Floating-type microbial fuel cell (FT-MFC) for treating organic-contaminated water

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1642-1647

  An, Junyeong ^a   Kim, Daehee ^a   Chun, Youngpil ^a   Lee, Soo Jin ^a   Ng, How Y ^b   Chang, In Seop ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; BATCH OPERATIONS; BREWERY WASTEWATERS; CATHODE OPERATIONS; CHEMICAL-OXYGEN DEMANDS; CLOSED CIRCUITS; CONTAMINATED WATERS; CURRENT GENERATIONS; CURRENT PRODUCTIONS; FEEDING RATES; GROWTH OF BACTERIA; IN-SITU; MAXIMUM CURRENT DENSITIES; MAXIMUM POWER DENSITIES; NATURAL AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; OPEN CIRCUITS; ORGANIC MATERIALS; WATER SURFACES;

ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FUEL CELLS; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; OXYGEN; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER RECYCLING;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND;

PEROXIDE;

FUEL CELL; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT;

AERATION; ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL SYSTEM; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

AIR; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODES; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; OXYGEN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 64349098692     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es8024337     Document Type: Article

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