PKL (Bryophyllum pinnatum) electricity for practical utilization

Renewable Energy

A study of 1 kw PKL power plant set-up for practical utilization in Bangladesh has been conducted at the marsh power technology limited in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It has been designed and fabricated for 1 kw PKL mini power plant for feasibility study. The electrical and chemical characteristics have been studied. The dynamic method was applied during 1kw electricity generation period. A small PKL converter was used as an indicator. The pH meter was also used for the measurement of pH of PKL filtered juice during electricity production. The calibrated multi meters were used to measure the other electrical characteristics like internal resistance, voltage regulation, energy efficiency, pulse performance, capacity, self discharge characteristics, and discharge characteristics with load, energy density, power density and temperature effect. To measure the different performances of the device SEM has been used to study the morphological change of the electrodes. GC-MS has been used to identify the Hydrogen and Methane gas. AAS has been used to detect the metal ions in the electrolytes. Different parameters like conversion efficiency, voltage regulation, internal resistance, capacity, pulse performance, temperature effect, self discharge characteristics, dis-charge characteristics with load, energy density and power density have studied with the variation of time duration, pH, product and reactant ion concentrations. Finally, the longevity of the PKL filtered juice and Electrodes have been studied. Most of the results have been tabulated and graphically discussed

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