Simultaneous sewage treatment and electricity generation in membrane-less microbial fuel cell

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-43

  Ghangrekar, M M ^a   Shinde, V B ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Electricity recovery; Membrane less microbial fuel cell; Sewage treatment

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANES; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FUEL CELLS; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; OXYGEN; REMOVAL; SEPTIC TANKS; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC); WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANAEROBIC SLUDGE; ANODE CHAMBERS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND REMOVAL; ELECTRICITY RECOVERY; ELECTRICITY-GENERATION; LONG-TERM PERFORMANCE; MAXIMUM POWER DENSITY; MEDIATOR-LESS; MEMBRANE-LESS MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; ORGANIC LOADING RATES; SYNTHETIC WASTEWATERS;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND;

ORGANIC MATTER;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; FUEL CELL; SEWAGE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MEMBRANE LESS MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE DIGESTION; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

AMMONIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; BIOREACTORS; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; OXYGEN; SEWAGE; SOLUBILITY; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 50249109052     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2008.339     Document Type: Article

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