Phillips Neil, Adamatzky Andrew, Mayne Richard
Unconventional Computing Centre, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK.
Unconventional Computing Centre, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK.
Biosystems. 2017 Mar-Apr;153-154:1-5. doi: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2017.01.002. Epub 2017 Feb 3.
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.
生态建筑与绿色能源是应用科学的热门话题。它们旨在开发与环境共生、与居住者和谐共处的建筑。一个最终目标是使建筑物中的每个单元都能够产生能源。我们展示了在改性加气混凝土砌块中产生电能的范围界定及具有一定说明性的实验结果。这些砌块在现代建筑行业中常用，因此是“内置”微生物生物反应器的理想候选材料。我们在砌块中填充牛奶，以评估巴氏杀菌牛奶的发电潜力，并研究富含微生物的中等营养培养基的发电潜力。我们评估了使用被本地微生物群落定殖的生物反应器的实用性。
