Removing nitrate from wastewater in single and double-chamber microbial fuel cells

Huanjing Kexue Xuebao/Acta Scientiae Circumstantiae

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 254-259

  Wang, Jiaquan ^a   Xia, Xuelan ^a   Chen, Shaohua ^a   Chen, Chen ^a   Lu, Fei ^a   Yang, Jinping ^a  

^a HEFEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Biocathode; Competition; Denitrification; Microbial fuel cell(MFC)

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON; FUEL CELL; GLUCOSE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITRATE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTEWATER;

EID: 79955113680     PISSN: 02532468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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