小型化土壤微生物燃料电池电信号放大电路的设计与运行

为了提高对小型化的土壤微生物燃料电池(microbial fuel cells,MFCs)产电信号的检测能力,构建了采用加Cu~(2+)处理土壤进行产电的小型化单室MFCs,并设计和制作了基于集成运算的信号放大器,设计放大倍数100倍。将信号放大器与MFCs连接后,采用数据采集卡连续记录土壤产电的原始电压以及放大后的电压。结果显示,土壤产电电压在4 mV附近波动,而放大后的电压升至400 mV左右。统计显示原始电压与放大后的电压相关性达到极显著水平(P0.001)。同时还发现,并非每个电压数值都严格放大100倍,而是倍率存在5%的误差,原因主要在于集成运算放大芯片存在失调误差和温度漂移误差。本研究为实现小型化MFCs产电信号的检测提供了依据。

Design and Operation of Amplification Circuit for Electrical Signals Generated by Small-scale Soil Microbial Fuel Cells

A small-scale microbial fuel cells (MFCs) using Cu²⁺ spiked soil was constructed and connected with an integrated operational amplifiers designed and produced with a designed amplification of 100 times to improve the ability to detect the electrical signal generated, then a data collector was used to recorded both the original and amplified voltage data generated by soil. The results showed that the original voltage data fluctuated around 4 mV and the amplified voltage data around 400 mV. The statistical analysis revealed that the correlation reached an extremely significant level between the original and amplified voltage data (P<0.001). It is noticeable that not all of the original data were amplified by 100 times strictly, instead there was a 5% error, which was attributed to the offset error and temperature drift error of the integrated operational chips. This study provided a reference in detecting electrical signals generated by small scale MFCs.