Electron fluxes in a microbial fuel cell performing carbon and nitrogen removal

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 5144-5149

  Virdis, Bernardino ^a,b   Rabaey, Korneel ^a   Yuan, Zhiguo ^a   Rozendal, René A ^a   Keller, Jürg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BATCH EXPERIMENTS; CARBON AND NITROGEN; CATHODIC POTENTIALS; CLOSED CIRCUIT; CONTINUOUS FEEDING; COULOMBIC EFFICIENCY; DENITRIFICATION PROCESS; ELECTROCHEMICAL MONITORING; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; ELECTRON FLUX; ELECTRON LOSS; METHANOGENESIS; NITROUS OXIDE; OFF-GAS ANALYSIS; OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; OXIDATION CAPACITY;

BIOMASS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FUEL CELLS; METHANE; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; NITROGEN OXIDES; NITROGEN REMOVAL; TITRATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ELECTRONS;

ACETIC ACID; CARBON; METHANE; NITRATE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE;

CARBON; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FUEL CELL; METHANOGENESIS; MONITORING; NITROGEN; REDUCTION; SENSOR;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CARBON REMOVAL; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DENITRIFICATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FEEDING; GAS ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; MICROORGANISM; NITROGEN REMOVAL; OXIDATION; TITRIMETRY; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

ACETATES; BIOREACTORS; CARBON; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; ELECTRONS; GASES; METHANE; NITRATES; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; TIME FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 67649946783     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es8036302     Document Type: Article

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