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Electricity generation from swine wastewater using microbial fuel cells.
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Results demonstrate that animal wastewaters such as this swine wastewater can be used for power generation in MFCs while at the same time achieving wastewater treatment.About:
This article is published in Water Research.The article was published on 2005-12-01. It has received 791 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Microbial fuel cell & Wastewater.read more
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A review of the substrates used in microbial fuel cells (MFCs) for sustainable energy production.
TL;DR: The various substrates that have been explored in MFCs so far, their resulting performance, limitations as well as future potential substrates are reviewed.
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A state of the art review on microbial fuel cells: A promising technology for wastewater treatment and bioenergy.
Zhuwei Du,Haoran Li,Tingyue Gu +2 more
TL;DR: A critical review on the recent advances in MFC research with emphases on MFC configurations and performances is presented.
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Graphite Fiber Brush Anodes for Increased Power Production in Air-Cathode Microbial Fuel Cells
TL;DR: Findings show that brush anodes that have high surface areas and a porous structure can produce high power densities, and therefore have qualities that make them ideal for scaling up MFC systems.
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Electricity-producing bacterial communities in microbial fuel cells
Bruce E. Logan,John M. Regan +1 more
TL;DR: The microbial communities found in MFCs, collectively defined as a community of "exoelectrogens", and the prospects for this emerging bioenergy technology are reviewed.
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Microbial fuel cells--challenges and applications.
Bruce E. Logan,John M. Regan +1 more
TL;DR: This research presents a novel approach to harnessing the metabolic activity of bacteria to provide energy for a variety of applications, once technical and cost obstacles are overcome.
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Standard methods for the examination of water and wastewater
TL;DR: The most widely read reference in the water industry, Water Industry Reference as discussed by the authors, is a comprehensive reference tool for water analysis methods that covers all aspects of USEPA-approved water analysis.
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Environmental Biotechnology: Principles and Applications
TL;DR: This paper describes the development of biofilm Kinetics and its applications in water treatment, as well as some of the systems used for detoxification of Hazardous Chemicals.
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Microbial fuel cells: novel biotechnology for energy generation
Korneel Rabaey,Willy Verstraete +1 more
TL;DR: How bacteria use an anode as an electron acceptor and to what extent they generate electrical output is discussed and the MFC technology is evaluated relative to current alternatives for energy generation.
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Hydrogen production by biological processes: a survey of literature
Debabrata Das,Debabrata Das +1 more
TL;DR: The paper presents a survey of biological hydrogen production processes, and the microorganisms and biochemical pathways involved in hydrogen generation processes are presented in some detail.
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Electricity generation using an air-cathode single chamber microbial fuel cell in the presence and absence of a proton exchange membrane.
Hong Liu,Bruce E. Logan +1 more
TL;DR: An analysis based on available anode surface area and maximum bacterial growth rates suggests that mediatorless MFCs may have an upper order-of-magnitude limit in power density of 10(3) mW/m2.
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