Effect of pH on nutrient dynamics and electricity production using microbial fuel cells

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 101, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 9594-9599

  Puig, Sebastià ^a,b   Serra, Marc ^a   Coma, Marta ^a   Cabré, Marina ^a   Balaguer, M Dolors ^a   Colprim, Jesús ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b CATALAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH ICRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Domestic wastewater; Microbial fuel cells; Nutrients; Organic matter; PH

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINANT DYNAMICS; CONTINUOUS CONTROL; DOMESTIC WASTEWATER; EFFECT OF PH; ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC MATTER REMOVAL; PHOSPHORUS DYNAMICS; POWER PRODUCTION; SHORT-TERM TEST; URBAN WASTEWATER;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOCHEMICAL FUEL CELLS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; GAS FUEL PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; NUTRIENTS; OPTIMIZATION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHORUS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

PH EFFECTS;

BACTERIUM; ELECTRICITY; FUEL CELL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; ORGANIC MATTER; PH; POWER GENERATION; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ELECTRICITY; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PH; POWER SUPPLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; CITIES; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; OXYGEN; PHOSPHATES; TIME FACTORS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 77956171795     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2010.07.082     Document Type: Article

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