Microalgae Scenedesmus obliquus as renewable biomass feedstock for electricity generation in microbial fuel cells (MFCs)

Frontiers of Environmental Science and Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 784-791

  Kondaveeti, Sanath ^a   Choi, Kwang Soon ^a   Kakarla, Ramesh ^a   Min, Booki ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

algae; bioelectricity; biomass; COD removal efficiency; microbial fuel cell (MFC); substrate; volatile fatty acid

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903191967     PISSN: 20952201     EISSN: 2095221X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11783-013-0590-4     Document Type: Article

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