Enhanced power production from waste activated sludge in rotating-cathode microbial fuel cells: The effects of aquatic worm predation

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 248, Issue , 2014, Pages 415-421

  Suor, Denis ^a,b   Ma, Jinxing ^a   Wang, Zhiwei ^a   Li, Yongli ^c   Tang, Jixu ^a   Wu, Zhichao ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ECOLE DES MINES D ALBI CARMAUX   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

Microbial fuel cell; Power production; Predation; Waste activated sludge

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CATHODES; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE;

BIODEGRADABLE ORGANIC MATTER; ELECTROCHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS; EXCITATION-EMISSION MATRIX FLUORESCENCES; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS (MFCS); PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTERS; POWER PRODUCTION; PREDATION; WASTE ACTIVATED SLUDGES;

MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS;

EID: 84898854299     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2014.02.095     Document Type: Article

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