Effectiveness of domestic wastewater treatment using microbial fuel cells at ambient and mesophilic temperatures

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 469-475

  Ahn, Youngho ^a,b   Logan, Bruce E ^b  

^a Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic wastewater treatment; Energy recovery; Microbial fuel cells (MFCs); Power generation; Temperature effect

Indexed keywords

COD REMOVAL; CONTINUOUS FLOWS; DOMESTIC WASTEWATER TREATMENT; ENERGY RECOVERY; FED BATCHES; FLOW MODES; MESOPHILIC CONDITION; MESOPHILIC TEMPERATURE; OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS; ORGANIC LOADING RATES; POWER DENSITIES; POWER SAVINGS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TREATMENT EFFICIENCY;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CELL MEMBRANES; FUEL CELLS; LOW TEMPERATURE PRODUCTION; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL EFFECTS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER RECYCLING; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

FUEL;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DOMESTIC WASTE; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; FUEL CELL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PARAMETERIZATION; POWER GENERATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONTINUOUS FLOW REACTOR; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FED BATCH REACTOR; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; TEMPERATURE; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 70349428300     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2009.07.039     Document Type: Article

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