Simultaneous wastewater treatment and electricity generation by microbial fuel cell: Performance comparison and cost investigation of using Nafion 117 and SPEEK as separators

Desalination

Volumn 325, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-6

  Ghasemi, Mostafa ^a   Daud, Wan Ramli Wan ^a   Ismail, Ahmad Fauzi ^b   Jafari, Yaghoob ^a   Ismail, Manal ^a   Mayahi, Alireza ^b   Othman, Jamal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Cost efficiency analysis; Nafion 117; PEM; Power production; SPEEK

Indexed keywords

COST EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS; NAFION 117; PEM; POWER PRODUCTION; SPEEK;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

CATALYST; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; FUEL CELL; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

EID: 84880388310     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2013.06.013     Document Type: Article

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