil surface through soil; Need not proton through film, form the loop, produce electric current.
2. plant according to claim 1-edaphon fuel cell system is characterized in that, described plant is an energy grass.
3. plant according to claim 1 and 2-edaphon fuel cell system is characterized in that described cathode electrode lies against soil surface, the perpendicular placement of anode electrode.
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