From waste to energy: First experimental bacterial fuel cells onboard the International Space Station

Microgravity Science and Technology

Volumn 19, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 225-229

  De Vet, S J ^a,b   Rutgers, R ^c,d,e  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e BugNRG Science Team   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

(I ,J) CONDITIONS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOLOGICAL POINTS; FREE ELECTRONS; INNOVATIVE ENERGY SYSTEMS (CO); INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ITS); MANNED SPACE VEHICLES; MICRO-GRAVITY CONDITIONS; POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE; WASTE PRODUCTS; WASTE-TO-ENERGY (WTE);

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; ATOMS; CARBOHYDRATES; CELLS; DEPOSITS; DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ENERGY CONVERSION; FUEL CELLS; FUELS; GAS FUEL PURIFICATION; MANNED SPACE FLIGHT; MATERIALS HANDLING; MICROGRAVITY; MICROGRAVITY PROCESSING; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC); SOLID WASTES; SPACE STATIONS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

BACTERIOLOGY;

EID: 46149103165     PISSN: 09380108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02919487     Document Type: Article

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