Continuous electricity generation by a graphite granule baffled air-cathode microbial fuel cell

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 632-638

  Feng, Yujie ^a   Lee, He ^a   Wang, Xin ^a   Liu, Yaolan ^a   He, Weihua ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Anaerobic baffled reactor (ABR); Electrochemical impedance spectrometer (EIS); Microbial fuel cell (MFC); Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC BAFFLED REACTOR; ANAEROBIC BAFFLED REACTOR (ABR); CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND REMOVALS; COD REMOVAL RATE; CONTINUOUS FLOWS; CORN STOVER; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROMETER (EIS); ENERGY HARVEST; EXTERNAL RESISTANCE; INTERNAL RESISTANCE; MAXIMUM POWER DENSITY; STEAM EXPLOSION;

CELL MEMBRANES; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTROCHEMICAL CORROSION; FUEL CELLS; GLUCOSE; GRAPHITE; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; OXYGEN; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROMETRY; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

GLUCOSE;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; FUEL CELL; GRAPHITE; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ANAEROBIC REACTOR; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY RECOVERY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DESIGN; REACTOR OPERATION; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODES; GLUCOSE; GRAPHITE;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 70349410203     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2009.08.046     Document Type: Article

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