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Adriel Latorre-Pérez1, Cristina Vilanova1, José J Alcaina2
1Darwin Bioprospecting Excellence SL, Paterna, Spain.
Abstract:
We have designed a thermoelectric heat exchanger (TEHE) for microbial fermentations that is able to produce electric power from a microbial continuous culture using the intrinsic heat generated by microbial growth. While the TEHE was connected, the system proved able to stably self-maintain both the temperature and the optical density of the culture. This paves the way toward a more sustainable operation of microbial fermentations, in which energy could be saved by converting part of the metabolic heat into usable electric power.
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