Enhancing simultaneous electricity production and reduction of sewage sludge in two-chamber MFC by aerobic sludge digestion and sludge pretreatments

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 189, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 444-449

  Xiao, Benyi ^a   Yang, Fang ^a   Liu, Junxin ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Aerobic sludge digestion; Electricity production; Microbial fuel cell; Sludge pretreatment; Sludge reduction

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC SLUDGE DIGESTION; ANODE CHAMBERS; BATCH TESTS; CATHODE CHAMBERS; ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION; POWER DENSITIES; PRE-TREATMENT; PRE-TREATMENTS; SLUDGE ADDITION; SLUDGE PRETREATMENT; SLUDGE REDUCTION; TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS; VOLATILE SUSPENDED SOLIDS; VOLTAGE OUTPUT;

CATHODES; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ELECTRICITY; FUEL CELLS; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; STERILIZATION (CLEANING);

SLUDGE DIGESTION;

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRODE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUEL CELL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OXIC CONDITIONS; REDUCTION; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE; SUSPENDED LOAD; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; CATHODE RAY TUBE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRICITY; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; SLUDGE; SLUDGE DIGESTION; SLUDGE TREATMENT; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLID; VOLATILE SUSPENDED SOLID;

AEROBIOSIS; BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODES; SEWAGE;

EID: 79953779476     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.02.058     Document Type: Article

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