Residence time distribution in microbial fuel cell and its influence on COD removal with electricity generation

Biochemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 59-65

  Moon, Hyunsoo ^a,b   In, Seop Chang ^a   Jae, Kyung Jang ^a   Kim, Byung Hong ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b YANBIAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Bioprocess design; Mass transfer; Microbial fuel cell; Residence time distribution; Waste water treatment

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; GRAPHITE; MASS TRANSFER; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS;

BIOPROCESS DESIGN; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (COD) REMOVAL; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS (MFC); RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTION (RTD);

FUEL CELLS;

GRAPHITE;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ELECTRICITY; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 26044444072     PISSN: 1369703X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2005.02.010     Document Type: Article

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