Submersible microbial desalination cell for simultaneous ammonia recovery and electricity production from anaerobic reactors containing high levels of ammonia

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 177, Issue , 2015, Pages 233-239

  Zhang, Yifeng ^a   Angelidaki, Irini ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ammonia recovery; Anaerobic digestion; CSTR reactor; Power generation; Submersible microbial desalination cell

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; DESALINATION; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; POWER GENERATION; RECOVERY; SUBMERSIBLES;

AMMONIA CONCENTRATIONS; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION PROCESS; AVERAGE RECOVERY RATE; CONTINUOUS STIRRED TANK REACTOR; CSTR REACTOR; ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION; MAXIMUM POWER DENSITY; MICROBIAL DESALINATION CELLS;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

AMMONIA; CATION; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AMMONIA; BIOREACTOR; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CATION; DESALINATION; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRODE;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ANAEROBIC REACTOR; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTINUOUS STIRRED TANK REACTOR; DENSITY; DESALINATION; DIFFUSION; ELECTRICITY; MIGRATION; SUBMERSIBLE MICROBIAL DESALINATION CELL; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; BIOENERGY; BIOREACTOR; BIOREMEDIATION; DEVICES; DRUG EFFECTS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; THERMODYNAMICS; TIME; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AMMONIA; ANAEROBIOSIS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; BIOREACTORS; CATIONS; ELECTRICITY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THERMODYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84916882534     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.11.079     Document Type: Article

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