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Table 1 Total internal resistances in Ω.m2membrane and Ω.m3reactor volume of P-MFC 1 and 2 (flat-plate) and P-MFC (tubular) of Timmers et al. 2012 [[14]]

From: The flat-plate plant-microbial fuel cell: the effect of a new design on internal resistances

 

Time-step polarization curve (min)

Current density (mA/m2)

Total internal resistance (Ωm2)

Total internal resistance (Ωm3)

P-MFC 1 top

10

58

1.4

0.03

P-MFC 1 top

10

169

2.4

0.05

P-MFC 2 top

10

54

2.4

0.05

P-MFC 2 top

10

143

3.1

0.06

P-MFC 1 middle

10

44

2.4

0.05

P-MFC 1 middle

10

91

4.2

0.08

P-MFC 2 middle

10

54

2.3

0.05

P-MFC 2 middle

10

143

3.0

0.06

P-MFC 1 bottom

10

29

3.5

0.07

P-MFC 1 bottom

10

33

9.7

0.19

P-MFC 2 bottom

10

68

1.4

0.03

P-MFC 2 bottom

10

295

1.3

0.03

Timmers et al. tubular

5

70

0.8

0.24

Timmers et al. tubular

5

1800

0.2

0.06

Timmers et al. Tubular

60

200

0.3

0.09

Timmers et al. Tubular

60

900

0.6

0.17

  1. Numbers of Timmers et al. were estimated from figures.