Enhancing the bioremediation by harvesting electricity from the heavily contaminated sediments

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 179, Issue , 2015, Pages 615-618

  Yang, Yonggang ^a,b   Lu, Zijiang ^c   Lin, Xunke ^d   Xia, Chunyu ^b   Sun, Guoping ^a,b   Lian, Yingli ^b   Xu, Meiying ^a,b  

^a GUANGDONG INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b State Key Lab of Applied Microbiology (Min Guangdong Province Jointly Breeding Base) South China   (China)

^c Guangdong Provincal Institute of Safety Science and Technology   (China)

^d Guangdong Vocational Coll of Science and Technology   (China)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Microbial fuel cells; Power management system; Sediments

Indexed keywords

BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONTAMINATION; DEGRADATION; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ELECTRIC POWER MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; FUEL CELLS; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; POWER MANAGEMENT; SEDIMENTS; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT;

COMMERCIAL DEVICES; COMMERCIAL ELECTRONICS; CONTAMINATED SEDIMENT; DEGRADATION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; EXTERNAL ELECTRONS; POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; SEDIMENT MICROBIAL FUEL CELL (SMFCS);

POLLUTION;

ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SOIL POLLUTANT;

BIOREMEDIATION; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; FUEL CELL; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; ELECTRIC BATTERY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY RECOVERY; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MOBILE PHONE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PH; POWER SUPPLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALE UP; SEDIMENT; SEMICONDUCTOR; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; BIOENERGY; CHEMISTRY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SOIL POLLUTANT;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; ELECTRICITY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84921358124     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.12.034     Document Type: Article

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