Integration of microbial fuel cell with independent membrane cathode bioreactor for power generation, membrane fouling mitigation and wastewater treatment

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 39, Issue 31, 2014, Pages 17865-17872

  Liu, Jiadong ^a   Liu, Lifen ^a   Gao, Bo ^a   Yang, Fenglin ^a   Crittenden, John ^b   Ren, Nanqi ^c  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

MBR; Membrane fouling; MFC; Stainless steel mesh

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BIOREACTORS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENTS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANAEROBIC-AEROBIC TREATMENT; ARTIFICIAL WASTEWATER; CLOSED CIRCUIT CONDITIONS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTROSTATIC REPULSION FORCES; OPEN CIRCUIT CONDITIONS; STAINLESS STEEL MESH; TRANSMEMBRANE PRESSURES;

MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS;

EID: 84913553469     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2014.08.123     Document Type: Conference Paper

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