Municipal solid waste landfill leachate treatment and electricity production using microbial fuel cells

Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 472-485

  Damiano, Lisa ^a,d   Jambeck, Jenna R ^b   Ringelberg, David B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c Engineer Research and Development Center   (United States)

^d Sanborn Head and Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Landfill leachate; Leachate treatment; MFC; Municipal solid waste

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; LEACHATE TREATMENT; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION; LANDFILL LEACHATES; MAXIMUM POWER DENSITY; MFC; MICROBIAL CHARACTERISTICS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LANDFILLS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS;

AMMONIA; CARBON; CHLORIDE; NITRATE; NITRITE; PROTON; SULFIDE; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ALKALINITY; AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CARBON SOURCE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONDUCTANCE; DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRON; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY YIELD; EVAPORATION; GEOBACTER; INOCULATION; IONIC STRENGTH; LANDFILL LEACHATE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PH; SCALE UP; SHEWANELLA; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84899963466     PISSN: 02732289     EISSN: 15590291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12010-014-0854-x     Document Type: Article

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