Treatment of oilfield wastewater using a microbial fuel cell integrated with an up-flow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 49, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 272-280

  Gong, Dan ^a   Qin, Gang ^a  

^a YANGTZE UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acidification; Anaerobic; Petroleum hydrocarbons; UASB

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871115189     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2012.719336     Document Type: Article

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