Animal carcass wastewater treatment and bioelectricity generation in up-flow tubular microbial fuel cells: Effects of HRT and non-precious metallic catalyst

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 128, Issue , 2013, Pages 454-460

  Li, Xiaohu ^a   Zhu, Nengwu ^a,b,c   Wang, Yun ^a   Li, Ping ^a,b   Wu, Pingxiao ^a,b,c   Wu, Jinhua ^a,b  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c The Key Lab of Environmental Prot and Eco Remediation of Guangdong Regular Higher Education Inst   (China)

Author keywords

Animal carcass wastewater; Microbial fuel cell; Non precious metallic catalyst; Power generation; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MANGANESE OXIDE; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; POWER GENERATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AIR CATHODE; ANIMAL CARCASS; HIGH CONCENTRATION ORGANIC WASTEWATER; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; INTERNAL RESISTANCE; MAXIMUM POWER DENSITY; METALLIC CATALYSTS; NITRATE REMOVAL; START-UPS;

BIOELECTRIC PHENOMENA;

AMMONIA;

CATALYST; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRODE; FUEL CELL; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ANIMAL CARCASS WASTEWATER; ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; CARCASS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84870176331     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.10.053     Document Type: Article

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