Electricity generation from synthetic substrates and cheese whey using a two chamber microbial fuel cell

Biochemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 10-15

  Antonopoulou, Georgia ^a,b   Stamatelatou, Katerina ^a,b   Bebelis, Symeon ^a,b   Lyberatos, Gerasimos ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCES   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cheese whey; Glucose; Impedance spectroscopy; Lactose; MFC; Microbial fuel cell

Indexed keywords

CHEESE WHEY; COULOMBIC EFFICIENCY; DOMINANT CONTRIBUTIONS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; GEOMETRIC AREA; IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY MEASUREMENTS; LACTOSE; MAXIMUM POWER DENSITY; MEDIATOR-LESS; MFC; MICROBIAL ACCLIMATION; OHMIC RESISTANCE; OVERPOTENTIAL; PRE-TREATMENT; SYNTHETIC SUBSTRATES;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS; GLUCOSE; OHMIC CONTACTS;

MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS;

CARBOHYDRATE; GLUCOSE; LACTOSE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ARTICLE; CHEESE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DENSITY; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; ENERGY RESOURCE; GEOMETRY; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; PASTEURIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMODYNAMICS; WHEY;

EID: 77953712851     PISSN: 1369703X     EISSN: 1873295X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2010.02.008     Document Type: Article

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