Domestic wastewater treatment using multi-electrode continuous flow MFCs with a separator electrode assembly design

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 409-416

  Ahn, Yongtae ^a   Logan, Bruce E ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous flow; Domestic wastewater; Microbial fuel cell; Scaling up; Separator electrode assembly

Indexed keywords

AIR CATHODE; COD REMOVAL; CONTINUOUS FLOWS; CURRENT GENERATION; DOMESTIC WASTE WATER TREATMENT; DOMESTIC WASTEWATER; ELECTRODE ASSEMBLIES; FED-BATCH OPERATION; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; MAXIMUM CURRENT DENSITY; MAXIMUM POWER DENSITY; MULTI-ELECTRODE; MULTIPLE ANODE; MULTIPLE ELECTRODES; REACTORS IN SERIES; SCALING-UP; SPECIFIC AREAS;

CATHODES; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CURRENT DENSITY; EFFLUENTS; GRAPHITE FIBERS; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; SEPARATORS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANODES;

GRAPHITE;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ELECTRODE; FLOW PATTERN; FUEL CELL; GRAPHITE; SEPARATION; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONTINUOUS FLOW REACTOR; DOMESTIC WASTE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON; FED BATCH REACTOR; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; POLARIZATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODES; WASTE WATER; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84872349429     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-012-4455-8     Document Type: Article

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