Optimization of high-solid waste activated sludge concentration for hydrogen production in microbial electrolysis cells and microbial community diversity analysis

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 39, Issue 35, 2014, Pages 19912-19920

  Sun, Rui ^a   Xing, Defeng ^a   Jia, Jianna ^a   Liu, Qian ^a   Zhou, Aijuan ^a   Bai, Sunwen ^a   Ren, Nanqi ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

High solid; Hydrogen production; Microbial community; Microbial electrolysis cell (MEC); Waste activated sludge (WAS)

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROLYTIC CELLS; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; MICROORGANISMS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PROPIONIC ACID; REGENERATIVE FUEL CELLS; RNA; SOLID WASTES;

FERMENTATIVE BACTERIA; HIGH-SOLIDS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL ELECTROLYSIS CELL (MECS); OPTIMAL CONCENTRATION; PROPIONIC ACID ACCUMULATIONS; SYNTROPHIC INTERACTIONS; WASTE ACTIVATED SLUDGES;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 84913613464     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2014.09.163     Document Type: Article

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