Electricity generation from bio-treatment of sewage sludge with microbial fuel cell

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 100, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 5808-5812

  Jiang, Junqiu ^a   Zhao, Qingliang ^a   Zhang, Jinna ^a   Zhang, Guodong ^a   Lee, Duu Jong ^b  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Microbial fuel cells (MFCs); Power density; Sludge; TCOD removal efficiency; Ultrasonication

Indexed keywords

BIOTREATMENTS; ELECTRICAL POWER; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; GENERATE ELECTRICITY; ORGANIC MATTER; POTASSIUM FERRICYANIDE; POWER DENSITY; POWER OUT PUT; PROCESS PARAMETERS; REMOVAL RATE; SLUDGE; SOLUBLE CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMANDS; SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATIONS; TCOD REMOVAL EFFICIENCY; ULTRASONIC PRETREATMENT; ULTRASONICATION;

CELL MEMBRANES; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DISSOLUTION; FUEL CELLS; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN; POTASSIUM; REMOVAL; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS;

ORGANIC MATTER; POTASSIUM FERRICYANIDE;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; FUEL CELL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PARAMETERIZATION; REACTION KINETICS; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE; SUBSTRATE; ULTRASONICS;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICITY; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; PH; POWER SUPPLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE TREATMENT; ULTRASOUND; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; BIOREACTORS; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODES; ELECTRONS; FERRICYANIDES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICROBIOLOGY; OXYGEN; SEWAGE; SONICATION; ULTRASONICS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 68649111344     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2009.06.076     Document Type: Article

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