US 11,932,565 B2
Scalable continuous flow microbial fuel cells
Orianna Bretschger, San Diego, CA (US); Sofia Malinova Babanova, San Diego, CA (US); Carlo Abraham Angulo Rodriguez, Lakeside, CA (US); Jaime Octavio García Cornejo, La Mesa, CA (US); Pedro Izarael Huerta Virgen, San Ysidro, CA (US); and Ryoji Naito, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to AQUACYCL, INC., Escondido, CA (US)
Filed by AQUACYCL, INC., Escondido, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/464,197.
Application 17/464,197 is a continuation of application No. 16/725,021, filed on Dec. 23, 2019, granted, now 11,117,819.
Application 16/725,021 is a continuation of application No. 16/457,455, filed on Jun. 28, 2019, granted, now 10,570,039, issued on Feb. 25, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/745,896, filed on Oct. 15, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/691,426, filed on Jun. 28, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0098068 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. C02F 3/00 (2023.01); H01M 8/16 (2006.01)
CPC C02F 3/005 (2013.01) [H01M 8/16 (2013.01); C02F 2201/007 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for energy generation and wastewater treatment, comprising:
a plurality of modular microbial fuel cell (MFC) devices to bioelectrochemically process wastewater by concurrently generating electrical energy and digesting organic contaminants and particulates in the wastewater to yield a treated water, each of the modular MFC devices comprising a housing and a bioelectrochemical reactor that is encased within the housing, wherein the bioelectrochemical reactor includes a plurality of anodes arranged between a cathode assembly including at least two cathodes separated on opposing sides of the plurality of anodes,
wherein the modular MFC devices of the plurality of modular MFC devices are configured in a series arranged among multiple planes along a vertical direction.