Multi-electrode microbial fuel cell with horizontal liquid flow

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 347-355

  Fedorovich, V ^a   Varfolomeev, S D ^b   Sizov, A ^b   Goryanin, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Artificial electron acceptor; Glycerol; Microbial fuel cell; Renewable energy source; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC SLUDGE; ANODIC ZONE; ARTIFICIAL ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; BIOELECTROCHEMICAL REACTORS; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; IRON PHTHALOCYANINES; LIQUID FLOW; MULTI-ELECTRODE; PLUG FLOW; POROUS GRAPHITE; REACTION ZONES; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; SIMULTANEOUS GENERATION; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS; VOLUMETRIC POWER;

CELL MEMBRANES; FATTY ACIDS; FUEL CELLS; GLYCEROL; GRAPHITE; GRAPHITE ELECTRODES; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; PALLADIUM; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER RECYCLING; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACETIC ACID; BIOFUEL; FERRIC ION; GLYCEROL; GRAPHITE; PALLADIUM; PHTHALOCYANINE; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

BIOTRANSFORMATION; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; ELECTRODE; FATTY ACID; FUEL CELL; PALLADIUM; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ANAEROBIC REACTOR; ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; BIOREACTOR; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DEGRADATION; DENSITY; ELECTRODE; INOCULATION; PLUG FLOW REACTOR; RENEWABLE ENERGY; SLUDGE; VOLUMETRY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ACETATES; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; BIOMASS; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GLYCEROL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 69749108686     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2009.139     Document Type: Article

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