High-quality effluent and electricity production from non-CEM based flow-through type microbial fuel cell

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 218, Issue , 2013, Pages 19-23

  Kim, Kyoung Yeol ^a   Chae, Kyu Jung ^b   Choi, Mi Jin ^a   Yang, Eun Tae ^a   Hwang, Moon Hyun ^a   Kim, In S ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^b Kolon Global Corporation   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Flow through type; High quality effluent; Membrane bioreactor (MBR); Non CEM based; Ultrafiltration microbial fuel cell (UF MFC)

Indexed keywords

ANODE CHAMBERS; CATHODE CHAMBERS; CATION EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; COD REMOVAL EFFICIENCY; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION; ELECTROCHEMICALLY ACTIVE BACTERIA; ENERGY RECOVERY; FLOWTHROUGH; HIGH QUALITY; MAXIMUM POWER DENSITY; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; NON-CEM BASED; POST-TREATMENT PROCESS; POWER DENSITIES; REJECTION RATES; SUSPENDED SOLIDS; UF MEMBRANES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESS;

COMPUTATIONAL ELECTROMAGNETICS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; MICROFILTRATION; RECLAMATION; REMOVAL; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EFFLUENTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84872419229     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2012.12.018     Document Type: Article

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