Microbial Fuel Cells - An option for wastewater treatment

Environmental Engineering and Management Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1069-1087

  Duteanu, Narcis Mihai ^a,b   Ghangrekar, Makarand Madhao ^a,c   Erable, Benjamin ^a,d   Scott, Keith ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b POLITEHNICA UNIVERSITY OF TIMISOARA   (Romania)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Electricity generation; Factors affecting performance; MFC design; Scale up; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 78751539982     PISSN: 15829596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.30638/eemj.2010.140     Document Type: Article

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