Electricity generation in low cost microbial fuel cell made up of earthenware of different thickness

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2468-2473

  Behera, M ^a   Ghangrekar, M M ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Coulombic efficiency; Earthen pot MFC; Oxygen diffusion coefficient; Power density; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ANODE CHAMBERS; CARBON SOURCE; COULOMBIC EFFICIENCY; DIFFERENT THICKNESS; EARTHEN POT MFC; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; EXTERNAL RESISTANCE; FED BATCHES; INTERNAL RESISTANCE; LOW COSTS; OXYGEN DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; OXYGEN DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; OXYGEN MASS TRANSFER; POWER DENSITIES; SUSTAINABLE POWER; SYNTHETIC WASTE WATER; VOLUMETRIC POWER; WALL THICKNESS;

DIFFUSION IN GASES; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; LANTHANUM COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN; OXYGEN PERMEABLE MEMBRANES; POLYMERIC MEMBRANES; POWER QUALITY; SUGAR (SUCROSE); WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS;

POLYMER;

CARBON; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; FUEL CELL; MASS TRANSFER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; POLYMER; SUCROSE; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CARBON SOURCE; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DENSITY; ELECTRICITY; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; OXYGEN DIFFUSION; OXYGEN MASS TRANSFER; THICKNESS; VOLUMETRY;

BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; CATIONS; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODES; PROTONS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84055190779     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2011.822     Document Type: Article

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