Cathode potential and anode electron donor evaluation for a suitable treatment of nitrate-contaminated groundwater in bioelectrochemical systems

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 263, Issue , 2015, Pages 151-159

  Pous, Narcis ^a   Puig, Sebastià ^a   Dolors Balaguer, M ^a   Colprim, Jesús ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biocathode; Bioremediation; Denitrification; Microbial electrolysis cell; Microbial fuel cell; Nitrogen

Indexed keywords

BIOREMEDIATION; CATHODES; DENITRIFICATION; ELECTRONS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; NITRATES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDES; POTABLE WATER; REGENERATIVE FUEL CELLS; WATER TREATMENT;

BIO-ELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEMS; BIOCATHODES; CATHODE ELECTRODES; CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER; LONG TERM STABILITY; MICROBIAL ELECTROLYSIS CELLS; NITRATE REDUCTION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

NITROGEN REMOVAL;

EID: 84912056751     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2014.11.002     Document Type: Article

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