Liquid flow and mass transport in heterogeneous biofilms

Water Research

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2761-2765

  De Beer, Dirk ^a   Stoodley, Paul ^a   Lewandowski, Zbigniew ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm structure; Convection; Mass transfer boundary layer; Mass transport

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOTRANSFORMATION; MICROELECTRODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VELOCITY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER FLOW;

BIOFILMS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; FLOW; MASS TRANSFER;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; ELECTRODES; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OXYGEN; SURFACES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VELOCITY;

CONVECTIVE MASS TRANSPORT; HETEROGENEOUS FILMS;

BIOFILMS;

EID: 0030274060     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(96)00141-8     Document Type: Article

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