Electricity Generation Using Membrane-less Microbial Fuel Cell during Wastewater Treatment

Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 772-777

  DU, Zhuwei ^a   LI, Qinghai ^b   TONG, Meng ^a   LI, Shaohua ^a   LI, Haoran ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

membrane less; microbial fuel cell; wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CARBON; CELL MEMBRANES; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EFFLUENTS; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FUEL CELLS; GRAPHITE; GRAPHITE ELECTRODES; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; OXYGEN; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC); WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER RECYCLING; WATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

A STABLES; ACTIVATED SLUDGES; ARTIFICIAL WASTEWATERS; BACTERIAL STRAINS; BATCH MODES; CONTINUOUS MODES; CYCLIC VOLTAMMOGRAMS; ELECTRICITY GENERATIONS; ELECTRODE DISTANCES; FEEDING RATES; FORCED AERATIONS; PLANKTONIC MICROBES; POWER OUTPUTS; RUNNING IN; VOLTAGE OUTPUTS;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS;

EID: 56049085378     PISSN: 10049541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1004-9541(08)60154-8     Document Type: Article

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