Preliminary investigation of constructed wetland incorporating microbial fuel cell: Batch and continuous flow trials

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 229, Issue , 2013, Pages 364-370

  Zhao, Yaqian ^a   Collum, Sean ^a   Phelan, Mark ^a   Goodbody, Tristan ^a   Doherty, Liam ^a   Hu, Yuansheng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Constructed wetland; Electricity; Energy; Microbial fuel cell; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS (CWS); ELECTRICAL ENERGY; ENERGY; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS (MFCS); PEAK POWER DENSITIES; SWINE WASTEWATER;

CATHODES; ELECTRICITY; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; WETLANDS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84880105238     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2013.06.023     Document Type: Article

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