Acidogenic fermentation of municipal solid waste and its application to bio-electricity production via microbial fuel cells (MFCs)

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 789-795

  Cavdar, P ^a   Yilmaz, E ^a   Tugtas, A E ^a   Calli, B ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Air cathode; Fermentation; Leach bed reactor; Volatile fatty acids

Indexed keywords

ACIDOGENIC FERMENTATION; AIR-CATHODE; COULOMBIC EFFICIENCY; LEACH-BED REACTOR; LEACHATE RECIRCULATION; LEACHATES; MAXIMUM POWER DENSITY; MESOPHILIC CONDITION; ORGANIC MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTES; PH CONTROL; POWER OUT PUT; PROPIONIC; VALERIC ACIDS;

BUTYRIC ACID; CATHODES; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; FERMENTATION; FUEL CELLS; LEACHING; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

ACETIC ACID; BICARBONATE; BUTYRIC ACID; PROPIONIC ACID; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TAP WATER; VALERIC ACID; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOFUEL; BIOMASS POWER; BIOREACTOR; DILUTION; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRODE; FATTY ACID; FERMENTATION; FUEL CELL; LEACHATE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PH; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WASTE TREATMENT;

ACIDIFICATION; ACIDOGENIC FERMENTATION; AMMONIA FORMATION; ANAEROBIC LEACH BED REACTOR; ANAEROBIC REACTOR; ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ELECTRODE; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; FERMENTATION; HYDROLYSIS; INCUBATION TIME; LEACHING; MESOPHILE; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PH; TEMPERATURE;

ACIDS; BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODES; FERMENTATION; REFUSE DISPOSAL;

EID: 80052056306     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2011.595     Document Type: Article

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