Pre-fermentation of waste as a strategy to enhance the performance of single chambered microbial fuel cell (MFC)

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 13753-13762

  Kannaiah Goud, R ^a   Venkata Mohan, S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Anaerobic treatment; Bioelectricity; Cyclic voltammetry; Substrate degradation; Volatile fatty acids

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC TREATMENTS; ANODE POTENTIAL; CATALYTIC CURRENT; CATALYTIC PEAK; CELL BEHAVIORS; FOOD WASTE; MEDIATOR-LESS; ORGANIC LOAD; POWER OUT PUT; PRE-TREATMENT; SUBSTRATE DEGRADATION; VOLTAMMOGRAMS;

BIOELECTRIC PHENOMENA; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DEGRADATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FERMENTATION; GRAPHITE ELECTRODES; SUBSTRATES; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS; WASTE TREATMENT;

MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS;

EID: 82455211279     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2011.07.128     Document Type: Article

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