Examination of microbial fuel cell start-up times with domestic wastewater and additional amendments

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 102, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 7301-7306

  Liu, Guangli ^a   Yates, Matthew D ^b   Cheng, Shaoan ^b,c   Call, Douglas F ^b   Sun, Dan ^d   Logan, Bruce E ^b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Domestic wastewater; Microbial fuel cell; Startup time; Substrate

Indexed keywords

BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIOMASS DENSITY; CURRENT PRODUCTION; DOMESTIC WASTEWATER; FUMARATES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; PHOSPHATE BUFFERS; RAPID STARTUPS; START-UPS; STARTUP TIME;

FUEL CELLS; GLUCOSE; IRON COMPOUNDS; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; WASTEWATER;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACETIC ACID; FERRIC ION; FUMARIC ACID; GLUCOSE; PHOSPHATE;

BACTERIUM; BIOREACTOR; FUEL CELL; GLUCOSE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SUBSTRATE; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ACETOANAEROBIUM NOTERAE; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CHLOROBIUM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA; BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; BIOMASS; BUFFERS; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ELECTRICITY; GENES, BACTERIAL; PHYLOGENY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; TIME FACTORS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CHLOROBIUM SP.;

EID: 79958282641     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2011.04.087     Document Type: Article

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