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For the electricity to be useful, the eel would need to keep releasing it at a constant rate. It produces approximately 1 amp at 500v. An inverter to change the DC to AC. Due to the inconstant electric produced a stabilizer/regulator is connected to receive the AC power. The stabilizer removes the ripple and stabilizes the power to flow constantly.
It is suggested that energy-related electric eel biomimetics will greatly boost the development of next-generation high performance, green, and functional electronics. Keywords: electric eel biomimetic; electric eels; electrocytes; energy storage; ion selective membrane; power source; triboelectric nanogenerators. © 2023 Wiley‐VCH GmbH.
These surprising properties are the results of billions of years of evolution on the electrical biological structure and bulk, and now have triggered great research interest in electric eel biomimetics for designing innovated configurations and components of energy storage and conversion devices.
An inverter to change the DC to AC. Due to the inconstant electric produced a stabilizer/regulator is connected to receive the AC power. The stabilizer removes the ripple and stabilizes the power to flow constantly. The electric eel generate current when it locates it prey.
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Electric eels (NB: not technically eels — Electrophorus electricus hails from a group of creatures called knifefish) tend to favor muddy river bottoms and swamps, so they’re not particularly easy to net.
