Maximising electricity production by controlling the biofilm specific growth rate in microbial fuel cells

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 118, Issue , 2012, Pages 615-618

  Ledezma, Pablo ^a   Greenman, John ^b   Ieropoulos, Ioannis ^a  

^a BRISTOL ROBOTICS LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Microbial fuel cells; Shewanella oneidensis; Specific growth rate

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL FLOW RATE; ELECTRICAL OUTPUT; ELECTRICAL POWER OUTPUT; ELECTRICAL POWER PRODUCTION; ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION; EXPERIMENTAL DETERMINATION; LIMITING CONDITION; MATHEMATICAL MODELLING; MAXIMUM SPECIFIC GROWTH RATES; PERFUSION SYSTEM; POPULATION NUMBERS; SHEWANELLA; SHEWANELLA ONEIDENSIS; SPECIFIC GROWTH RATE; VIABLE COUNT;

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; FLOW RATE; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS;

GROWTH RATE;

CARBON;

BIOFILM; CARBON; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRODE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUEL CELL; GROWTH RATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT LIMITATION;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODE; FLOW RATE; GROWTH RATE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEWANELLA;

BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; BIOFILMS; ELECTRICITY; PERFUSION; RHEOLOGY; SHEWANELLA;

SHEWANELLA; SHEWANELLA ONEIDENSIS;

EID: 84863517746     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.05.054     Document Type: Article

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