Operation and characterization of a microbial fuel cell fed with pretreated cheese whey at different organic loads

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 131, Issue , 2013, Pages 380-389

  Tremouli, Asimina ^a   Antonopoulou, Georgia ^a,b   Bebelis, Symeon ^a   Lyberatos, Gerasimos ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCES   (Greece)

^c NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cheese whey; Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS); Internal resistance; Microbial fuel cell (MFC); Polarization resistance

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; GLUCOSE; OHMIC CONTACTS;

CHEESE WHEY; ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION; IMPEDANCE CHARACTERISTICS; INTERNAL RESISTANCE; MAXIMUM POWER DENSITY; OHMIC RESISTANCE; ORGANIC LOAD; OVERPOTENTIAL; POLARIZATION RESISTANCES;

MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS;

GLUCOSE;

BIOFUEL; BIOMASS POWER; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; ELECTRODE; FUEL CELL; GLUCOSE; POLARIZATION;

ARTICLE; CHEESE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; IMPEDANCE; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; OPEN CIRCUIT IMPEDANCE; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84873176943     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.12.173     Document Type: Article

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