ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,049, issued on Dec. 30.
"Low flow microbial fuel cell and hydro-kinetic turbine" was invented by Yolanda Meriah Arias-Thode (San Diego), Alexander G. Stevens-Bracy (San Diego), Bashar Dhurgham Ameen (San Diego), Halah S. Ramzi (San Diego) and Matthew Lanford Bond (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is an underwater power generation system engineered for operation in a low-flow environment on a seafloor or riverbed. Features of the system include a hybrid Savonius C foil and Darrieus helical foil hydro-kinetic (HK) turbine for primary power generation and a microbial fuel cell (MFC) for secondary power gene...