Iran scientists obtain electricity from microbes
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Mon, 22 Feb 2010 07:32:21 GMT
Researchers at Iran's National Center for Oceanography
(INCO) have produced electricity by a class of energy-
producing microbes living deep in the sea.
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The INCO has made the country 14th to access the technology
and go green in terms of energy generation.
"Such microbes can convert organic matter into electrical
energy. Iranian researchers built a simple battery to
collect the electricity generated by the micro-organic
creatures," said Peyman Eqtesadi head of biological
researches group in INCO.
"The microbes were responsible for generating electricity.
Iranian researchers have designed and produced special cells
to harvest ocean energy," Eqtesadi told IRNA.
The microorganisms break down the large organic molecules in
the mud into acetate. They transfer electrons from the
acetate molecules to the graphite electrode, generating a
current.
"The cells are placed in Chabahar Bay, located northern
Indian Ocean. The technology also aims clean the environment
by decomposing and disintegrating pollutants during the
electricity generating process," he said.
Electricity-generating bacteria have attracted intensive
studies in recent years as an important resource for energy
generation.
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