Pluggable microbial fuel cell stacks for septic wastewater treatment and electricity production

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 180, Issue , 2015, Pages 258-263

  Yazdi, Hadi ^a   Alzate Gaviria, Liliana ^b   Ren, Zhiyong Jason ^a  

^a University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^b Renewable Energy Unit Yucatan Center for Scientific Research (CICY)   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Decentralized wastewater treatment; Microbial fuel cell; Septic system

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; FUEL CELLS; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; RECLAMATION; SEPTIC TANKS; TANKS (CONTAINERS); WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER RESOURCES;

DECENTRALIZED WASTEWATER; DEVELOPING COMMUNITIES; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION; ELECTROCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; SEPTIC SYSTEM; TECHNOLOGY ADVANCEMENT;

MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS;

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; FUEL CELL; INNOVATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ANAEROBIC REACTOR; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; POLARIZATION; POWER SUPPLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; BIOENERGY; DEVICES; ECONOMICS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER;

WASTE WATER;

BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84921492366     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.12.100     Document Type: Article

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