Eco-affectionate face of microbial fuel cells

Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 97-153

  Mathuriya, Abhilasha Singh ^a  

^a ANAND ENGINEERING COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

bioelectricity; energy; microbial fuel cells; wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ENERGY; ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS; FUTURE CHALLENGES; FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES; HUMAN POPULATION GROWTH; ORGANIC MATERIALS; SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION;

BIOELECTRIC PHENOMENA; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS;

AMMONIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; CEFTRIAXONE; CYANIDE; DRINKING WATER; DYE; FURAN DERIVATIVE; HEAVY METAL; METAL; NITROGEN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PESTICIDE; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; QUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STARCH; THIOCYANATE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ACCUMULATION; BIOENERGETICS; DEGRADATION; ENERGY; FUEL CELL; POPULATION GROWTH; TOXICITY; WASTE TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AGRICULTURAL WASTE; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOENERGY; BIOFILM REACTOR; DAIRY INDUSTRY; DECHLORINATION; DECOLORIZATION; DENITRIFICATION; DESALINATION; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRON; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY YIELD; FECES; FOOD PROCESSING; GASIFICATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INOCULATION; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; LANDFILL LEACHATE; LIVESTOCK; MANURE; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; MICROFILTRATION; MICROFLORA; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PAPER INDUSTRY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POWER SUPPLY; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SACCHARIFICATION; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SLUDGE BLANKET REACTOR; SUGAR INDUSTRY; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TURBIDITY; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY; YAM;

EID: 84890486844     PISSN: 10643389     EISSN: 15476537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10643389.2012.710445     Document Type: Article

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