Small-scale microbial fuel cells utilising uric salts

Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments

Volumn 6, Issue , 2014, Pages 60-63

  You, J ^a   Greenman, J ^a   Melhuish, C ^a   Ieropoulos, I ^a  

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

Author keywords

Energy from waste; Small scale MFCs; Uric salts; Uric sludge; Urine

Indexed keywords

ANODIC CHAMBERS; ELECTRICAL PERFORMANCE; ENERGY FROM WASTES; FUTURE ENERGIES; MINIATURISATION; SMALL-SCALE MFCS; URIC SLUDGE; URINE;

BODY FLUIDS; GREENHOUSE GASES; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; SEWAGE SLUDGE;

SALTS;

FOSSIL FUEL; FUEL CELL; POWER GENERATION; SALT; SLUDGE; URINE;

EID: 84893867228     PISSN: 22131388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seta.2014.01.005     Document Type: Article

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