A system combining microbial fuel cell with photobioreactor for continuous domestic wastewater treatment and bioelectricity generation

Journal of Central South University

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 488-494

  Jiang, Hai Ming ^a,b,c   Luo, Sheng Jun ^a   Shi, Xiao Shuang ^a   Dai, Meng ^a   Guo, Rong Bo ^a  

^a QINGDAO INSTITUTE OF BIOENERGY AND BIOPROCESS TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b INNER MONGOLIA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

bioelectricity; microalgae; microbial fuel cell; photobioreactor; wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WASTEWATER TREATMENT; DOMESTIC WASTE WATER TREATMENT; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION; GENERATE ELECTRICITY; MAXIMUM POWER DENSITY; MICRO-ALGAE; PHOTOBIORE-ACTOR;

ALGAE; BIOELECTRIC PHENOMENA; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENTS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; MICROORGANISMS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PHOTOBIOREACTORS; RECLAMATION;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84890467526     PISSN: 20952899     EISSN: 21622388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11771-013-1510-2     Document Type: Article

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