Enhanced disinfection of wastewater by combining wetland treatment with bioelectrochemical H2O2 production

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 155, Issue , 2014, Pages 352-358

  Arends, J B A ^a   Van Denhouwe, S ^a,b   Verstraete, W ^a   Boon, N ^a   Rabaey, K ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b MAVA Assured Environmental Solutions   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cathode; Hydrogen peroxide; Microbial fuel cell; Sanitation; Solids removal

Indexed keywords

CATHODES; CHEMICAL PLANTS; CHEMICAL WATER TREATMENT; DISINFECTION; EFFLUENTS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; PEROXIDES; SANITATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY;

BIO-ELECTROCHEMICAL; BIOELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEMS (BES); CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; EXTERNAL INPUT; NACL SOLUTION; PRODUCTION RATES; SOLIDS REMOVAL; WETLAND TREATMENT;

WETLANDS;

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; ORGANIC CARBON; WASTE WATER;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DISINFECTION; EFFLUENT; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; ELECTRODE; FUEL CELL; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGEN; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SANITATION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT; WETLAND;

ARTICLE; BIOELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEM; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DISINFECTION; EFFLUENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FILTRATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; PROCEDURES; SYNTHESIS; WASTE WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WETLAND;

DISINFECTION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FILTRATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; WASTE WATER; WATER PURIFICATION; WETLANDS;

EID: 84892996866     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2013.12.058     Document Type: Article

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