Food and agricultural wastes as substrates for bioelectrochemical system (BES): The synchronized recovery of sustainable energy and waste treatment

Food Research International

Volumn 73, Issue , 2015, Pages 213-225

  ElMekawy, Ahmed ^a   Srikanth, Sandipam ^b   Bajracharya, Suman ^b,c   Hegab, Hanaa M ^d,e   Nigam, Poonam Singh ^f   Singh, Anoop ^g   Mohan, S Venkata ^h   Pant, Deepak ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SADAT CITY   (Egypt)

^b FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e City of Scientific Research and Technological Applications ^*  (Egypt)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^g DEPARTMENT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY   (India)

^h INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Agro residue; Bioelectrochemical system; Biovalorization; Food waste; Microbial fuel cell (MFC); Scaling up bottlenecks; Waste remediation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; AGRICULTURAL WASTES; AGRICULTURE; FOOD WASTE; INDUSTRIAL WATER TREATMENT; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AGRO RESIDUES; BIO-ELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEMS; BIOVALORIZATION; SCALING-UP; WASTE REMEDIATION;

WASTE TREATMENT;

EID: 84930177424     PISSN: 09639969     EISSN: 18737145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2014.11.045     Document Type: Review

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