A single chamber packed bed microbial fuel cell biosensor for measuring organic content of wastewater

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2879-2887

  Di Lorenzo, Mirella ^a   Curtis, Tom P ^a   Head, Ian M ^a   Velasquez Orta, Sharon B ^a   Scott, Keith ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biosensor; BOD; Graphite granules; Microbial fuel cell; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL FUEL CELLS; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; GRANULATION; GRAPHITE; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; PACKED BEDS; WASTEWATER;

A-CARBON; ANODE SURFACES; BOD; EXTERNAL RESISTANCE; ORGANIC CONTENT; RESPONSE TIME; STEADY-STATE CURRENTS; SURFACE AREA;

BIOSENSORS;

CARBON; GRAPHITE;

ELECTRODE; FUEL CELL; GRAPHITE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ORGANIC MATTER; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SENSOR; WASTEWATER;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOSENSOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVICE; MEASUREMENT; PACKED BED REACTOR; RESPONSE TIME; SINGLE CHAMBER MICROBIAL FUEL CELL BASED BIOSENSOR; STEADY STATE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77949880675     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2009.699     Document Type: Article

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