Nitrifying biocathode enables effective electricity generation and sustainable wastewater treatment with microbial fuel cell

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1803-1808

  Tran, Hung Thuan ^a   Kim, Dae Hee ^a   Oh, Se Jin ^a   Rasool, Kashif ^a   Park, Doo Hyun ^b   Zhang, Rui Hong ^c   Ahn, Dae Hee ^a  

^a Myong Ji University   (South Korea)

^b Seokyeong University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Microbial fuel cell; Nitrification; Nitrifying biocathode

Indexed keywords

BIOCATHODES; BIOTIC CONDITIONS; CARBON REMOVAL; CATHODE CHAMBERS; CELL VOLTAGES; COD REMOVAL EFFICIENCY; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; MAXIMUM POWER DENSITY; NITRIFYING BIOCATHODE; NITRIFYING BIOMASS; ORGANICS REMOVAL; POLARIZATION CURVES; VOLTAGE OUTPUT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOCHEMICAL FUEL CELLS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DENITRIFICATION; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN REMOVAL; OXIDATION; RETROFITTING; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS;

AMMONIA; CARBON; NITRATE; NITROGEN; NITRITE;

ALKALINITY; AMMONIUM; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRODE; FUEL CELL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITRATE; NITRIFICATION; ORGANIC MATTER; POLARIZATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SUSTAINABILITY; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRICITY; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; NITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; BACTERIUM; BIOENERGY; BIOREACTOR; ENERGY CONSERVATION; INSTRUMENTATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA; BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; BIOREACTORS; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; NITRITES; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 67651214273     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2009.209     Document Type: Article

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