Landfill leachate treatment with microbial fuel cells; scale-up through plurality

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 100, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 5085-5091

  Gálvez, Antonia ^a   Greenman, John ^b   Ieropoulos, Ioannis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Landfill leachate treatment; Microbial fuel cells; Multiple columns; System scale up

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODE SURFACE AREA; FEED LINE; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; LANDFILL LEACHATE; LANDFILL LEACHATE TREATMENT; LEACHATE; MULTIPLE COLUMNS; POWER OUT PUT; RECIRCULATION; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SCALE-UP; SYSTEM SCALE-UP;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CELL MEMBRANES; FUEL CELLS; LEACHING; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; REMOVAL;

LEACHATE TREATMENT;

EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRODE; FUEL CELL; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; RETENTION; SURFACE AREA; WASTE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ELECTRODE; LANDFILL LEACHATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALE UP; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA; BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODES; MICROFLUIDICS; OXYGEN; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 67650245046     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2009.05.061     Document Type: Article

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