Optimizing treatment performance of microbial fuel cells by reactor staging

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 49, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 9222-9229

  Pinto, Roberto P ^a,b   Tartakovsky, Boris ^a,b   Perrier, Michel ^b   Srinivasan, Bala ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFLUENT CONCENTRATIONS; ELECTRICAL LOAD; MODEL ANALYSIS; OPERATING MODES; REACTOR CONFIGURATION; REACTOR PERFORMANCE; SERIES CONFIGURATION; TREATMENT EFFICIENCY; TREATMENT PERFORMANCE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESS;

BIOCHEMICAL FUEL CELLS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS;

EID: 77957603458     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie1004898     Document Type: Article

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