Improving electricity generation and substrate removal of a MFC-SBR system through optimization of COD loading distribution

Biochemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 85, Issue , 2014, Pages 15-20

  Wang, Yong Peng ^a   Zhang, Hai Ling ^a   Li, Wen Wei ^b   Liu, Xian Wei ^b   Sheng, Guo Ping ^b   Yu, Han Qing ^b  

^a Center for Tibetan Plateau Research   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Bioreactors; Dissolved oxygen; Heterotrophes; Microbial fuel cell (MFC); Sequencing batch reactor (SBR); Waste water treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893864481     PISSN: 1369703X     EISSN: 1873295X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2014.01.008     Document Type: Article

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