This webpage aims to help someone to build a microbial fuel cell (MFC) using relatively inexpensive and readily available materials. The method is based on the microbial fuel cells built by Abbie Groff, a student at Conestoga Valley High School in Lancaster, PA. The research she performed with her MFCs helped her win the Grand Champion Award at the 2005 Lancaster County Science Fair. More information about her research can be found on her website.

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Newspaper releases and tutorials

Identification of Benthic Microbes Utilizing Bioremediation and Microbial Fuel Cells, Abbie Groff, Conastoga Valley High School,  Newspaper release - pdf (295 kb). Abbie won the Lancaster county grand prize for her project.

Harvesting Energy from Wastewater in a 2-Chamber Microbial Fuel Cell - pdf (442 kb), Sikandar Porter-Gill, Gaithersburg High School

Design of a Single Chamber Microbial Fuel Cell - pdf (1.40 mb), Eric A. Zielke, Humboldt State University

Probabilistic Analysis of a Monod-type equation by use of a single chamber Microbial Fuel Cell - pdf (374kb), Eric A. Zielke, Humboldt State University

Application of Microbial Fuel Cell technology for a Waste Water Treatment Alternative - pdf (1021kb), Eric A. Zielke, Humboldt State University

Thermodynamic Analysis of s single chamber Microbial Fuel Cell - pdf (707kb), Eric A. Zielke, Humboldt State University

Numerical Analysis of a one dimensional Diffusion Equation for a single chamber Microbial Fuel Cell using a Linked Simulation Optimization (LSO) technique - pdf (924), Eric A. Zielke, Humboldt State University

Pictures

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