Dr Neil Phillips Neil.Phillips@uwe.ac.uk
Research Fellow in Fungal Analog Electronics
What if houses were powered by milk?
Phillips, Neil; Adamatzky, Andrew; Mayne, Richard
Authors
Andrew Adamatzky Andrew.Adamatzky@uwe.ac.uk
Professor
Richard Mayne Richard.Mayne@uwe.ac.uk
Lecturer in Maths Supporting Science
Abstract
© 2017 Elsevier B.V. Living architectures and green energy are hot topics of the applied sciences. They aim to develop buildings that co-live with their environment and co-habit with people they house. An ultimate goal would be to make every block in a building capable of producing energy. We present results of scoping, and somewhat illustrative, experiments on generating electrical energy in modified aerated concrete blocks. These blocks are commonly used in modern building industry and therefore make an ideal candidate for ‘inbuilt’ microbial bio-reactors. We fill the blocks with milk to evaluate electro-generation potential of a pasteurised milk and to study power generating potential of the medium nutrient rich for micro-organisms. We assess the practicality of using bio-reactors which become colonised by local micro-flora.
Citation
Phillips, N., Adamatzky, A., & Mayne, R. (2017). What if houses were powered by milk?. BioSystems, 153-154, 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biosystems.2017.01.002
Journal Article Type | Article |
---|---|
Acceptance Date | Jan 31, 2017 |
Online Publication Date | Feb 3, 2017 |
Publication Date | Mar 1, 2017 |
Deposit Date | Apr 26, 2017 |
Publicly Available Date | Feb 3, 2018 |
Journal | BioSystems |
Print ISSN | 0303-2647 |
Electronic ISSN | 1872-8324 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 153-154 |
Pages | 1-5 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biosystems.2017.01.002 |
Keywords | living architectures |
Public URL | https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/888879 |
Publisher URL | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biosystems.2017.01.002 |
Files
Milk_MFC.pdf
(5.7 Mb)
PDF
You might also like
Learning in colloids: Synapse-like ZnO + DMSO colloid
(2023)
Journal Article
Author correction: Kombucha electronics: Electronic circuits on kombucha mats
(2023)
Journal Article
Kombucha electronics: Electronic circuits on kombucha mats
(2023)
Journal Article
Propagation of electrical signals by fungi
(2023)
Journal Article
Transfer functions of proteinoid microspheres
(2023)
Journal Article
Downloadable Citations
About UWE Bristol Research Repository
Administrator e-mail: repository@uwe.ac.uk
This application uses the following open-source libraries:
SheetJS Community Edition
Apache License Version 2.0 (http://www.apache.org/licenses/)
PDF.js
Apache License Version 2.0 (http://www.apache.org/licenses/)
Font Awesome
SIL OFL 1.1 (http://scripts.sil.org/OFL)
MIT License (http://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.html)
CC BY 3.0 ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)
Powered by Worktribe © 2024
Advanced Search