Increased power generation in a continuous flow MFC with advective flow through the porous anode and reduced electrode spacing

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2426-2432

  Cheng, Shaoan ^a   Liu, Hong ^a   Logan, Bruce E ^a,b  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODES; CHEMICAL REACTORS; GLUCOSE; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); POROUS MATERIALS; POWER GENERATION;

ADVECTIVE FLOW; CLOGGING; ELECTRODE SPACING; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS (MFC);

FUEL CELLS;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GLUCOSE;

ANODES; CHEMICAL REACTORS; FUEL CELLS; GLUCOSE; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); POROUS MATERIALS; POWER GENERATION;

ADVECTION; ELECTRODE; GLUCOSE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POWER GENERATION; SPACING; SUBSTRATE; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ELECTRODE; FED BATCH REACTOR; FLOW RATE; NONHUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES;

EID: 33645761181     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es051652w     Document Type: Article

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