Improved performance of microbial fuel cells enriched with natural microbial inocula and treated by electrical current

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 54, Issue , 2013, Pages 170-180

  Lin, Hongjian ^a   Wu, Xiao ^a   Miller, Curtis ^a   Zhu, Jun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bactericidal effect; Carbon cloth; Cyclic voltammetry; Inoculation; Lag phase period; Substrate deprivation

Indexed keywords

BACTERICIDAL EFFECTS; CARBON CLOTHS; ELECTRICAL CAPACITANCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; INOCULATION; LAG PHASE; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS (MFCS); SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY;

BACTERICIDES; BIOFILMS; CATHODES; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

POWER QUALITY;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; ELECTRICAL METHOD; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; FUEL CELL; INOCULATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PESTICIDE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SLUDGE; VOLTINISM; WASTE;

EID: 84877024641     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2013.03.030     Document Type: Article

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