Evaluation of a urea bioelectrochemical system for wastewater treatment processes

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 749-754

  Nicolau, Eduardo ^a   Fonseca, José J ^a   Rodríguez Martínez, José A ^a   Richardson, Tra My Justine ^b   Flynn, Michael ^b   Griebenow, Kai ^a   Cabrera, Carlos R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioreactor; Electrochemical cell; Resource recovery; Urea degradation; Water reclamation

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BIOCONVERSION; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOREACTORS; ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS (SPACECRAFT); MANNED SPACE FLIGHT; METABOLISM; POTABLE WATER; RECOVERY; UREA; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIO-ELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEMS; COMBINED SYSTEM; CONTAMINANT RECOVERIES; LONG-TERM MISSION; RECYCLING APPLICATIONS; RESOURCE RECOVERY; WASTEWATER RECYCLING; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESS;

WATER RECYCLING;

EID: 84897974559     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/sc400342x     Document Type: Article

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