Ecologically engineered submerged and emergent macrophyte based system: An integrated eco-electrogenic design for harnessing power with simultaneous wastewater treatment

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 51, Issue , 2013, Pages 181-190

  Chiranjeevi, P ^a   Chandra, Rashmi ^a   Mohan, S Venkata ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Bioelectricity; Biohydrogen; Dissolved oxygen; Ecologically engineered treatment system; Microbial fuel cell

Indexed keywords

ACIDOGENIC; BIO-HYDROGEN; BIO-HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; CONTINUOUS MODE; DISTILLERY WASTEWATERS; DOMESTIC WASTEWATER; ELECTRODE ASSEMBLIES; INTEGRATED SYSTEMS; MACROPHYTES; POLARIZATION BEHAVIOR; POWER PRODUCTION; TREATMENT SYSTEMS; TURBIDITY REMOVAL;

BIOELECTRIC PHENOMENA; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; SEWAGE; TURBIDITY;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COLOR; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; EFFLUENT; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; FERMENTATION; FUEL CELL; MACROPHYTE; NITRATE; POLARIZATION; SUBMERGED VEGETATION; TURBIDITY; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

HARNESS;

EID: 84872014249     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2012.12.014     Document Type: Article

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