Bioelectrochemical desalination and electricity generation in microbial desalination cell with dewatered sludge as fuel

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 157, Issue , 2014, Pages 120-126

  Meng, Fanyu ^a   Jiang, Junqiu ^a   Zhao, Qingliang ^a   Wang, Kun ^a   Zhang, Guodong ^b   Fan, Qingxin ^a   Wei, Liangliang ^a   Ding, Jing ^a   Zheng, Zhen ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SHANXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biocathodes; Desalination; Dewatered sludge; Electricity generation; Microbial desalination cell (MDC)

Indexed keywords

DESALINATION; DEWATERING; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

BIO-ELECTROCHEMICAL; BIOCATHODES; DEWATERED SLUDGE; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; MAXIMUM POWER OUTPUT; MICROBIAL DESALINATION CELLS; MICROBIAL DESALINATION CELLS (MDC); SLUDGE STABILIZATION;

ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION;

FUEL; ORGANIC MATTER; AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SEWAGE; WATER;

CYTOLOGY; DESALINATION; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTROKINESIS; PH; SLUDGE; SUBSTRATE;

ARTICLE; BIOELECTROCHEMICAL DESALINATION; CELLS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESALINATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRICAL PARAMETERS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MICROBIAL DESALINATION CELL; NONHUMAN; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; BIOENERGY; BIOREACTOR; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODE; MICROBIOLOGY; PH; PROCEDURES; SALINITY; SEWAGE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; BIOREACTORS; DIELECTRIC SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SALINITY; SEWAGE; WATER; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84894072660     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.01.056     Document Type: Article

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