Modeling transport and fate of chlorinated hydrocarbons governed by biotic transformation in porous media

Water Research

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 39-46

  Doong, Ruey An ^a   Wu, Shian Chee ^b   Chen, Tsu Feng ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

1,1,1 Trichloroethane; Attached bacteria; Biotransformation; Carbon tetrachloride; Free living bacteria; Macroscopic partitioning model; Modeling

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROWTH KINETICS; HYDROCARBONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROORGANISMS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POROSITY; SOIL POLLUTION CONTROL; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

ATTACHED BACTERIA; BIOTIC TRANSFORMATION; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBONS; FREE LIVING BACTERIA; MACROSCOPIC PARTITIONING MODEL; TRICHLOROETHANE;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

1,1,1 TRICHLOROETHANE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; GROUND WATER;

HYDROCARBON; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POROUS MEDIUM; SOIL;

CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; CONTAMINATION; HYDROCARBON; HYDROCARBON POLLUTION; POROUS MEDIUM; SOIL POLLUTION;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECHLORINATION; EFFLUENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SOIL POLLUTION; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WATER POLLUTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0031986050     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(97)00192-9     Document Type: Article

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