Electricity generation from corn steepwater using microbial fuel cell technology

Huanjing Kexue/Environmental Science

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 563-567

  Lu, Na ^a,b   Zhou, Shun Gui ^b   Zhang, Jin Tao ^a,b   Ni, Jin Ren ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGDONG INSTITUTE OF ECO ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOIL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Assembly membrane electrode; Corn steepwater; Microbial fuel cell(MFC); Power generation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; BIOREACTOR; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MAIZE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; SEWAGE; DEVICES; PROCEDURES;

BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; BIOREACTORS; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; ELECTRICITY; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 61349193115     PISSN: 02503301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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