Energy production and sanitation improvement using microbial fuel cells

Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Development

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 383-391

  Ieropoulos, I ^a   Greenman, J ^a   Lewis, D ^a   Knoop, O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Microbial fuel cells; Practical application; Sanitation; Urine; Waste utilisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883349327     PISSN: 20439083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/washdev.2013.117     Document Type: Article

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