Measurement of local effective diffusivity in heterogeneous biofilms

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 38, Issue 8-9 -9 pt 7, 1998, Pages 171-178

  Beyenal, H ^a   Tanyolac A ^a   Lewandowski, Z ^b  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Density; Limiting current; Local effective diffusivity; Local mass transfer; Structure

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; MASS TRANSFER; MICROELECTRODES;

LOCAL EFFECTIVE DIFFUSIVITY;

BIOFILMS;

BIOFILM; BIOMASS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DENSITY; DIFFUSION; FLOW RATE; MICROELECTRODE; TECHNIQUE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER FLOW;

EID: 0031762468     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(98)00691-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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