Microbial electrolysis cell scale-up for combined wastewater treatment and hydrogen production

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 130, Issue , 2013, Pages 584-591

  Gil Carrera, L ^a,b   Escapa, A ^a   Mehta, P ^b   Santoyo, G ^b   Guiot, S R ^b   Moran A ^a   Tartakovsky, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Domestic wastewater; Hydrogen production; MEC; Scale up

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ELECTRIC REACTORS; ELECTROLYTIC CELLS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANODIC COMPARTMENT; APPLIED VOLTAGES; COD REMOVAL; COD REMOVAL RATE; DOMESTIC WASTEWATER; GAS DIFFUSION CATHODE; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; MEC; MEMBRANELESS; MICROBIAL ELECTROLYSIS CELLS; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; ORGANIC LOAD; PROCESS SCALE-UP; REAL-TIME OPTIMIZATION; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SCALE-UP; SYNTHETIC WASTE WATER;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

HYDROGEN;

ALGORITHM; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ELECTROKINESIS; ENERGY USE; HYDROGEN; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OPTIMIZATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REAL TIME; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; GAS DIFFUSION; MICROBIAL ELECTROLYSIS CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTOR; SCALE UP; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84872414394     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.12.062     Document Type: Article

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