Investigating a cascade of seven hydraulically connected microbial fuel cells

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 110, Issue , 2012, Pages 245-250

  Winfield, Jonathan ^a   Ieropoulos, Ioannis ^a   Greenman, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cascade; Microbial fuel cell; Miniature; Stack; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL TRICKLING FILTER; CONTINUOUS-FLOW; CURRENT PRODUCTION; ELECTRICAL CONFIGURATIONS; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL (MFC); MINIATURE; ORGANIC LOAD; POWER DENSITIES; POWER OUT PUT; STACK; SYNTHETIC WASTE WATER; TREATMENT EFFICIENCY;

CASCADES (FLUID MECHANICS); MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

ACETIC ACID;

ACETATE; BIOREACTOR; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; FUEL CELL; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONTINUOUS FLOW REACTOR; ELECTRICITY; FLOW RATE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; ELECTRICITY;

EID: 84858281176     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.01.095     Document Type: Article

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