Assessment of bioelectricity production in microbial fuel cells through series and parallel connections

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 75, Issue , 2013, Pages 256-262

  Jafary, Tahere ^a   Rahimnejad, Mostafa ^a   Ghoreyshi, Ali Asghar ^a   Najafpour, Ghasem ^a   Hghparast, Fahime ^a   Daud, Wan Ramli Wan ^b  

^a BABOL NOSHIRVANI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Internal resistance; Microbial fuel cell; Polarization and voltage curves; Series and parallel connection

Indexed keywords

CELL PERFORMANCE; INTERNAL RESISTANCE; PARALLEL CONNECTIONS; POWER DENSITIES; SERIAL CONNECTION; SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATIONS; VOLTAGE CURVE;

CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC CONNECTORS; ELECTRIC INVERTERS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; POLARIZATION; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

SUBSTRATES;

EID: 84880523337     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2013.06.032     Document Type: Article

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