Optimizing energy harvest in wastewater treatment by combining anaerobic hydrogen producing biofermentor (HPB) and microbial fuel cell (MFC)

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 3789-3797

  Sharma, Yogesh ^a   Li, Baikun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic hydrogen production; Energy conversion efficiency; Kinetic analysis; Microbial fuel cell; Organic loading rate

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; COD REMOVAL; COD REMOVAL EFFICIENCY; CONTINUOUS FLOWS; COULOMBIC EFFICIENCY; ENERGY HARVEST; ENERGY RECOVERY; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; HYDROGEN YIELDS; KINETIC ANALYSIS; MAXIMUM VALUES; OPTIMIZING ENERGY; ORGANIC LOADING RATE; ORGANIC LOADING RATES; PEAK VALUES; POWER DENSITIES; PRODUCTION OF HYDROGEN;

BIOCHEMICAL FUEL CELLS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; EFFLUENTS; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY HARVESTING; GAS PRODUCERS; GLUCOSE; HARVESTING; HYBRID SYSTEMS; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; OXYGEN; REMOVAL; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 77950297160     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2010.01.042     Document Type: Article

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